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The International Association of Forensic Nurses is delighted to invite you to register for the 2015 International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice, to be held Oct. 28-31, 2015, in Orlando, Florida.
Take advantage of the Early Registration rate of $525 USD for Members and $654 USD for Nonmembers. Early Registration ends July 31, 2015. This is a four day conference and registration includes continental breakfast and three lunches. Register Now
A multidisciplinary series for non-nursing professionals who work with SANEs is being introduced and includes sessions on "Evidence-Based Use of Alternate Light Sources in Forensic Medical Practice", "Development of a Campus Sexual Assault Response Team", and "The Mystique of GHB: Death, Addiction, Suicide, Rape, Overdose, and Even Murder", to name a few. Join nurses, researchers, educators, legal professionals, and multidisciplinary partners as they share their knowledge and expertise through cutting-edge presentations. Register Now
The application window for the September 2015 SANE-A® and/or SANE-P® certification exams is now open.
To learn more, download the 2015 Certification Examination Handbook or visit the "Take the Exam" page at www.ForensicNurses.org. Apply by mail, fax, email, or online by July 22, 2015.
Low volume areas serving pediatric sexual assault victims need increased access to case review by experienced examiners. Offering case review may increase the confidence of SANEs/SAFEs serving low volume areas. In this session, Terri Augspurger will illustrate the care of a pediatric sexual assault patient through case review demonstration. Login to the Online Learning Center today.
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Metro
Facebook images are being used by people who have either experienced sexual violence (orange) or are in support of victims (yellow).
It's part of an Icelandic campaign sparked by a Facebook group called Beauty Tips. Someone posted asking if anyone had ever experienced sexual violence and many joined the conversation.
People showing their support are using the hashtags #konurtala (women speak) #þöggun (silenced) and #outloud.
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Elinor Florence
Admiration is boundless when it comes to the wartime nursing sisters who bravely carried out their grim duties – so it was an honor to interview 98-year-old Jessie Middleton of Abbotsford, British Columbia. Military nursing in Canada began as early as the 1885 Northwest Rebellion. Our nurses followed the soldiers to the Boer War in South Africa, and then again to France in World War I.
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RAINN
Sexual assault can happen to anyone, no matter your age, your sexual orientation, or your gender identity. Men and boys who have been sexually assaulted or abused may have many of the same feelings and reactions as other survivors of sexual assault, but they may also face some additional challenges because of social attitudes and stereotypes about men and masculinity.
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USA Today
As the world becomes more digitized, the healthcare industry is racing to keep up, sparking an explosion of new digital technology geared to improving patient care. Most visible to patients is the move to electronic medical records, or EHRs, by healthcare professionals and hospitals in an effort to streamline record-keeping and meet federal guidelines. But that's only one of dozens of new tech advances that are designed to make life better for the ill, elderly and disabled.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
A program designed to help female college freshmen resist sexual assault is creating a lot of buzz among victims' advocates and college educators. Most were encouraged to learn that incidents of rape had been cut in half among participants in a Canadian study of the program, which involved four three-hour sessions in which the women learned to recognize the danger of coercive situations and to fight back, verbally and physically.
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The Atlantic-Journal Constitution
Since 2000, the state's largest hospital has failed to tell police about as many as 1,500 possible sex crimes, including more than 130 where the victims asked the hospital for help to bring rapists to justice, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation found.
Grady Memorial officials said a federal medical privacy law blocked them from alerting police or providing them with evidence they collected from patients, such as bodily fluids and hair.
But had staff notified police when they learned of the possible crimes, the federal law would have been no barrier, legal experts told the AJC.
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KX News
For the first time, a national organization called Safe Havens Interfaith Partners reached out to the city of Mohall to train those who work with victims of domestic abuse.
The course taught the faith community, and local law enforcement, how to respond to survivors, and the best ways to protect them and their families.
The idea is to promote safety, and to give a voice to those who may not be able to speak up for themselves.
Those involved in today's conference are hoping to show victims that they are ready and willing to give help, and encourage them to come forward.
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Amercian Nurses Association
In partnership with the Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), ANA will be developing evidence-based tools and strategies that nurses can use to decrease the incidence of healthcare acquired infections (HAIs).
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Daily Toreador
Beginning a new campaign in aiding sexual assault prevention in 2014, the White House launched the "It's On Us" campaign in an effort to educate and engage more college students in taking a stance against sexual assault.
Partnering up with the Center for American Progress and more than 200 universities throughout the country, the campaign is meant to shift the way students think about sexual assault. It is through this that students can become more than a bystander.
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Townhall.com
A spate of shocking violence against schoolgirls in developing nations has set the stage for a global commitment later this year to ensure all girls have the chance of an education, according to former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
Gillard, who chairs the board of the Global Partnership of Education, said a new set of development goals to be finalised in New York in September was the opportunity to sharpen the focus on universal education and the quality of teaching.
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Courier Press
The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program was introduced at Deaconess Hospital in the early 1990s, explained Shawn Brown, RN and SANE. The nurses involved in the program take a multi-agency approach when caring for victims of sexual violence, working closely with local law enforcement in obtaining evidence and maintaining security for the patient. Part of the SANEs training is also about how to emotionally help the patient through the process, but the SANE is assisted with that by an advocate or volunteer from Albion Fellows Bacon Center, a local domestic violence and sexual assault resource center.
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