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Nursing Management
Language barriers between nurses and patients increasingly affect nursing practice, regardless of where care is delivered. In the United States, a language other than English is now spoken at home in one of five households, the highest level since just after World War I.
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Thank you to all who joined us for IAFN’s annual Leadership and Lobby Days in Washington, D.C. last week! Close to 50 forensic nurses from the United States and Canada participated in the two-day event. Suzanne Miyamoto, PhD, RN, FAAN led our Leadership Day with education and an interactive workshop designed to enhance leadership impact and amplify the work and value of forensic nurses. The afternoon consisted of a legislative briefing and prep for Hill visits by IAFN’s lobbyist Patrick Cooney, President of The Federal Group. Day Two started off with a breakfast briefing in the Capitol Visitor Center and then our nurses took to the Hill to meet with legislators in an effort to provide education on forensic nursing issues and seek support for specific bills and legislative initiatives impacting our work. Participants had a positive experience, noting that both days contributed to feelings of personal and professional empowerment. More information about IAFN’s Legislative Agenda and Current Issue Briefs is available on our Government Affairs page.
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April, 30 2018 | 2:00-3:30 p.m. (Eastern) | Register
The AIDS Education & Training Center (AETC) Program Rural Health Committee, the Georgia Department of Public Health, the IAFN and the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership has developed a Post-Sexual Exposure nPEP Toolkit. This webinar will provide an overview of the resources and materials that are provided in the toolkit and the circumstances when it should be used
Provided by: IAFN's SAFEta and KIDSta Projects. FREE of charge and open to all. Certificate of Completion Provided
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IAFN is once again collaborating with the American Nurses Foundation (ANF) to offer a $10,000 research grant to a forensic nurse researcher. Preference will be given to applicants who are members of the International Association of Forensic Nurses. The focus of this grant is restricted to research focused on forensic nursing science.
This award is part of the 2018 Nursing Research Grants which offers nursing research awards to beginner and experienced nurse researchers. Information about all of the awards is available here.
The online application is available now. All applications must be completed by 11:59 p.m. on May 1.
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You still have time nominate your Forensic Nursing hero, mentor, or colleague for an IAFN Award! The deadline has been extended to April 30, 2018. Honorees will be recognized during the 2018 International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice in Reno, Nevada, Oct. 24-27, 2018.
- Have you developed a new forensic nursing project?
- Do you have research in progress?
- Do you want to share your ideas with colleagues?
Poster sessions allow presenters to network with peers one-on-one, exchanging ideas and learning from one another outside the traditional conference sessions. We also encourage students at all levels (BSN/MSN/DNP/PhD) to submit poster presentations. This is a great way to share your ideas, present early stage doctoral work, and get feedback from scholars and clinicians.
Submissions are due May 7, 2018
Nursing2018
MS. J, 59, presented to the ED in acute respiratory distress. Ms. J was well known to the ED staff due to her multiple chronic diseases that often required emergency medical treatment. She also had a history of depression with multiple suicide attempts.
Recovering from alcohol and opiate addiction, she was 3 years sober. As Ms. J's clinical status began to improve, she was able to talk with her nurse.
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Science Magazine
An algorithm tool developed by Purdue Polytechnic Institute faculty will help law enforcement filter out and focus on sex offenders most likely to set up face-to-face meetings with child victims.
The Chat Analysis Triage Tool (CATT) was presented last week by principal investigator Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar, assistant professor of computer and information technology, at the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts Conference in Anaheim, California.
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Nursing2018
Since the days of Florence Nightingale, patient advocacy has been an important nursing responsibility. Nightingale laid the foundation for patient advocacy by consistently insisting on quality of care, including a safe and clean environment, and basic human rights for all. Personal attributes of effective nurse advocates include professional competence, objectivity, flexibility, empathy, self-motivation, accountability, commitment, a sense of responsibility, and strong coping skills.
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WBTW-TV
Hospitals across South Carolina are working to form S.A.N.E programs, sexual assault nurse examiners. Of the 62 hospitals in the state only eight provide 24-hour sexual examiner care.
SANE nurses receive special training to help not only collect forensic evidence but help the patient through the psychological aftermath of assault and can even act as an expert witness in a case.
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Center of Research Excellence - Safer Families
Nov. 20-21 | Melbourne, Australia
Through this event, the conference organizers aim to make families safer by generating evidence-informed knowledge to assist services to identify domestic violence early and tailor effective responses. The call for abstracts is now open and closes on 1 May 2018.
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KevinMD
It has been documented that 1 in 3 women will experience rape in her lifetime, and this is most common in women under the age of 25. Over 95 percent of victims of sexual assault are women worldwide, while in North America estimates place that at 85 percent. These are the assaults we know about — generous estimates say that, at most, 10 percent of rapes are reported to police or other authorities/health care providers.
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CNN
At first, it had seemed to Shiori Ito like a dream opportunity.
As an aspiring young reporter, she says a prominent journalist had taken an interest in her career, and invited her out to dinner.
The invitation was made while they were both in the U.S., but it wasn't until they had both returned to Tokyo that the meeting took place. According to Ito, they went for sushi, and at some point in the evening she went to the bathroom. It would be the last thing she remembered from the restaurant.
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