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FORENSIC NURSES UPDATES |
Forensic nurses are exceptional nurses. They routinely provide compassionate, objective, and unbiased care to challenging and unique populations across the globe. The IAFN's Spotlight-on-a-Member Project provides a befitting recognition to some of our forensic nursing colleagues and what motivates their dedication and commitment to forensic nursing.
Please join the Membership Committee in recognizing our first ever Spotlight Member:
Nicole Stahlmann
HOMETOWN: St. Paul, Minnesota
FAMILY: One sister and one brother, 30 Aunts and Uncles, and near 80 cousins.
OCCUPATION: Forensic Nurse Examiner, D.C. Forensic Nurse Examiners
YEARS OF IAFN MEMBERSHIP: 3 Years
Learn more about Nicole
Do you know another IAFN member who is extraordinary? A member who makes a difference in their patients’ lives? Go ahead and nominate them for IAFN’s Spotlight-on-a-Member Project.
Download the Registration Brochure for the International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice
Thursday, Sept. 29 - Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel | Denver, CO USA
The Association’s conference promises to be packed with diverse sessions and the option to earn valuable CEs. In addition to covering the most current forensic nursing science topics, the Conference offers a wonderful opportunity to network with your peers. As a member, you receive the discounted member rate.
The Early Registration rate is $525 USD for Members and $654 USD for Nonmembers. Early registration ends July 29. Register today!
Forensic Nursing: Standards of Care for Evidence Collection, Documentation of Injury and Maintaining a Chain of Custody
Date: June 28, 2016
Time: 3 - 4 p.m. Central Time
Price: AALNC and IAFN Members $25 | Non-members $60
CNE: 1.0 Contact Hours
Click here for more information and to register today!
Make your SANE course stand out by earning the IAFN Seal of approval. The education community has been asking for it, and IAFN has responded. 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.
- Standardize education and practice for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) courses.
- Align your course with the most current edition of the IAFN SANE Education Guidelines.
- Increase your course marketability with the IAFN-Approved seal of approval for your course.
Get Started Today!
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IAC&ME
Registration is now open for the IAC&ME Annual Training Conference, which will be held July 23 – 29, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Advanced Medicolegal General Conference will be the main conference session.
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National Institute of Justice
Sexual assault on college campuses continues to make national headlines. We know the victims suffer short- and long-term health problems, such as sexually transmitted infections, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, chronic illness and post-traumatic stress disorder. We also know that college students who have been sexually assaulted are more likely to engage in risky behaviors, such as binge drinking and drug use, and have lowered academic achievement, and they may be at greater risk for revictimization.
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Becker's Hospital Review
Nurses face an array of tough daily challenges on the job.
Twelve-hour shifts are commonplace. Nurses also are caring for more, typically high-acuity, patients with the influx of previously uninsured people who have gained coverage through the Affordable Care Act. Additionally, they are caring for older patients — currently, 6.1 percent of the U.S. population is 75 years old or older, and that will jump to 9.5 percent by 20130, due to the aging of the baby boomer generation, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Israel 21c
Thirty Israeli EMTs, paramedics and doctors recently completed a training course qualifying them as psychotrauma volunteers and teachers for United Hatzalah, a private community-based network of voluntary first-responders across Israel.
The volunteers already started providing psychological first aid before the graduation ceremony on May 25, 2016. They responded to a bus bombing, three cases of sudden heart attack deaths and three incidents of crib death.
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HealthLeadersMedia
The director of the Nurses on Boards Coalition urges nurse leaders to elevate their presence on corporate, health-related, and other boards and offers tips on how to get there. "Until there's a nurse serving on every board where it makes strategic sense to do so, our work is not done," says Laurie Benson, BSN.
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U.S. Department of Justice
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is seeking applications to develop or enhance statewide telemedicine programs to deliver expert Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) guidance and support to medical professionals conducting sexual assault forensic exams in state correctional facilities, institutions of higher education, and rural and tribal communities. This program furthers the Department’s mission by providing 24-hour live access to expert SANEs who will use cutting-edge audiovisual technology to walk a healthcare provider through a forensic medical examination.
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By Joan Spitrey
 In an effort to increase veterans' access to healthcare, the Department of Veterans Affairs is proposing to amend its medical regulations and allow full practice authority for all VA advanced practiced registered nurses, or APRNs. The VA would join a growing number of states that currently allow them to practice independently. Although APRNs have been practicing safely and effectively, they continue to be the target of physician groups as the threat to income is perceived.
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Congress.Gov
Amends the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act to prohibit the final approval of any foster care placement or a foster care license from being issued until the tribal social services agency: (1) completes a criminal records check of each covered individual who resides in the household or is employed at the institution in which the foster care placement will be made, and (2) concludes that each of those individuals meets the tribe's standards established pursuant to this Act. Defines a "covered individual" as an adult and any other individual the tribe determines is subject to a criminal records check.
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