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FORENSIC NURSES UPDATES |
IAFN opens up joint ENA/IAFN position statement for 30 day member comment period. Please visit the Forensic Nurses Open Community (make sure you are signed in) to read and comment on changes or suggestions directly in the discussion thread. Comment period closes on May 11.
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- Virtual Resources for Survivors of Sexual Assault — April 18, 2016
- Privacy Considerations in Sexual Assault — May 11, 2016
The Webinar Series is a collection of free instructional webinars that present information on a wide variety of National Protocol related topics including case review, specialized care for victims, and evidence collection. Register today!
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The Association welcomes individuals or organizations to submit application for review of their adult/adolescent, pediatric/adolescent, or combined didactic SANE courses in order to determine whether or not the course meets IAFN SANE Education Guidelines. Help us to achieve standardization, apply today!
Certification is for three (3) years and expires on Dec. 31, regardless of the month in which you attained your initial certification. The Association sends renewal notices to certified nurses six (6) months prior to their renewal application deadline date. Renew before June 30 and receive a substantial discount off the filing fees.
Please ensure that the home office has your current mailing and email address. Contact admin@ForensicNurses.org or 410-626-7805 to update your contact information.
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INDUSTRY NEWS |
The United States Department of Justice
"I am also pleased to announce the upcoming release of a protocol for pediatricians, forensic nurses and other healthcare providers who work with children, which will offer evidence-based recommendations for caring for child victims of sexual abuse. The protocol was developed collaboratively with partners from the International Association of Forensic Nurses, children's hospitals and child advocacy centers, wand I am hopeful that it will bolster efforts nationwide to care for the most vulnerable victims of sexual abuse."
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Pharmaceutical Processing
Childhood sexual abuse is not a topic many want to talk about — a point that Swedish researchers working on a pharmaceutical approach to curing pedophilia acknowledge. But it’s also a widespread problem.
According to Priotab, a research project being held at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, about one in 10 girls and one in 20 boys are sexually abused in childhood, and roughly half of those abuses are performed by men with “pedophilic disorder.”
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Advance Web | Healthcare POV
Telemedicine will emerge as a $34 billion market by 2020, according to research from Mordor Intelligence, helping care providers improve care outcomes, enhance access and manage costs.
Telemedicine's growth will also change how nurses serve patients and consumers in an environment shaped by value-based, accountable care and ongoing pressures to generate revenue, cut costs, and enhance patient satisfaction and engagement.
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ANA
Act now to celebrate National Nurses Week 2016 in your organization. The National Nurses Week Toolkit is a useful ANA resource that provides you with additional ways to recognize nurses for their professional skills and abilities.
Show your gratitude with a branded "Thank-You Card." Give every nurse a certification of appreciation or hang display banners throughout the office. The National Nurses Week toolkit gives you the items needed to plan a great celebration.
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End the Backlog
ENDTHEBACKLOG is a program of the Joyful Heart Foundation to shine a light on the backlog of untested rape kits throughout the United States. Our goal is to end this injustice by conducting groundbreaking research identifying the extent of the nation’s backlog and best practices for eliminating it, expanding the national dialogue on rape kit testing through increased public awareness, engaging communities and government agencies and officials and advocating for comprehensive rape kit reform legislation and policies at the local, state and federal levels.
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PressTV
A seven-year-old Afghan boy has saved the lives of 15 suffocating refugees trapped in a locked truck in Britain by sending a text message for help.
The boy, named Ahmed, used a cell phone given to him by British aid worker Inca Sorrell in France’s notorious Calais refugee camp to inform her that they were running out of oxygen inside the London-bound truck on Thursday morning.
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The Huffington Post
Brenda Tracy never dreamed she’d wear an Oregon State University T-shirt — not after what happened in 1998.
In June of that year, Tracy, then 24 and living with her parents, reported to police that four men had gang-raped her at a party. Two of the accused assailants, she said, were OSU football players.
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By Keith Carlson
 In an era of nursing shortages, high nurse demand and qualified applicants being turned away from nursing programs, there is a need for action to stem the tide. Nursing has long been touted as one of the best professional career paths for those wishing to enter the healthcare sector. The Bureau of Labor Statistics extolls 16 percent job growth for registered nurses between now and 2024. It all looks statistically rosy on paper, but is reality keeping up with the need?
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The Guardian
Only one in three people who visit a GP surgery are ill enough to need to see a doctor and many of the remainder could talk to a practice nurse instead, a report claims.
Letting nurses deal with more ailments could free up enough GP time to allow them to offer patients appointments lasting up to 20 minutes, it concludes.
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The Atlantic
An indigenous community in Canada’s northern region of Ontario has declared a state of emergency after 11 people there attempted suicide on Saturday night.
The Attawapiskat First Nation is a small subarctic community of 2,000 people, located near the Hudson Bay and more than 300 miles from the nearest city. The community’s chief, along with leaders of the Attawapiskat parliament, voted unanimously late Saturday night to declare a state of emergency.
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Medscape (free login required)
One evening, my 92-year-old patient was not as responsive as usual and not easily aroused. His vital signs were: blood pressure, 107/67 mm Hg; pulse, 67 beats/min; respiratory rate, 45 breaths/min; temperature, 98.1° F; and oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry, 66 percent. I called my supervisor immediately, and we both agreed that the patient should be transferred to the acute care hospital. I called the attending physician; and, after explaining the situation with the use of SBAR (situation, background, assessment, recommendation), he agreed to transfer the patient to the emergency department.
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