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This activity will enable the Emergency Department nurse to understand her/his role in the recognition of forensic patients seen in the ED, and the application of forensic principles in the patient’s overall care and disposition. Presented by Peter J. Eisert, BS, RNC-NIC, SANE-A, SANE-P and Anita Symonds, RN, BSN, MS.
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Review the Criteria and Core Competencies for Board Service (Word) and/or the Criteria for Nominee to the Nominating Committee (Word). Complete the online application. There is no requirement to have someone nominate you. We prefer you apply for yourself.
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The Early Registration rate is $525 USD for Members and $654 USD for Nonmembers. Early registration ends July 31. This is a four-day conference and registration includes continental breakfast and three lunches.
New for 2015 — Limited scholarships for this training may be available through the Office for Victims of Crime for SANEs who work directly with crime victims. Awards will be made based on need, to applicants whose organizations have insufficient funds to support their participation. Please visit the OVC TTAC website to apply. Scholarship applications must be received 60 days before the event. Please note that given the 60 day deadline, scholarship applications will need to be received no later than Aug. 28, 2015. Register Now!
The Bulletin
Nearly 200 kits containing what could be evidence of sexual assault sit tight in evidence in three Deschutes County law enforcement agencies.
They have not yet seen the inside of the Oregon State Police crime lab, where they could be tested for DNA or physical evidence.
Some say testing the evidence in these Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence, or SAFE, kits could identify repeat offenders and solve cold rape cases. Others contend that preserving anonymity, which prevents some kits from being tested, can empower survivors to seek help. Meanwhile, local law enforcement say there are myriad other reasons a kit in storage may go untested.
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HealthLeaders Media
Time spent on needlessly laborious or unnecessary tasks can silently ratchet up job dissatisfaction rates among physicians and nurses.
Healthcare is an industry where seconds count, and not just in the case of saving lives.
Imagine the simple act of walking down the hall to collect a piece of paper from a printer. "It might only be an additional 30 seconds each time, but if [clinicians] visit that printer 20 times in a day, that's an extra ten minutes daily," says John Jenkins, M.D., vice president and executive medical director of the primary care collaborative at Cone Health in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Southern Daily Echo
A violent rapist who launched a terrifying attack on a young student before beating a brave stranger who came to her rescue is today behind bars – thanks to a selfie.
Shumel Ahmed hid in bushes ready to pounce on the 19-year-old who he subjected to a severe beating before raping her and threatening to kill her as she screamed desperately for help.
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CDC
These updated guidelines discuss 1) alternative treatment regimens for Neisseria gonorrhoeae; 2) the use of nucleic acid amplification tests for the diagnosis of trichomoniasis; 3) alternative treatment options for genital warts; 4) the role of Mycoplasma genitalium in urethritis/cervicitis and treatment-related implications; 5) updated HPV vaccine recommendations and counseling messages; 6) the management of persons who are transgender; 7) annual testing for hepatitis C in persons with HIV infection; 8) updated recommendations for diagnostic evaluation of urethritis; and 9) retesting to detect repeat infection. Physicians and other health-care providers can use these guidelines to assist in the prevention and treatment of STDs.
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The Conversation
In any murder investigation, one of the most crucial questions is when the victim died. Accurately pinning down the time of death helps forensic teams to track down the whereabouts of their suspects — and whether they had an alibi.
Despite the value of this information, it is currently not possible to estimate time of death in a reliable way after about 36-72 hours. But now a new test for calculating the exact time of death after as many as ten days has been developed. However, the method, which works by tracking the degradation of protein in muscles, has only been tested in pigs so far.
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By Scott E. Rupp
It seems patient engagement efforts may require more work if the latest survey holds true. According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, giving patients access to portals and tablets "does not have a great impact on their understanding of their care and treatment."
The hypothesis, according to FierceMobileHealthcare, was that tablets and apps would result in greater knowledge of team members' names and roles, planned tests and procedures, medications and higher patient activation.
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Houston Chronicle (subscription required)
The thieves leave invisible evidence on kitchen countertops, china cabinets, garage doors and steering wheels that can lead to their undoing: microscopic skin cells that contain their DNA.
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WBRC-TV
In the wake of child abuse charges against a Flora, Mississippi, police officer comes concern by many parents, many on social media, asking what they can do to protect their children.
"Often, these people that perpetrate on small children, or any child, are people that these kids know, that they love, and that they trust," said family nurse practitioner Regan D. Spence.
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Nurse.com
With Lady Liberty’s welcoming torch in New York Harbor, people from all over the world have streamed into the metropolitan area, many seeking greater opportunities or freedom from oppression or discrimination. Diverse populations have enriched the fabric of New York and New Jersey, and when ill or injured, these patients require culturally competent care to best answer their unique individual needs.
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CNN
Mass killings and school shootings spread "contagiously," a new study found, where one killing or shooting increases the chances that others will occur within about two weeks.
The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, found evidence that school shootings and mass killings — defined as four or more deaths — spread "contagiously," and 20 percent to 30 percent of such killings appear to be the result of "infection." The contagion period lasts about 13 days, researchers found.
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Big News Network
Determining the time of death isn't an exact science, and it becomes less and less exact as time passes. But a new method, developed by researchers at the University of Salzburg, allows forensic scientists to calculate the precise time of death, even after 10 days.
"Improvement of methods to determine time of death is crucial to modern forensic science," researchers wrote in an abstract describing their findings.
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