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Ever ask yourself if forensic nursing is the right career for you? Or, are you a forensic nurse whose peers ask you this question? “What are the steps, what are the questions I should be asking, and what resources should I use?” IAFN is ready to guide you: http://www.forensicnurses.org/?page=FNPath
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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. You will have the opportunity to earn up to 19.5 nursing contact hours by attending.
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Ever wonder how to go about including your announcement in the tote bags that are distributed at the IAFN Annual Conference or in sponsoring something year-round? Check out our Sponsorship Opportunities.
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The Bristlecone Project
To portray this reality — who we are now, living meaningful and dignified lives — to the many men who may feel isolated and stigmatized by what happened to them. And to portray this reality to whole communities through the Bristlecone web site and public exhibitions, providing positive, hopeful role models of men who have faced their childhood experiences and who learned to live healthier, happier lives.
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Cmox Valley Record
According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, suicide and suicidal thoughts among teens is more prevalent than ever before.
In a survey of 15,000 Grade 7 to 12 students in British Columbia, 34 percent knew of someone who had attempted or died by suicide; 16 percent had seriously considered suicide; 14 percent had made a suicide plan; seven percent had made an attempt and two per cent had required medical attention due to an attempt.
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ABC
A researcher hopes a spray glue developed in South Australia will become part of the forensic kits of police investigators across Australia.
Dr John Berketa of Adelaide University's forensic odontology unit said the glue could be used to help stabilise incinerated remains by setting a virtual cast over a victim's jaw.
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The New Orleans Advocate
Sexual assault victims arrive at hospital emergency rooms, traumatized in body and mind, for a crucial exam, one that is supposed to provide urgent medical attention as well as evidence for prosecuting the assailant. St. Tammany Parish Coroner Charles Preston, elected just over a year ago, thinks local hospitals can do a better job of administering those exams, and he has a plan for helping them to do it.
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Human Rights Project for Girls, Georgetown Law, Ms. Foundation for Women
Rights4Girls released a report, The Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline: The Girls' Story, along with the Ms. Foundation for Women and the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty & Inequality that outlines how gendered violence, particularly sexual abuse, creates pathways for girls into the juvenile justice system.
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The Huffington Post
In most states, women need to go to their doctor or health clinic to get a prescription for hormonal birth control. But thanks to recent legislation, women in California and Oregon will now be able to buy hormonal birth control at the pharmacy without a doctor's prescription.
Though an innovative policy, this is hardly controversial from a scientific perspective. Instead, it aligns with a significant body of research showing that hormonal birth control is a strong candidate for pharmacy access.
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Office for Victims of Crime
Designed to strengthen communication among victim-serving organizations, professionals, and OVC, the newsletter is a valuable tool for sharing information about OVC’s initiatives, events, and other items of special interest. This issue focuses on building capacity through innovation, providing comprehensive legal assistance, and addressing continuing and emerging challenges facing victims and service providers funded through OVC’s Vision 21 Initiative.
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The Rakyat Post
Remains belonging to victims of Nazi anatomy professor August Hirt have been found at a forensic medicine institute in eastern France, local authorities said in a statement on Saturday.
Eighty-six Jews had been sent to the gas chambers in 1943 and their bodies brought to the eastern French city of Strasbourg, then under Nazi occupation and where Hirt was assembling a macabre collection of corpses.
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