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Last week to submit your application for the September 2015 SANE-A® and/or SANE-P® certification exams.
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.
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The International Association of Forensic Nurses invites you to register for the 2015 International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice, to be held October 28-31, 2015, in Orlando, Florida. You will have the opportunity to earn up to 19.5 nursing contact hours by attending.
Take advantage of the Early Registration rate of $525 USD for Members and $654 USD for Nonmembers. Early Registration ends July 31, 2015.
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July 27th-31st enjoy major discounts on several Marketplace items.
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So stop by the Marketplace to take advantage of all our red hot deals!
CNN
A new study questions a long-held assumption by many that serial rape offenders should be the primary focus of campus assault prevention.
The study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, tested the "campus serial rapist assumption," an idea that campus perpetrators are often serial offenders, and one frequently cited by advocacy organizations as well as the White House Council on Women and Girls.
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The Huffington Post
The story of "Baby Doe" — the little girl whose body was found along a Boston shoreline — has captured the nation's attention. So far, we know virtually nothing about what happened. We don't know who she was, what happened to her, or who was responsible.
Forensic analysts from multiple disciplines are working on the Baby Doe case in an effort to provide leads as to what may have happened.
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Canon Foundation
The foundation welcomes applications from researchers in the scientific and engineering fields who are working in or native to developing countries.
Travel bursaries for research and conference or symposium attendance.
We welcome applications from researchers who would like to attend local or international conferences, symposia and workshops or undertake other postgraduate study.
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NPR
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are playing an ever-larger role in the healthcare system. While registered and licensed practice nurses are not authorized to write prescriptions, those with additional training and advanced degrees often can.
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Toprntobsn.com via NursesUSA
Nurses have one of the most dangerous jobs around. From assaults to verbal abuse, nurses need to be constantly on guard. View the infographic entitled "The Dark Side of Nursing", detailing just how dangerous being a nurse can be, along with how nurses can protect themselves.
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
In a joint press release with the American Medical Association, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that it is giving health professionals more flexibility when enforcing proper ICD-10 submissions on claim forms: "In response to requests from the provider community, CMS is releasing additional guidance that will allow for flexibility in the claims auditing and quality reporting process as the medical community gains experience using the new ICD-10 code set."
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By Joan Spitrey
 Imagine you have been up all night, caring for a newborn. You are sleepy, yet need to remain alert. At 6 a.m., you sit down to feed and burp the precious new life. You begin to feel drowsy as you take in the aroma of the newborn. Next thing you know, the infant has fallen to the ground out of your grasp. Sound ridiculous? Unfortunately, this is not a piece of fiction, but a sad event that happened recently to a 30-year veteran nurse in Pennsylvania during a long overnight shift.
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