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WPVI-TV
Health experts say across the Delaware Valley there's a shortage of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners who are responsible for administering rape kits. Action News called over 200 emergency rooms and followed up with administrative staff to learn about S.A.N.E nurse availability, and found that more than 80 percent either don't have S.A.N.E nurses available at all or only have them on call.
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We need YOU to join us for our free, members-only Forensic Nursing Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C.
Meet with Members of Congress to advocate for issues that impact forensic nursing. Training is provided and 2 CE are offered. IAFN is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
2020 is the year of the nurse. Make it your year to become certified! Display your expertise. Grow your career potential. Boost your CV/resume. Fortify your credibility when testifying. Apply by Feb. 6 to sit for the April exam. Late applications will be accepted through Feb. 13 with an additional fee.
Be part of this important event and share your experience with your colleagues! Abstracts will be accepted for three categories: 30-minute research/evidence-based practice sessions, 90-minute concurrent sessions, and poster sessions. Due Feb. 12, 2020. Conference tracks, session lengths, and additional details are online.
Applications are currently being accepted for the IAFN Research Awards for FY 2020. IAFN members are eligible and the deadline is February 15, 2020. Key research focus areas include research exploring health outcomes, including cost of care, of victims of violence when forensic nurses are involved in their care and research to guide clinical care of patients affected by violence.
The World Health Organization has declared the year 2020 the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. The Journal of Forensic Nursing is seeking authors for a special issue devoted to the current state of our specialty, and the evolving role of the forensic nurse globally. This special issue, entitled “Forensic Nursing—The State of the Specialty,” will be published in 2020. Researchers, clinicians, educators, and others whose work articulates the state of the specialty are invited to submit articles. All submissions must explicitly address the role of the forensic nurse in practice, education, research, or policy, with particular interest in papers that represent the diversity of the specialty, and the unique contributions forensic nurses make in the care of individuals, families, and communities.
IL: Illinois state police say forensic evidence backlog shrinking, needs more work
MN: Internal audit of Minneapolis rape kit backlog highlights testing concerns
MO: Rape kit backlog initiative in Missouri sends first batch to labs
NE: Nebraska bill would require annual tally of untested rape kits
SC: Rape kit tracking system plan advances amid SC’s continued testing backlog
WV: West Virginia House passes rape kit testing, collection bill
UC San Diego Health
In the first national study of its size, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Health, Department of Nursing, have found that male and female nurses are at higher risk of suicide than the general population. Results of the longitudinal study were published in the February 3, 2020 online edition of WORLDviews on Evidence Based-Nursing.
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The Guardian
Turkey’s ruling party has begun a second attempt at introducing a law to grant rapists amnesty as long as they marry their victim, four years after a similar bill sparked outrage at home and internationally.
The legislation, which was first debated by parliament on Jan. 16, would give men suspended sentences for child sex offenses if the two parties get married and the age difference between them is less than 10 years.
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Policy Options
The federal government’s latest Speech from the Throne recognized the “harm that gender-based violence continues to do to Canadian society,” and committed to the development of an action plan to address this pervasive social problem. There are many areas for improvement, both in the areas of prevention and in also in how our legal and social systems deal with victims.
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U.S. News & World Report
Maternal mortality has become a rallying point in the U.S. in recent years, with the country's high rate of death among pregnant women and new mothers spurring health care efforts and federal and state proposals to address issues like medical complications and access to care.
But a growing body of research suggests that much of the picture on maternal health in the year after childbirth is missing. In Louisiana, for example, pregnant and postpartum women were more likely to be killed than to die from any one obstetric cause in recent years, according to a new study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Fauquier Times
A House subcommittee advanced a bill Wednesday, Jan. 29, to establish a statewide program to train nurses who treat sexual assault survivors. Supporters say the program is crucial to improve how Virginia deals with sexual violence.
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Psychiatric Times
Interpersonal violence is a global public health concern and a leading cause of injury, disability, and mortality worldwide. Although most individuals with psychiatric diagnoses do not engage in violent acts, existing evidence suggests that interpersonal violence is highly prevalent among individuals with psychiatric disorders.
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University of British Columbia via Medical Xpress
The health of Indigenous women recovering from the trauma of partner violence improves when the healing process integrates elder-led circles and other cultural elements, finds new research from the University of British Columbia and Western University.
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History.com
Revered as a civil rights icon, Rosa Parks is best known for sparking the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, but her activism in the black community predates that day. She joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1943, 12 years before that fateful commute. In her first years in the organization, she worked specifically on criminal justice and its application in Alabama communities.
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