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 The IAFN's Spotlight-on-a-Member Project provides a befitting recognition to some of our forensic nursing colleagues and what motivates their dedication and commitment to forensic nursing.
This month’s recognition will be done so posthumously. Please join me, many of her close friends and peers in honoring the late Georgia Pasqualone, MSFS MSN CEN FABFN CFN
REST IN PEACE GEORGIA MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS
LOCATION: Boston, MA, USA
WORK SETTING: Jails, Prisons, Courts, and Education
FORENSIC NURSING EXPERIENCE: Lifetime
YEARS OF IAFN MEMBERSHIP: Founding Member
Do you know another IAFN member who is extraordinary? A member who makes a difference in their patients’ lives? Go ahead and nominate them for IAFN’s Spotlight-on-a-Member Project.
 Check out all of the EXCITING resources available to help you celebrate.
- Download one of our colorful banners to post on your website.
- Send a thank-you note to a forensic nurse or how about a certificate of appreciation for sharing their compassion.
- You can contact the media with our 2017 Press Release or personalize your own Individual Press Release (COMING SOON)
- Or, email your local representative to bring awareness to the specialty.
All of this and more are now available in the 2017 Planning Guide.
 We are excited to announce the release of the Forensic Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition.
This new edition seeks to define and direct forensic nursing practice in all settings and across all roles. In clear, crisp language — and with vivid examples — the book articulates the scope and standards of one of the newest, most dynamic and fastest growing nursing specialties. Get your copy today.
On Oct. 12, all Regular voting members were sent an email from "Forensic Nurses Election" with their unique election username and passcode (please check your spam folder if you did not receive it). The Election began on Oct. 12 and is open through Nov. 13, 2017, 11:59 PM Central Time, USA.
For technical support with the election website, please call 866-909-3549 FREE or support@directvote.net (available Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Central Time, excluding holidays).
Your vote is important to the Association. Candidate information is available in the online ballot.
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Members of the International Association of Forensic Nurses witness their colleagues perform exceptional community outreach. We want to recognize these outstanding forensic nurses for bringing awareness to the specialty and compassion to their patients. Help IAFN recognize a member today!
Failure to perform an appropriate assessment on a patient that had undergone extensive surgery, Failure to properly evaluate and monitor a patient that had undergone extensive surgery, Failure to recognize a known risk of liposuction with abdominoplasty procedures, Failure to take the appropriate measures to assure that a patient received timely medical intervention. Click here to read NSO’s new RN Case Study!
CBS
The FBI is cracking down on what it calls a national epidemic of kids caught up in sex trafficking. FBI agents and local police have been carrying out a nationwide sweep since last week to rescue children involving FBI field offices from all 50 states.
It's called Operation Cross Country — part of a national initiative called Innocence Lost. So far, 84 kids have been recovered and 120 alleged traffickers have been arrested this year. Among the areas being targeted is Baltimore, reports CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues.
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Office of Justice Programs
Examines commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) cases prosecuted in the federal criminal justice system between 2004 and 2013. CSEC offenses include child pornography production, child pornography possession, and child sex trafficking. The report describes persons investigated by federal law enforcement and referred to U.S. attorneys, and cases prosecuted, adjudicated, and sentenced in U.S. district court for CSEC offenses, including the disposition of CSEC matters concluded by U.S. attorneys, reasons matters were declined for prosecution, pretrial release rates, demographic characteristics of suspects charged with CSEC offenses, and key case outcomes, such as rates of conviction and length of prison sentences imposed.
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National Institute of Justice
One of the greatest tragedies in the criminal justice system is the conviction of a person for a crime he or she did not commit. Erroneous convictions can have immeasurable consequences for exonerees, original crime victims, and families. Additionally, they may also have long-lasting negative effects on the witnesses, investigators, lawyers, judges, and other criminal justice professionals involved in erroneous convictions.
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The Washington Post
A solid majority of Americans now say that sexual harassment in the workplace is a “serious problem” in the United States, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll — marking a significant increase that has coincided with a period when several high-profile harassment and assault scandals have unfolded.
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The Hoya
Accustomed to Georgetown’s often-uncomfortable relationship with sex, many students’ first reaction upon hearing that MedStar Georgetown University Hospital does not offer rape kits is righteous anger. Many assume that because MedStar Georgetown is a hospital affiliated with a Catholic university, and thus does not offer services like refilling birth control prescriptions, the absence of rape kits reflects religious values even though sexual assault is independent of the consensual act of sex.
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The Independent
On the International Day of the Girl Child on Oct. 11, the Supreme Court in India took an important step in safeguarding the country’s minor girls. It ruled that sexual intercourse with a wife under the age of 18 constitutes rape. The act is punishable by an imprisonment term that could last for 10 years or even earn the convict a life term.
This move is significant as it now bans an exception in the penal code that was permitted until now, allowing a person to have sex with his wife if she is between 15 and 18 years old.
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New York Post
After being captured by ISIS, a group of young girls were forced to stand against a wall while men groped their chests.
“If she had breasts, then she was OK to rape,” said a Yazidi survivor recounting the experience. “If she did not have breasts, they kept her there for another three months and came back to see if she had grown in the meantime; whether she was good for raping then.”
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Valley News
The Upper Valley nonprofit WISE is using a three-year, $490,000 federal grant to open an office in Windsor and expand and strengthen support services for victims of domestic and sexual violence in Windsor County.
WISE, or Women’s Information Service, recently announced it was the recipient of a U.S. Department of Justice grant aimed at enhancing the safety of rural victims of sexual assault, domestic and dating violence, and stalking, WISE Executive Director Peggy O’Neil said.
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CBS
A Michigan judge has rescinded a controversial order he gave last month granting a convicted rapist joint legal custody of the child conceived when he attacked a 12-year-old girl in 2008.
Sanilac County Judge Gregory Ross ruled Tuesday that 27-year-old Christopher Mirasolo won't have any parental rights in connection to the 8-year-old boy. But he's still on the hook for child support.
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Bustle
The new Netflix series Mindhunter tells a fictionalized account of the real life FBI agents Robert Ressler and John Douglas, who were pioneers in the area of criminal profiling, especially of serial killers (a term they coined). But these two weren't the only ones who made profound contributions to the field of criminal behavioral analysis. The character of Wendy Carr in Mindhunter is based on a real person: Dr. Ann Wolbert Burgess, per Screenrant, a pioneer in the field of forensic nursing.
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The Mitchell Republic
Mitchell area hospitals will soon be able to offer specialized examining services for victims of sexual assault.
As early as next year, Davonne Uecker and Becky Erdahl, two-Mitchell area nurses, will be certified sexual assault nurse examiners. Uecker is a nurse at Avera Queen of Peace Hospital and Erdahl is a nurse at County Health Nurse.
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