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Don't forget about your own professional development. Check out IAFN's Events Calendar to see what trainings are happening in your area, or add a training you're hosting to our list.
YOU have the opportunity to donate items! All proceeds from the auction will go to the IAFN Foundation which was created in 2009 to raise and distribute funds in the form of scholarships for nurses in need of assistance to acquire forensic education.
Last year the silent auction raised $4,766 for the Foundation. Start thinking about how you can help someone attain an invaluable education at the annual conference. Click here to learn more.
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.
IAFN will honor members who have died within the past year during a special memorial at the opening of the Annual Business Meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. EDT in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Whether or not you can attend, please help us recognize these individuals by completing a short online form and submitting a photo. Deadline for inclusion within the Annual Business Meeting is Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, at 5 p.m. EDT.
Learn more or complete form.
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On Aug. 1, Castle emailed your notice to schedule the exam. If you did not receive your email, please check your spam box. If your notice is not there, please immediately contact certification@ForensicNurses.org
Certification is for three (3) years and expires on December 31, regardless of the month in which you attained your initial certification. For those nurses whose certification expires in 2017 The Association sent you a renewal notice earlier this year. If you have any questions about your renewal please contact certification@ForensicNurses.org or 410-626-7805 or click here to learn about the specific requirements.
Times-Call Local News
The CEO of Longmont's newest hospital has put his blood into the project. Literally.
Longs Peak Hospital, just west of the Boulder/Weld county line, opens to patients soon. The breakneck 14-month construction wrapped in June, and immediately afterward, the lab was up and running, calibrating equipment by running thousands of samples.
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The Signal
When someone is sexually assault, a sexual assault nurse examiner can gather crucial evidence for a future court case. In Atlantic Canada, access to this service depends on where you live. And even where the service exists, examiners may be using outdated evidence-collection kits. Payge Woodard investigated for her final project in the investigative data MJ program.
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Adobe Connect
Learn about the challenges, opportunities, lessons learned, and available resources related to developing a SANE program in rural communities.
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MSN
The Quebec government has committed $23 million over five years to counter sexual violence in post-secondary institutions.
Higher Education Minister Hélène David made the announcement at Université de Montréal. David was flanked by representatives from various universities and CEGEPs.
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TimesDay
Money is available to offer support and services to victims of rape and sexual violence after another local agency lost state funding.
Melissa Bailey, director of the city Planning Department, said $39,000 has been made available from a continuum of care grant administered by her office.
The money will be used at One Place of the Shoals, a victims and family assistance agency, to provide a sexual assault nurse examiner, a computer and a sexual assault services coordinator at One Place.
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Technically Phily
A grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice is helping Penn State University’s College of Nursing improve access to high-quality forensic sexual assault care in rural areas through the opening of a forensic simulation lab.
The lab was created in the spring to stand as a hub for IT technology to support the teleforensic program. It is a part of a larger project with the Pennsylvania Sexual Assault Forensic Examination and Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center headed up by Dr. Sheridan Miyamoto, assistant professor of nursing and faculty in the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network.
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The Japan Times
Reported child abuse incidents are on the rise as consultation centers nationwide handled a record 122,578 cases in fiscal 2016, a health ministry survey showed, increasing the strain on welfare workers.
Juvenile consultation centers have seen around a fivefold increase in abuse cases over the past 15 years, while the number of welfare workers responding to victims and their parents has only doubled in the same period.
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Office of Justice Programs
Researchers at Texas Christian University conducted a mixed methods study in order to: 1) examine the extent to which human trafficking in the U.S. is perpetuated by organized criminal groups; 2) better understand the groups, individuals, and operations of the organized crime groups engaged in human trafficking; and 3) make available federally prosecuted human trafficking cases in an open source and searchable online database at HumanTraffickingData.org.
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