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FORENSIC NURSES UPDATES |
The IAFN Foundation Board is currently seeking nominations for new Board Member positions. The term dates for the positions will be from Jan. 1, 2017 - Dec. 31, 2019.
This is a great way to be more involved with our professional organization as we work to promote the professional values of forensic nursing by supporting our colleagues and ongoing practice advancements. Deadline for applying is Sept. 16, 2016.
To learn more and apply, click here.
We are happy to announce the Tribal Forensic Healthcare Training Project has been renewed by the Indian Health Service! New webinars, in-person and web-based trainings will once again be offered FREE to healthcare professionals that serve American Indians and Alaska Natives.
There are already classes beginning in September, including the online Pediatric Sexual Assault Examiner class. Click here to register and learn more!
Thursday, Sept. 29 - Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel | Denver, CO USA
Be sure to follow @ForensicNurses on Twitter to keep up with all of the conference announcements on Twitter. Be sure to look out for the conference hashtag: #4N6RN.
Also make sure to check us out on Facebook where you can see all the latest pictures, connect with peers, and stay up-to-date on all the exciting opportunities available at this year’s conference.
YOU have the opportunity to donate items! All proceeds from the auction will go to the IAFN Foundation, which was created in 2009 to raise and distribute funds in the form of scholarships for nurses in need of assistance to acquire forensic education.
Last year, the silent auction raised $4,766 for the Foundation. Start thinking about how you can help someone attain an invaluable education at the annual conference.
To learn more, click here.
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INDUSTRY NEWS |
Office for Victims of Crime
The purpose of the SANE Program Development and Operation Guide (Guide) is to provide a blueprint for nurses and communities that would like to start a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program. For communities with existing SANE programs, the Guide serves as a resource to help expand or enhance services provided to the community.
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Healio
Nurses who exert coercive measures on patients within psychiatric care are emotionally affected. However, research on their working conditions and environment is limited. The purpose of the current study was to describe nurses' experiences and thoughts concerning the exertion of coercive measures in forensic psychiatric care. The investigation was a qualitative interview study using unstructured interviews; data were analyzed with inductive content analysis.
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The Washington Post
We know that in New Mexico, 5,409 rape victims who were swabbed, tested and examined in a hospital — holding still while strangers gathered evidence from their bodies — never got justice.
In Michigan, the number was 15,217.
In Virginia, 2,369 of these rape evidence kits were carefully harvested from victims and then filed away, stuck in storage and otherwise forgotten, while the rapists roamed free.
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Corrections From The Field
he number of women in jail — most of them mothers — is growing faster than any other group behind bars, but has largely been overlooked from reform efforts, a new report released from the Vera Institute of Justice and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge reveals. The number of women in jail in the U.S. has grown 14-fold since 1970 and continues to rise, even as the number of men in jail has begun to decline.
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BBC News
Detecting traces of perfume could help in the fight against crime, a study suggests.
Scientists have found that the chemical components of a fragrance can transfer from one person's clothing to another's — even if any contact is brief.
The scent's signature lingers for days, although it lessens over time.
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NPR
It sounds like a crazy idea. Convince a survivor of sexual assault to tell her story by filming herself with a fire-breathing dragon imposed on her face.
That's what Indian journalist Yusuf Omar did. He discovered that Snapchat, a mobile app that allows users to create photo or video "stories" that disappear after 24 hours, can be used to document a victim's first-person account while obscuring his or her identities.
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American Journal of Nursing
This collection of articles was authored by faculty from the Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovation's Center for the Advancement of Evidence-Based Practice. Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a problem-solving approach to the delivery of health care that integrates the best evidence from studies and patient care data with clinician expertise and patient preferences and values. When delivered in a context of caring and in a supportive organizational culture, the highest quality of care and best patient outcomes can be achieved.
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NPR
The California Assembly unanimously passed a measure that requires a prison sentence for anyone convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious person.
The 66-0 vote comes after a six-month jail sentence (and three years' probation) imposed in June by Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky on former Stanford student Brock Turner. He had been convicted earlier in the year of three felony counts of sexually assaulting an intoxicated and unconscious woman at a fraternity party. That sentence was widely condemned as too lenient. Prosecutors had sought a sentence of six years in prison.
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True Colors Fund
According to a new report, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth are more likely to face arrest, prosecution, and mistreatment within the juvenile justice system. Among the report’s most alarming findings is that the percentage of LGBTQ youth in juvenile detention is double that of LGBT youth in the general population; 20 percent of youth in juvenile justice facilities identify as LGBTQ or gender nonconforming compared to 7-9 percent of youth in general. The findings are stark, but research like this is vital as the True Colors Fund and our partner organizations continue our work to create a better world for LGBTQ young people.
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JJIE
Collective action is needed to ensure the safety of lesbian, gay and bisexual students, who experience violence and other health risks at higher rates than their heterosexual peers, a new federal report says.
Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the first nationwide study that tracks the health behaviors of LGB teenagers and found they experience higher rates of bullying, physical and sexual violence and drug use. The study analyzed questionnaires from 15,713 students. It did not ask about students who identify as transgender.
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New York Daily News
California isn't the only state that needs to overhaul its sex crime laws — but hopefully it won't take another Brock Turner situation for others states to start changing.
Golden State lawmakers unanimously voted Monday to fix the loophole that let Turner, a former Stanford student, get away with three months in jail after being convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. The new law, which is awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown's signature, would ensure mandatory minimum sentences for such crime.
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