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The IAFN Award Committee, Board of Directors & Staff wish to congratulate the following 2017 IAFN award winners for their dedication and outstanding work in and for the advancement of Forensic Nursing.
Congratulations to:
Jana French, 2017 Virginia A. Lynch Pioneer in Forensic Nursing
Annie Lewis-O'Connor, 2017 Distinguished Fellow Award
Christy Alexander, 2017 Front Line Forensic Nurse of the Year Award
Jocelyn Anderson, 2017 Ann Burgess Research Award
Paula Broom, 2017 Patron Award
Gina Carbino, 2017 Service Award
These individuals will be recognized for their continued efforts, accomplishments and dedication to IAFN & the forensic nursing practice at the 25th International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science & Practice, October 2017. Please join us in congratulating them!
The IAFN Nominating Committee is accepting applications from Regular members for the open positions with the:
Board of Directors
- President-elect
- Secretary
- Director at Large (3 positions available)
Nominating Committee
Commission for Forensic Nursing Certification
- SANE-A®- or SANE-P®-certified commissioners (3 positions available)
The deadline to apply is July 31, 2017.
Click here to submit an online application or learn more.
Oct. 11-14, 2017
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Early Registration rate is $525 USD for Members and $654 USD for Nonmembers. Early registration ends July 31. This is a four- day conference and registration includes continental breakfast and three lunches. Up to 27 contact hours will be available.
See the Registration Brochure for more information
Support your IAFN Foundation and enhance your networking with this year's Laugh Out Loud With The Foundation fundraiser. Tickets are being sold by the foundation. Find out more!
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BusinessWire
The Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) of The Council of State Governments has selected the West Virginia Division of Justice and Community Services Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Information System as a finalist for the 2017 State Transformation in Action Recognition (STAR) Award competition to be held on Aug. 1, 2017, at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Southern Legislative Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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NewsWorks
IAFN CEO, Sally J. Laskey talks about the importance of SANEs and preventing vicarious trauma on @WHYYThePulse
Debbie Holbrook says the same thing to every one of her patients when she meets them in the waiting room: “I’m going to take really good care of you today. You are safe with me, and I believe you.”
Holbrook is a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. When a victim of sexual assault comes to a local emergency room, Holbrook is often the person who performs the exam.
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The New York Times
The letters have come in to her office by the hundreds, heartfelt missives from college students, mostly men, who had been accused of rape or sexual assault. Some had lost scholarships. Some had been expelled. A mother stumbled upon her son trying to take his own life, recalled Candice E. Jackson, the top civil rights official at the Department of Education.
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SeattleWeekly
A lot of things felt wrong to Leah Griffin when, in April 2014, she tried to get help following an alleged sexual assault. She arrived at Swedish Medical Center in Ballard in crisis—exhausted, disoriented, and bleeding—but was told that they “don’t do rape kits here.” If she wanted forensic evidence collected for a possible prosecution, she’d have to go to Harborview on First Hill.
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WYFF-TV
The Laurens County sheriff is expressing his concern over how he says the Laurens County Memorial Hospital handled a sexual assault victim.
A news release from the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called about a burglary and sexual assault.
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Slate
The city and county prosecutor’s website promises that the Honolulu Family Justice Center is a safe haven, a domestic violence shelter that “will help victims break away from their abusers, regain their self-esteem, attain job skills and make new lives for themselves.” What the website doesn’t mention is that victims can’t bring their children to the $6.2 million shelter, which opened in November.
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The New York Times
The four Republican senators whose opposition led to the collapse of the healthcare bill fell across the ideological spectrum and they criticized the bill for different reasons. Senator Susan Collins, of Maine, the least conservative member of the party based on voting patterns, was the first to come out against it, citing deep cuts to Medicaid.
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OVCTTAC
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is pleased to announce the availability of Professional Development Scholarships to those who work with victims of crime. The program provides up to $1,000 for individuals, $1,500 for individuals whose participation in the event requires traveling to or from the contiguous United States, and up to $5,000 for multidisciplinary teams of victim service professionals seeking education opportunities.
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Vancouver Sun
This was no crime scene or disaster zone, but the start of a custom two-week forensic science course for 27 criminal justice undergraduate students from California State University.
“Their job is to come out and process the scene,” said Dean Hildebrand, associate dean of Forensic Science and Technology at BCIT. “They have to search the scene, document it, and collect any evidence they will need.”
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