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This year the American Academy of Forensic Sciences has bestowed the John R. Hunt award to our own Virginia Lynch, MSN. She will be presented with her award at the 68th Annual Meeting in Las Vagas, Nevada.
Thank you for all that you have done to pave the way for forensic nurses everywhere.
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The American Nurses Foundation has opened the Foundation's Nursing Research Grant Program Reviewer Application Deadline to complete your application is Feb. 28, 2016.
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U.S. News & World Report
Healthcare workers are often subjected to violence on the job, which can range from shoving to shooting. As statistics point to a rise in attacks, attention is turning to the need for mental health resources and policy reforms.
From 2012 to 2014, injuries caused by patients nearly doubled among nurses and nurse assistants, show data published in April from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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By Keith Carlson
 Nurses have once again been named the most honest and ethical professionals in the United States, beating out pharmacists by 17 percent and physicians by 18 percent. The 2015 Gallup poll demonstrates nurses' personification of honesty and ethics in the eyes of the public, and nurses have no one but themselves to thank for their continued high ranking. Good publicity is great for our profession, but we must transform that publicity into forward movement for nursing as a whole.
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The Hicksburg Post
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes and wear all kinds of uniforms. Most can’t do their job without the help of others and some work in teams to get the job done.
The team of people working in the emergency room of Merit Health River Region Medical Center need each other to help save lives daily.
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Nurse.com
Nurses know how difficult and complex care can be for patients who have hard-to-heal wounds. Whether the result of surgery, chronic illness, immobility, trauma or accidents, the healing process they require is fraught with suffering, complications and delays that challenge the nursing and medical staff.
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Tech Insider
In the wake of tragedies like the Paris attacks and the San Bernardino shooting, people are left with many questions.
Who could do something like this? Who is truly that evil?
Forensic psychologist James Garbarino might have some answers.
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National Institute of Justice
It has long been known that the participation of the victim of an alleged sexual
assault can be critical to the success of investigating and prosecuting a criminal
case. When the National Institute of Justice awarded funding to Detroit and
Houston to look at the issue of previously untested evidence in sexual assault
cases, the Institute required that both jurisdictions create multidisciplinary teams
including police investigators, crime lab analysts, prosecutors and victim service
providers.
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Forensic Magazine
Touch DNA can be transferred by a handshake from one person to another, then to an object like a knife or a gun. But new research has found that Touch DNA analysis can erroneously implicate a person who never even laid eyes on the weapon as the main contributor of the DNA on its handle.
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Stalking Resource Center
In 2000, the National Center for Victims of Crime partnered with the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women to create the Stalking Resource Center (SRC). Since its inception, the SRC has trained over 100,000 professionals who work with victims in all 50 states, two US Territories, the District of Columbia, the United Kingdom, and Germany and provided technical assistance to hundreds of communities seeking to enhance their response to stalking.
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Minority Nurse
If you asked nurses or doctors what type of stethoscope they need, most wouldn’t know. Most would pick a type of 3M Littmann stethoscope and call it done. However, many different 3M Littmanns are listed on the site. Which do you need? How can you tell? There are also different manufacturers. Are there some that are better than others?
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Advance Healthcare Network
This is a time of monumental and unprecedented changes in healthcare. While the Affordable Care Act has helped increase access to healthcare for many, millions still go without adequate care. We spend more money per capita on healthcare than any other country, yet we are no healthier. In fact, the U.S. has one of the highest rates of infant mortality in the world and higher rates of diseases like diabetes.
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Modern Healthcare
For residents living in rural or poor urban areas, access to quality healthcare can be hard to come by. Medical deserts, or populated regions more than 60 minutes away from the nearest critical-care hospital, are a growing problem across the country as hospitals in rural and poor urban communities have a difficult time finding quality specialized healthcare providers.
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The White House
One hundred and fifty years ago, our Nation codified the fundamental truth that slavery is an affront to human dignity. Still, the bitter fact remains that millions of men, women, and children around the globe, including here at home, are subject to modern-day slavery: the cruel, inhumane practice of human trafficking.
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Hospitals & Health Networks
As healthcare increasingly shifts to a more team-based approach that reaches into the communities it serves, nurses are shifting away from the hospital setting, Forbes reports.
Some 76 percent of new nurses scored jobs in U.S. hospitals in 2012, according to the RN Work Project out of New York University, which has tracked changes in the RN workforce over the past decade. That’s a dip from the 87 percent based in hospitals in 2005. That shift is occurring as nurses increasingly take part in new models of care, such as accountable care organizations and patient-centered medical homes, that move away from the traditional hospital-based ways of the past.
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Nurse.com
One area in which job seeking is particularly difficult is when the violation that leads to discipline is due to chemical dependence of some kind. Miller and other researchers, in their published article, “Hiring Nurses Re-entering the Workforce After Chemical Dependence”, identify some of the types of violations that can take place: drug diversion from the employer; a positive drug screen for a substance not documented as being prescribed; illegal use of controlled substances; and the use of habit-forming medications or controlled substances or alcohol impairment.
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