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JAMA
Routine screening of people without signs or symptoms of abuse could identify abuse not otherwise disclosed and provide opportunities for intervention that may reduce future abuse as well as short- and long-term adverse health consequences. In 2013, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended screening women of childbearing age for IPV but concluded that the evidence was insufficient for older or vulnerable adults. To inform an updated recommendation, the evidence on the benefits and harms of screening asymptomatic adults for IPV, elder abuse, and abuse of vulnerable adults in populations and settings relevant to U.S. primary care was reviewed.
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The 2018 Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice was inspirational, informational, and motivational. More than 900 attendees joined in our sessions and keynotes, viewed posters, toured the exhibit hall, and connected with friends and colleagues. Congratulations to our 2018 Award Winners, who were recognized during the opening session. Mark your calendars now to join us next year - Sept. 11-14, 2019 in New Orleans, LA.
 In every hospital. For every community. The future of care.
Are you ready for Forensic Nurses Week? Check out the resources available in the 2018 Planning Guide.
Join us on Facebook or LinkedIn or follow the conversation on Twitter (@ForensicNurses) using #FNWeek. Share your stories, pictures, and videos. Join our celebration of you!
Nov. 8 – Join IAFN’s Research Committee for Writing Grants: Show me the Money. Free for Members; $20 for Non-Members. Contact Hours will be offered.
Nov. 15 - Join IAFN for a free 5-part, members-only webinar series on the Medical-Forensic Evaluation of Asylum Seekers. Contact Hours will be offered. The series begins on Nov. 15, with a session on the Legal Framework for Immigrant Victims & Introduction to the Istanbul Protocol.
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CNN
A wave of hate-filled gun violence has swept the United States in the past few days, and now a physicians' group is releasing new recommendations to reduce firearm injuries and deaths nationwide. The American College of Physicians released new recommendations on how doctors can play a role in reducing gun violence across the country. The recommendations, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Oct. 29, had been planned for release before the recent wave of violence.
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U.S. News & World Report
Divina Grossman writes, "Many people I've met while serving as president at prominent universities couldn't believe I was a nurse before entering academic leadership. It's not surprising – you can count the number of university presidents with nursing backgrounds in the U.S. on one hand.
My colleagues with law, business and education degrees in similar roles don't receive the same reactions. Even though I earned a PhD, some people can't wrap their heads around the idea of a nurse in a leadership position."
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University of Bristol via Medical Xpress
Injecting drug use, through the sharing of needles, syringes and other injecting equipment, is a primary route of transmission for both HIV and hepatitis C virus, blood-borne infections that cause considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. New research led by the University of Bristol has found that, among people who inject drugs, recent incarceration was associated with an 81 percent and 62 percent increase in HIV and HCV acquisition risk, respectively.
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D Magazine
Two decades ago, Parkland Hospital was the only place in Dallas providing rape kits to survivors. There were no independent clinics, no Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner programs. And for Courtney Underwood, there was no help.
She was raped by her pastor at knife-point when she was 15. But it wasn’t until her sophomore year at SMU that the Highland Park native, now 35, realized Dallas was the largest city—and county—in the country without a SANE program or rape crisis center. Even at Parkland, survivors would have a minimum eight-hour wait. It took Underwood seven years of campaigning to open the Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center, and the city’s first hospital SANE program, at Texas Health Presbyterian, in 2010.
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National Science Foundation
The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that U.S. residents 12 years of age or older were victims of domestic violence in more than 1.1 million cases in 2016. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that more than one in three women in the U.S. have been victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner. Intimate-partner violence was involved in more than half of female homicides for which circumstances could be determined.
In addition to the physical and psychological costs to victims, the economic costs of intimate-partner violence — in lost earnings, lost productivity and healthcare costs — are substantial, estimated by the CDC in 2003 to reach nearly $6 billion per year.
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UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center via Medical Xpress
A new blood test developed by University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers shows promise for tracking HPV-linked head and neck cancer patients to ensure they remain cancer-free after treatment. Researchers presented preliminary findings at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology in San Antonio on Tuesday, Oct. 23.
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BBC
In the crowded emergency ward of a hospital, Dr Prabhat Rijal met a patient covered in bruises.
Her visit was expected. The doctors at Rapti Sub-Regional Hospital in Ghorari, western Nepal see at least one case like this a night. It’s usually shortly after dusk, when abusive men come home from work and start drinking. The patients tend to come in gripping their stomachs or complaining of earaches, but the nurses and doctors look out for bruises or cuts on their bodies that suggest a different story.
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