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FORENSIC NURSES UPDATES |
The KIDSta project was created to provide training and technical assistance for all members of the multidisciplinary process responding to prepubertal children who have experienced sexual abuse. The KIDSta webinars will endeavor to provide on line training on topics that are contained within the recommendations of the Pediatric SAFE Protocol.
Click here to register for the next webinar on July 20!
Make a Change. Empower Yourself.
Apply to sit for the September 2016 SANE-A® and/or SANE-P® certification exam.
To learn more, download the 2016 Certification Examination Handbook or visit the “Take the Exam” page at www.ForensicNurses.org. Apply by mail, fax, email, or online by July 22, 2016.
The IAFN Nominating Committee is NOW accepting applications from Regular members for the open positions with the:
Board of Directors:
President-elect
Treasurer
Director at Large (3 positions available)
Nominating Committee:
Member
Commission for Forensic Nursing Certification:
SANE-A®- or SANE-P®-certified commissioners (2 positions available)
Association member commissioner (non-certified)
Educator commissioner
The deadline to apply is July 27, 2016. Submit an online application or learn more.
Thursday, Sept. 29 - Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel | Denver, CO USA
Register before the Early Discount deadline of July 31, 2016. Plus, don't forget to start or renew your IAFN membership BEFORE registering for the conference to take advantage of the member rate.
Registration is well ahead of last year. The fastest way to make sure you don't get left out and do get into your favorite sessions is to REGISTER TODAY and REGISTER ONLINE.
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INDUSTRY NEWS |
Brattleboro Reformer
While all nurses are heroes for the caring work they do, the Women's Freedom Center would like to give some well-deserved public recognition to a specially trained few: those who step up to care for victims, and gather forensic evidence, after a sexual assault.
Sexual assault is a profound violation of a person's body, sense of safety, and autonomy, and each survivor's needs are unique. We're fortunate in Windham and southern Windsor counties to have emergency rooms with skilled staff to provide critical services to victims.
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Office on Women's Health
Get strategies for addressing the health impacts of intimate partner violence (IPV) and tools for responding to disclosures of violence. Sign up by July 24, 2016.
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Becker's ASC Review
Various medical groups are imploring CMS to postpone Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 as the "complex" system may result in penalties for providers failing to meet CMS' standards, according to MedPage Today.
Under MACRA, physicians can participate in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System or the Alternative Payment Models. MIPS consists of a weighted score of quality, resource use, meaningful use and practice improvement scores. Physicians have the opportunity to receive financial bonuses if they obtain good quality outcomes. However, many may face penalties if they fail to meet CMS' requirements.
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WJXT-TV
A strict new timetable has been implemented after a survey found more than 9,400 rape kits that should have been tested still in police evidence lockers. Lawmakers committed money to keep the backlog from returning.
Victim advocates don’t believe the number of rapes is increasing. They believe more victims feel comfortable coming forward. Nationally, estimates range from as few as a quarter to no more than a third of sexual assaults being reported.
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The Huffington Post
Colleges and universities may be underreporting the number of sexual assaults, domestic violence and stalking incidents on campus, a group of senators warn.
The 31 senators, all Democrats or independents, urged the Justice and Education departments to do more to hold the institutions to account, in a letter they sent to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Education Secretary John King, Jr.
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The Washington Post
Last month, Vice President Biden penned a searing letter to the victim in a notorious Stanford University rape case. “I am filled with furious anger,” he wrote, “both that this happened to you and that our culture is still so broken.”
Biden’s letter encapsulated the national outrage that erupted when the woman’s attacker was sentenced to just six months in county jail. It was also a sharp reminder that one of the Obama administration’s most ardent policy initiatives has been a concerted campaign to end the scourge of sexual assault on college campuses.
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The Cross Timbers Gazette
A sexual assault was reported in Flower Mound about a month ago.
The victim reported her attack to the Flower Mound Police Department (FMPD), had a medical exam and also posted news of her assault on Facebook. She wanted to warn others that there were two predators in the area and reminded others to be more aware of their surroundings, with whom they interact and what they eat or drink.
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U.S. Department of Justice
Children may experience violence in many settings, including at home, in school, online or in neighborhoods, and in many forms such as bullying or harassment by peers, domestic violence, child maltreatment and community violence. For the purposes of this compendium, studies have been included if they relate to the topic of children exposed to violence broadly defined. Studies funded under NIJ’s CEV solicitation are included as well studies funded in other portfolios if they relate to the topic. The Teen Dating Violence studies are also included in the VAWA Compendium, which is publically available. This compendium only includes studies funded from 2010 forward.
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Medscape (free login required)
Nurse practitioners who have the authority to prescribe controlled substances in the form of mental health drugs have prescribing patterns similar to physicians, new research shows.
"This demonstrates that nurse practitioners who have had unrestricted authority for prescribing controlled substances do not prescribe them in greater quantity or differently than their peers," said Tracy Klein, PhD, FNP, ARNP, from the Washington State University College of Nursing in Spokane.
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