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The 2020 International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice has moved online. Registration will open July 20 and sessions will begin September 23.
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 April 16-17, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
An exclusive invitation for IAFN members*
Please join us for two-days of education and lobbying in Washington, D.C., as we amplify the voices of forensic nurses on the Hill. Registration DEADLINE March 16.
Earn up to 8.5 contact hours. All experience levels are welcome.
Our goal is to have #100ForensicRNs on the Hill.
IAFN is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Apply to sit for the April 2018 SANE-A® and/or SANE-P® certification exam by Feb. 7, 2018 and save $150.00!
To learn more, download the April 2018 Certification Examination Handbook or visit the “Take the Exam” page at www.ForensicNurses.org. Apply by email, fax, mail, or online.
The Baltimore Sun
They are the memories not easily put away, according to Tracy Yingling, a forensic nurse and coordinator of Carroll Hospital’s Forensic Nurse Examiner program. The little boy, along with his sister, who was kept in a homemade cage in his own home and once rescued seemed to have discovered the sunlight after a lifetime of darkness.
“It was our first neglect case,” said Yingling.
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Science Magazine
Injuries are a major public health problem in the United States, accounting for nearly 60 percent of all deaths among Americans between the ages of 1 and 44 years. Survivors of traumatic injuries often face significant physical and mental health challenges, including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Because black men in the United States are disproportionately affected by traumatic injuries, they merit focused attention on the mental health effects of trauma and how those effects may vary by the intentionality of the injury.
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TriTech Forensics
Tri-Tech Forensics, Inc., a leader in the crime scene supplies, digital forensics, and evidence collection kit markets, announced today the acquisition of Rescue Essentials, a leading manufacturer and marketer of Individual First Aid Kits, tactical EMS supplies, and first responder trauma gear and equipment. Rescue Essentials’ products are sold to medical and law enforcement agencies throughout the world, including the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and U.S. Department of Defense.
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Agassiz-Harrison Observer
The Jean Scott Transition House in Hope is adding a new Forensic Nursing Service that provides pickup and drop-off for survivors of physical or sexual assault who require forensic testing.
The service extends past Hope to Boston Bar, Agassiz, Harrison and surrounding communities, including Seabird Island and Sts’ailes Band.
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Yale News
The female Yale student whose allegations last year led to the suspension of former Delta Kappa Epsilon President Luke Persichetti says Persichetti forced her into having sex without a condom in his bedroom, even as she said “no” multiple times. In recent interviews with the News and Business Insider, she described the assault as “rape.”
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EurekAlert
Forensic DNA evidence is a valuable tool in criminal investigations to link a suspect to the scene of a crime, but the process to make that determination is not so simple since the genetic material found at a crime scene often comes from more than one person.
That task may become somewhat less challenging, thanks to a new database at Rutgers University-Camden that can help to bring more reliability to the interpretation of complex DNA evidence.
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