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As 2016 comes to a close, IAFN would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of the Forensic Nurses News a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Thursday, Jan. 5.
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Chicago Tribune
From May 26: As an emergency-room nurse in southwest Wisconsin, I sometimes received patients who had been sexually assaulted — and I was expected to help conduct an exam to collect and preserve DNA evidence, though I didn’t have the appropriate training. I would try to make sense out of the rape kit: a cardboard box packed with numerous envelopes holding a mess of long-handled swabs and slides.
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CNN
From July 14: A yearlong investigation conducted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper, published last week, uncovered thousands of cases of physician sexual abuse spread across every state in America. Emotions ran deep, especially among patient advocates and sexual violence centers.
"The results are very concerning," said Laura Palumbo, a spokeswoman for the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. "It is astounding that, at the systemic level, there seem to be conditions where sexual abuse is allowed to happen and physicians aren't held accountable."
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Midwest Regional Children's Advocacy Center
From July 28: Forensic interviews are considered to be the cornerstone of a child abuse investigation and must be conducted in a non-duplicative, neutral and legally sound manner to ensure effective case outcomes. This course provides the foundational training for professionals whose primary responsibility is conducting forensic interviews of children at Children’s Advocacy Centers. Participation in this course will span 4 months.
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ACEs Connection Network
From Feb. 4: I lived in Kotzebue, AK, for four months. One reason I was attracted to the community was an opportunity to introduce the concept of childhood trauma and ACEs. I did that. The Northwest Arctic School District had a wonderful and compassionate superintendent, Dr. Norm Eck. I had a few conversations with Dr. Eck about ACEs and how it affects children as they become adults. Dr. Eck accepted the information and had plans to examine it more deeply, but eventually retired and the spread of information slowed.
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Los Angeles Times
From March 3: The room was already electric when Vice President Joe Biden stepped onto the Oscars stage Sunday night and gave an impassioned speech about reducing sexual assault on college campuses. He then introduced Lady Gaga, who performed a rousing rendition of "Til It Happens to You," the Oscar-nominated song she and Diane Warren wrote about sexual assault on college campuses for the Kirby Dick documentary "The Hunting Ground."
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ABC News
From April 7: Siri received a much-needed update this month, just days after researchers noted that four popular smartphone digital assistants had lackluster responses to questions about sexual assault and other personal emergencies, according to Apple.
As of March 17, Siri understands the phrases “I was raped” and “I am being abused.” In response, Siri puts iPhone users one click away from the National Sexual Assault Hotline.
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Marketplace
From March 10: Dr. A rolled his eyes.
It was last October, and he had just come across a triage note that said, “I have a tracker in me.”
Dr. A — we’re not using his name or identifying his hospital, which is in a major American city, to protect patient safety — is 28 years old, a resident and about as green as they come.
And he’s got a patient who claims she’s got a GPS tracking device implanted in her side.
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CNN
From April 28: In a bathroom, the predator has placed a child on the counter to photograph his evil acts.
In the background of the photo, which was posted online, are products including prescription medication.
But zooming in on that pill bottle makes the details unreadable.
In a small, dark lab Jim Cole, special agent and supervisor of Victim Identification at the Homeland Security Investigations Cyber Crimes Center gets to work using the latest technology available.
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ACOG
From May 5: VIDEO: Did you know? ACOG endorses the CDC's 2015 guidelines for treating sexually transmitted infections and recommends that providers find out whether expedited partner therapy for gonorrhea and chlamydia is permitted by law where they practice.
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Motto
From Oct. 6: Vice President Joe Biden is on a mission to end the malarkey behind weak sexual assault protocols and beliefs. During an interview on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, Biden expressed his disdain for rape, sexual assault, and what we can do to help make college campuses safer. Earlier this week, Biden appeared in an episode of Law & Order: SVU in which he spoke out about the backlog of rape kits at police departments.
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