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Limited scholarships for this training may be available through the Office for Victims of Crime for SANEs who work directly with crime victims. Awards will be made based on need, to applicants whose organizations have insufficient funds to support their participation. Please click here to visit the OVC TTAC website to apply. Scholarship applications must be received 60 days before the event. Please note that given the 60 day deadline, scholarship applications will need to be received no later than Aug. 28, 2015.
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The IAFN Foundation Board is seeking self-nominations for up to three Board Members for 2016. This is a great way to be involved and work with us to promote the legacy of forensic nursing. Learn more and fill out an application by clicking here.
The deadline for applying is Sept. 30.
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CE Activities associated with the Journal of Forensic Nursing, will be discounted 30 percent to IAFN members. Check out the Member Center to get the code.
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Join nurses, researchers, educators, legal professionals, and multidisciplinary partners as you gain knowledge, are exposed to new perspectives, and learn about the latest evidence in practice. Lead your forensic program into the future! Take advantage of the Regular Registration rate of $550 USD for Members and $679 USD for Nonmembers. Regular Registration ends Sept. 25, 2015. Earn up to 19.5 nursing contact hours by attending.
IAFN has secured a great rate of $159 plus tax for IAFN attendees. Group rates will be honored three days prior to and three days following the conference until they run out. Book your room now!
Offices for Victims of Crime
As indicated in its mission statement, OVC is committed to building the capacity of crime victim services. During the 30 years following the passage of the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) of 1984, the victim services movement has grown from a patchwork collective of individuals in disparate communities to an established professional field. This maturation of policies, practices, and programs has allowed victim service professionals to reach more victims — and help them rebuild their lives — than ever before.
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Nurse.com
Provision 2 of the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses (2015) makes clear that “the nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family, group, community or population.” Plans of care are to reflect the nurse’s “commitment to the uniqueness, worth and dignity of the patient.” Nurses are to provide patients with “opportunities to participate in planning and implementing care and support that are acceptable to the patient.
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Futures Without Violence
Domestic, dating, and sexual violence are costly and pervasive problems in the U.S., causing victims, as well as witnesses and bystanders, in every community to suffer incalculable pain and loss.
These statistics, as well as our fact sheets below, provide more information on the prevalence and impact that violence has on communities in the U.S. and around the world. Share them with your community and join us in the movement to create futures without violence for everyone.
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By Christina Thielst
With an emphasis on reducing costs while improving quality and access, the transformation of the U.S. healthcare delivery system is creating additional pressure at the point of care — the encounters between clinicians and their patients. While change is due, it also requires balance and support for those who are caught at the crux as new models of care are being rolled out and payment models are still being developed and implemented.
"Research shows that healthcare workers as a whole are in poorer physical and mental health than other occupations," said Simon Fox, CEO of Adventures in Caring Foundation.
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WTOP-TV
There’s a free app available to help students at eight D.C. universities get the help they need in the event of a sexual assault.
“This really is the only app of its kind in the entire country,” said Rachel Friedman, deputy director of the D.C.-based advocacy group, Men Can Stop Rape.
The group has helped develop the app, thanks to funding from federal and D.C. governments.
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Nurse.com
Preparing patients and the caregiver for the next level of care, especially with their prescriptions, also is essential for successful care transition.
“There’s a high risk for medication error when they return home,” LaManna said. “That usually happens in the first 24 hours of discharge.”
The likelihood of error is higher in patients prescribed seven or more medications at discharge, she said. And a significant percentage of patients will have a change in their diabetes regimen at discharge, which is also a risk factor for readmission.
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The Alliance
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015
2:00 - 3:00:00 p.m. EDT
Join us as Steve Worth, President of Plexus Consulting Group, shares his expertise on strategic partnerships. Mr. Worth will discuss current trends in how associations are using strategic partnerships and how this corresponds to trends in society and the corporate world-at-large. Attendees will learn about key tactical considerations taken from examples of how associations have used strategic partnering most successfully.
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mHealth Intelligence
With the widespread use of telehealth technology throughout the healthcare industry picking up speed, new startups are innovating methods for improving patient care and lowering costs in the midst of significant doctor shortages across the country. Vytaliz is one such company which provides healthcare services such as diagnosis and treatment in a patient’s home.
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The Washington Post
Reading the news that former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle will plead guilty to possessing hundreds of pornographic images of children and having sex with underage girls, it is hard not to be horrified.
Indeed, the people investigating Fogle’s case could barely contain their outrage.
“This is about using wealth, status and secrecy to illegally exploit children,” U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler said at a news conference announcing the plea deal.
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ACEs Connection Network
The following toolkit accompanies — and will be integrated — into the Roadmap to Resilience infographic. We're in the process of making the infographic interactive, and we will let you know when that project is complete.
You don't have to proceed numerically through the Roadmap, but it's a good idea to complete everything in each group before moving onto the next group. Note that many of these activities are done concurrently.
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Hospitals & Health Networks
Nursing is a tough job. Nurses juggle it all — sick patients, worried families and stressed doctors. They log long hours, often going to the hospital when it is still dark outside and leaving when it is dark again. It is not unusual for nurses to be floated to hospital departments where they feel that they haven't received adequate training and are expected to take on the workload of a 20-year veteran.
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HealthLeaders Media
Hospitals must count vaccination rates for anyone who works for any part of one day in the healthcare facility between Oct. 1 and March 31. That includes everyone from volunteers and clerical workers to healthcare providers and executives. Organizations then report their rates to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network for public reporting, which began late last year for 2013–2014, on Hospital Compare.
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University of Washington
Children who have been abused or exposed to other types of trauma typically experience more intense emotions than their peers, a byproduct of living in volatile, dangerous environments.
But what if those kids could regulate their emotions? Could that better help them cope with difficult situations? Would it impact how effective therapy might be for them?
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Business Solutions
Nurses are the “critical link” connecting doctors and patients, and savvy IT solutions providers deal in tech solutions that reflect the essential role they play.
Vocera Chief Nursing Officer Rhonda Collins shared with Health IT Outcomes Health IT Voices at HIMSS15 some of the ways IT solutions providers can help address nurses’ challenges and needs.
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ACEs Connection Network
Wendy Tink, a family physician and clinical assistant professor at the University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, is asking family medicine residents whether they believe their patients suffered from childhood trauma.
So far, fewer than 10 percent of those she’s queried believe that their male patients suffered from childhood trauma, and less than 20 percent believe that their female patients did.
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