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Liz Louden RN, BN, MSN, SANE -A
Dear IAFN Members;
Learn about IAFN's SANE 365 campaign. The clock is ticking...
Forensic nurses make a difference. You, our members, make a difference.
In keeping with that theme, the most recent edition of Medscape Nursing featured (at the very top of the page!), one of our own, in an article on the profile of forensic nursing. This is part of a series of first-person accounts of what it’s like to be a nurse in a nontraditional role with the goal of providing inspiration to those seeking a new path within nursing. Check it out here.
Additionally, and as many of you are aware, sexual assault care has been all over the news. In an effort to promote SANE, and when there is no SANE, to insure a minimum standard of care, IAFN has designed tools to identify the responsibilities of the health care system when it comes to sexually assaulted and abused patients. We know that right now, patients who have been sexually assaulted, are being turned away from hospitals with no SANE, despite the fact that it is the hospital’s duty to properly care for the patient. With the SANE 365 campaign, you can strengthen your facility’s ability to provide the highest level of care to sexual assault and abuse patients.
The SANE 365 campaign is designed to help develop or strengthen sexual assault medical forensic services in communities that need assistance. Knowing that it can still be a challenge to talk to facility administrators about ways to strengthen support for patients, IAFN created SANE 365 to highlight and support hospitals in understanding their responsibility in the care of patients who have experienced sexual violence. Take a look at the SANE 365 Campaign and please use these resources to your advantage in your community. READ MORE.
You are in luck!
How Language Helps Shape Our Response to Sexual Violence
Presented by the International Association of Forensic Nurses SAFEta & KIDSta Project and
made possible by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice
is now archived online.
Watch on your own time by visiting the SAFEta website.
IAFN will honor members who have died within the past year during a special memorial at the opening of the Annual Business Meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. EDT in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Whether or not you can attend, please help us recognize these individuals by completing a short online form and submitting a photo. Deadline for inclusion within the Annual Business Meeting is Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, at 5 p.m. EDT.
Learn more or complete the form here.
Help enhance the SANE exams! Please complete the Job Task Analysis Survey from Castle, our testing vendor. Look for it in your inbox! Participants will be given the opportunity to be entered into a drawing to win a $100 Amazon.com gift card.
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AMA Wire
About one in four women and one in seven men in the United States experience intimate partner violence (IPV) in their lifetime, according to a 2015 article published in the journal Science. IPV is a serious and preventable public health problem that affects millions of Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Yet physicians often struggle with how to initiate difficult conversations about this topic and provide proper screening and intervention for IPV.
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Vanity Fair
On Monday afternoon, just hours after Taylor Swift was reportedly moved to tears during the closing arguments of her sexual-assault trial, a jury has sided with the singer-songwriter.
According to the Associated Press, “jurors determined Monday that fired Denver D.J. David Mueller assaulted the pop star by grabbing her backside during a backstage meet-and-greet.”
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WALB-TV
A $10,000 grant will help pay for important, new equipment for one Albany organization.
On Tuesday, representatives from the Georgia Bar Foundation presented $10,000 in Fellows Grant funds to the Lily Pad SANE Center.
The grant will help purchase new forensic interview recording equipment.
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Jurist
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner [official website] signed SB 189 [text, PDF] on Friday removing the statutes of limitations on certain sexual abuse crimes. The legislation amends chapter 38, sections 3-6, of the Illinois Criminal Code to eliminate a time guard for reporting [AP report] felony sex crimes and sex crimes against children. Under the previous code a victim of these sex crimes had to report the crime within 20 years of reaching age 18.
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Psych Central
University of Illinois researchers report the trauma associated with a sexual assault places victims at increased risk of a wide range of mental health conditions.
Investigators analyzed nearly 200 studies involving more than 230,00 adult participants and discovered the elevated risk was apparent regardless of how a researcher may have defined the sexual assault.
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Office of Justice Programs
Behind every sexual assault case is a person whose life has been irrevocably altered. The first responders, law enforcement investigators, forensic nurse examiners, laboratory analysts, victim advocates, and attorneys who support and interact with victims in different ways, have the opportunity to work together to positively impact a victim’s post assault experience and improve healing and recovery.
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U.S. News & World Report
Texas will now require women to buy additional insurance policies for abortion coverage, a move activists say will have a "huge impact" on women who "need" the medical procedure. Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed House Bill 214 into law Tuesday, banning Texas insurers from covering abortions in general plans, despite protests from Democrats that the bill should exempt pregnancies from rape or incest and fetuses with fatal medical conditions.
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Sentinel and Enterprise
Of all the patient encounters she's had in her 15-year nursing career, few compare with one Miko Nakagawa had in January.
One of the patients she was treating in the emergency department of HealthAlliance Hospital was becoming increasingly aggressive and hostile toward her. When Nakagawa tried to calm the patient down, he pushed her over a nearby stretcher, tearing her rotator cuff.
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NJTV
Sexual assault remains one of the most under-reported crimes in the nation, and that’s despite Department of Justice figures showing someone across the U.S. is sexually assaulted every 98 seconds. On Monday, Gov. Chris Christie took a big step toward mitigating this by signing a bill requiring New Jersey police officers to get sexual violence education training every three years. The executive director for the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Patricia Teffenhart, played a key role in moving this forward.
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