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Forensic nurses are exceptional nurses. They routinely provide compassionate, objective, and unbiased care to challenging and unique populations across the globe. The IAFN's Spotlight-on-a-Member Project provides a befitting recognition to some of our forensic nursing colleagues
Do you know another IAFN member who is extraordinary? A member who makes a difference in their patients’ lives? Go ahead and nominate to be IAFN’s next Spotlight-on-a-Member.
International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice
Wednesday, Oct. 11 - Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Up to 27 contact hours will be available as you explore topics covering General Forensic & Legal, SANE, Administrative & Leadership, Pediatrics, and more.
To learn more and register, click here.
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Forensic Magazine
July 30 marked the United Nations’ World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, a day focused on ending the criminal exploitation of children, women and men for forced labor or sex work.
Between 27 and 45.8 million individuals worldwide are trapped in some form of modern-day slavery. The victims are forced into slavery as sex workers, beggars and child soldiers, or as domestic workers, factory workers and laborers in manufacturing, construction, mining, commercial fishing and other industries.
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Federal Register
The DBH serves as the primary source of national advocacy, policy development, management and administration of behavioral health, alcohol and substance abuse, and family violence prevention programs. In 2015, DBH funded 57 Tribes, Tribal organizations, Urban Indian Organization (UIOs), and IHS federal facilities that participate in a nationally coordinated project to expand outreach and increase awareness of domestic and sexual violence and provide victim advocacy, intervention, case coordination, policy development, community response teams, and community and school education programs.
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Los Angeles Times
When Joshua Miller’s girlfriend attacked him, smashing their son’s toy guitar against his forehead, he was the one that police officers put in handcuffs.
It was not until a neighbor backed up his story that police removed the cuffs and Miller found himself seeking refuge at one of the nation’s first domestic violence shelters devoted to men.
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Michigan Live
It has been more than a year since Henry Ford Allegiance Health began its program to examine sexual assault victims for collection of possible forensic evidence.
Last year, specially trained nurses saw 43 patients. As of this month, there had been 26 in 2017, reported Gillian Jobson, director of nursing and patient care services, critical and emergency care. The hospital was expecting 50 to 60 patients a year.
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National Center on Elder Abuse
Our research translations highlight key points of aging- and abuse-related research articles for use by
practitioners working with older
adults.
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