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FORENSIC NURSES UPDATES |
 Dee Krebs MS, APRN, BC, FNP, SANE-A, SANE-P, NYSAFE, FAANP
November 2016 Update
Dear Colleagues,
Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness. It is a season of giving, sharing and spending time with those who are near and dear to us. It is that time of year when we look back on all our blessings and honor those who have blessed our lives in significant ways. I know many of you have to work this holiday, including myself, and we will not be home to celebrate with our family. Thank you for working on Thanksgiving and caring for patients of trauma. Our practice can improve their lives and our own.
The majority of us were able to celebrate our profession ... READ MORE
The IAFN's Spotlight-on-a-Member Project provides a befitting recognition to some of our forensic nursing colleagues and what motivates their dedication and commitment to forensic nursing.
Please join the Membership Committee in recognizing Tanya Smith, NP-Pediatrics.
NAME: Tanya Smith, NP-Pediatrics
LOCATION: Toronto, Canada
WORK SETTING: The Hospital for Sick Children Ambulatory Center and Child and Youth Advocacy Center
FORENSIC NURSING ROLE: Tanya is the Co-Director of the Suspected Child Abuse & Neglect Program at Sickkids.
YEARS OF IAFN MEMBERSHIP: On and off since 2005
Learn more about Tanya by clicking here.
Do you know another IAFN member who is extraordinary? A member who makes a difference in their patients’ lives? Go ahead and nominate them for IAFN’s Spotlight-on-a-Member Project.
Your contact hours will be calculated automatically, based on the sessions you attended and evaluated at the International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice in Denver, CO. After you evaluate ALL the sessions you attended during the entire conference, simply print and retain your CE certificate for future reference.
The online evaluation site closes on Dec. 1, 2016, at 11:59 p.m. EDT. After this time, CE certificates will no longer be available. Click here to evaluate today!
The International Association of Forensic Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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INDUSTRY NEWS |
The Huffington Post
New York City is safer than it has been in decades ― that is, unless you are a victim of domestic violence. While it has seen its homicide rate halved over the past 15 years, murders involving family members and romantic partners have barely budged, NYPD statistics show.
Now, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to change that. On Friday, he is set to announce the creation of a task force charged with developing an ambitious, citywide plan to tackle domestic violence.
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The Daily Mail
Turkey's Government has come under fire for proposing an 'amnesty for rape' law that would allow men accused of sexually abusing girls to avoid punishment if they marry their victims.
The proposal, put forward by the ruling AK Party, would allow sentencing in cases of sexual abuse committed 'without force, threat or trick' before November 16 to be indefinitely postponed if the perpetrator marries the victim.
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NSRVC
The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention recently released Sexual Violence on Campus: Strategies for Prevention. This tool offers an overview of how to approach sexual violence prevention on college campuses with real-world examples from the field.
As part of the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, the CDC was tasked with identifying promising practices to prevent sexual violence on college and university campuses.
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CNN
Trapped in a bad dream.
That's how an 18-year-old Noemi felt when she learned that she had no choice but to hand over her baby daughter to the man convicted of assaulting her.
Noemi's child was conceived in the assault, and Nebraska's laws on parental rights forced her to agree to court-sanctioned visits between her daughter and her attacker.
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Scribd.
Every person, including individuals in jail or prison, deserves to be free from sexual violence. Sexual victimization is not included in a prison sentence, and it should not be part of the punishment. States bear legal responsibility under the Constitution and federal law for protecting prisoners in its facilities from sexual violence and other serious harm. Yet, people in prison are at heightened risk of sexual assault.
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NSRVC
Sexual violence & individuals who identify as LGBTQ is an information packet containing nearly a dozen resources focused on serving, engaging, and collaborating with individuals and communities who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer or questioning (LGBTQ). The packet contains resources to support counselors, advocates, preventionists, technical assistance providers, and allied professionals committed to affirming all individuals and communities. The goals of this packet are to provide resources that will both strengthen work already being done, as well as assist organizations in discovering a place to begin program development.
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Independent
A UK-based charity has warned that British tourists and expats in Dubai and across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) should not report incidents of rape after a woman who was allegedly gang raped was arrested and charged with “extramarital sex”.
Detained in Dubai, an organisation that assists people who have become victims of injustice in the UAE, has warned against reporting rape or other crimes in the country because of the “manipulation when it comes to criminal accusations” and the “racist” preconceptions held against Western tourists.
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The Chronicle of Social Change
The idea of brain science in child welfare is hardly new but a pair of recent efforts highlight a growing push in the child welfare field to move an influx of findings drawn from the worlds of neuroscience and child development into practice.
According to leaders in the field, child welfare policies and practices can see immediate and substantive benefits from the successful translation of this emerging brain science, but several challenges remain.
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