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FORENSIC NURSES UPDATES |
Need help deciding which award your nominee qualifies for? Checkout the Association's Awards Purpose and Criteria section on the webpage. To see a listing of previous award winners, please visit the Awards and Recognition webpage.
Submit your nomination no later than April 26, 2016. Nominate someone today!
What Is the Award?
Registration fee for the International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice.
Plus a $1,000 allowance to be used to offset travel, accommodations, or meals while attending the Conference.
How Do I Apply?
Apply Online
Via Paper — download and fill out the PDF fillable application then email it to education@forensicnurses.org or fax it to 410-626-7804 attention Cari.
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IAFN is collaborating with the American Nurses Foundation (ANF) again to offer a $10,000 research grant to a forensic nurse researcher. The grant application is open to all of IAFN's members. (Preference will be given to applicants who are members of the International Association of Forensic Nurses.)
This award is part of the 2016 Nursing Research Grants which offers nursing research awards to beginner and experienced nurse researchers. Information about all of the awards is available at: GIVETONURSING.ORG The online application is available now. All applications must be completed by 11:59 p.m. on May 1.
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INDUSTRY NEWS |
NSVRC
The 2016 Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) campaign materials focus on the building blocks of prevention by communicating how individuals, communities, and the private sector can take action to promote safety, respect, and equality.
Join us in helping everyone to see their role in preventing sexual violence!
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NIJ is seeking proposals for the Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence-Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting (SAFE-ITR) program. The program will fund States, units of local government, and tribal governments to implement an evidence management program to inventory, track, and report untested and unsubmitted sexual assault kits (SAKs).
The deadline for applications under this funding opportunity is May 31.
This solicitation is competitive; therefore, NIJ staff cannot have individual conversations with prospective applicants. Any questions concerning the solicitation should be submitted to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service: 1-800-851-3420; TTY at 301-240-6310 (for hearing impaired only); email grants@ncjrs.gov; fax 301-240-5830; or web chat . See also NIJ.gov’s solicitation FAQ page.
Download the solicitation.
View all current funding opportunities from NIJ.
Department of Justice
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Medscape (free login required)
A nurse made a decision to wait to carry out a medication administration order to protect a patient who might be pregnant. But is this legal?
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The New York Times
In a brightly lit classroom here at Harvard, Mia Karvonides was trying to explain to a group of bemused student leaders the difference between a romantic encounter and “unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature,” as the university’s relatively new code of sexual misconduct defines it.
She tried to leaven the legalistic atmosphere at the town-hall-style meeting with realistic-sounding examples, defying gender stereotypes. Jose and Lisa, chemistry students, are working late at night in the lab, she began, when Lisa comes up from behind and kisses Jose on the neck.
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SARTs in Corrections
Sexual assault is a serious, persistent problem in correctional environments. Recognizing this, the United States Congress passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) in 2003. Read an overview of sexual assault in corrections.
This guide is designed to assist administrators of community confinement and juvenile detention facilities in working with their local sexual assault response team (SART).
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Slate
Since New Year’s Eve, when a rash of hundreds of public sexual assaults shook the city of Cologne, Germany, the rest of the world has watched closely as German police try to bring the perpetrators to justice. The cases have taken on partisan import for right-wing politicians: Most victims said their assailants were of Middle Eastern or North African descent, and prosecutors found that many of the suspects were petitioning the German government for refugee status. Anti-immigrant officials across Europe have used the attacks to shore up bias against Muslims and the refugees flooding their borders from Syria.
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Health Leaders Media
CNOs rank evidence-based practice low on their priority lists even though its use is necessary to achieve their top goals of improving quality and safety. OSU's CNO shares specifics on how nurse execs can build EBP-friendly cultures.
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