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HealthLeaders Media
The nursing profession routinely tops the list of Gallup's annual survey that measures public opinion of the most trusted occupations regarding honesty and ethical standards. Yet, what the public may not realize is that inside the nursing profession, there are reports of bullying, incivility, and disruptive behaviors among nurses, creating unethical situations within healthcare work environments.
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Our members are our best ambassadors! Starting March 1, when you recruit a new IAFN member, you are eligible for great prizes! Learn more.
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What happens if a victim doesn’t have transportation to the post assault healthcare services they need? What if the crime occurs in a rural area and the only clinic with trained SANEs is located hours away? Affordable, safe, discrete, and reliable transportation is key to ensuring that victims of sexual assault have access to medical-forensic exams.
Join IAFN’s SAFEta project and EVAWI on Thursday March 7, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern for a discussion with guests from organizations around the country that are providing a range of transportation options for sexual assault survivors.
Nursing Contact Hours will be available for IAFN Members.
IAFN is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Each year, the Association seeks to identify and recognize those individuals who have contributed significantly to the advancement of forensic nursing and to the growth and success of International Association of Forensic Nurses. Please consider nominating individuals you know who deserve recognition.
The 2019 International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice is an opportunity for forensic nursing clinicians and researchers to exchange knowledge and discuss new approaches to practice. Be part of this important conversation! Submit a proposal to speak.
Were you last SANE-A® or SANE-P® certified in 2016? This is your year to renew! Your CE accrual start date is now tailored to YOU - based on the date you last certified. See the renewal page for details and apply online. Save $100 when your applications is received by April 30, 2019.
Elle
A new study has found that 65 percent of female prisoners at a women's prison displayed signs of brain injury, which has raised questions about the link between traumatic brain injuries and criminal behaviour.
But what is even more distressing is that two-thirds of the female prisoners who have a brain injury said it was the result of domestic violence.
The suggestion here is that the more a woman is abused, the more likely she becomes hardwired to break the law and end up in prison, or to repeat offend.
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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston via Medical Xpress
A screening tool designed specifically to assess for human trafficking was more likely to identify sexual and labor exploitation of youth, as well as the risk factors, than a commonly used psychosocial assessment, reported researchers and Baylor College of Medicine.
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Axios
Thousands of allegations of sexual abuse against unaccompanied minors in the custody of the U.S. government have been reported over the past four years, according to Department of Health and Human Services documents given to Axios by Rep. Ted Deutch's office.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Arizona could soon be one of the first states to maintain a massive statewide DNA database.
And if the proposed legislation passes, many people — from parent school volunteers and teachers to real estate agents and foster parents — will have no choice but to give up their DNA.
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Rutgers University via Medical Xpress
Adverse childhood experiences can lead to mental health disorders in adolescence, and healthy family functioning and civic engagement can mitigate such damaging impact, according to a new Rutgers University–Camden study.
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University of Sydney via Medical Xpress
Self-harm from self-poisoning in children and adolescents is not only increasing but starting at a younger age, finds new research by University of Sydney and the NSW Poisons Information Centre.
Published in BMJ Open, the study reports on intentional poisonings (overdoses) in young Australians aged 5-19 years from 2006 to 2016, using a large dataset (70 percent of calls to Australian poisons information centers).
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University of Toronto via Medical Xpress
A new nationally representative study reports that approximately two-thirds (69 percent) of Canadians who had ever attempted suicide were completely free of any suicidal thoughts in the past year.
"Even among those who had attempted suicide three or more times, one-half (51 percent) had been free of any desire to take their own life in the past 12 months, suggesting that recovery is in reach even for those who have had a long struggle with suicidality," said Esme Fuller-Thomson, lead author of the study and Sandra Rotman Endowed Chair and Director of the Institute for Life Course and Aging at the University of Toronto.
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Indiana University
A breakthrough test developed by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers to measure pain in patients could help stem the tide of the opioid crisis in Indiana, and throughout the rest of the nation.
A study, led by psychiatry professor Alexander Niculescu, MD, Ph.D. and published this week in the high impact Nature journal Molecular Psychiatry, tracked hundreds of participants at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis to identify biomarkers in the blood that can help objectively determine how severe a patient's pain is. The blood test, the first of its kind, would allow physicians far more accuracy in treating pain—as well as a better long-term look at the patient's medical future.
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ABC News
For Autumn Weaver, having a home meant everything.
"It was my independence," Weaver, 33, said. "It was me finally being able to do it on my own without any help." That sense of autonomy was critical for her, a woman whose life had been marred by her dependence on drugs. But that joy wouldn't last for long.
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CBC News
At least 222 coaches who were involved in amateur sports in Canada have been convicted of sexual offences in the past 20 years, involving more than 600 victims under the age of 18, a joint investigation by CBC News and Sports reveals.
And the cases of another 34 accused coaches are currently before the courts.
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Psychiatry Advisor
Mild traumatic brain injury increases the risk for posttraumatic stress disorder and/or major depressive disorder in a civilian population, according to an article published in JAMA Psychiatry. Level of education, race/ethnicity, history of mental health problems, and cause of injury also influence risk.
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The Atlantic
It was in the archives of the Archbishop of York that Matthew Collins had an epiphany: he was surrounded by millions of animal skins.
Another person might say they were surrounded by books and manuscripts written on parchment, which is made from skins, usually of cows and sheep. Collins, however, had been trying to make sense of animal-bone fragments from archaeological digs, and he began to think about the advantages of studying animal skins, already cut into rectangles and arranged neatly on a shelf. Archaeologists consider themselves lucky to get a few dozen samples, and here were millions of skins just sitting there. “Just an obscene number,” Collins told me, his voice still giddy at the possibilities in their DNA.
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