Clinical GuidesJan
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Human Trafficking
January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The US Department of Health and Human Services created the Campaign to Rescue and Restore Victims of Human Trafficking, and with it, an online toolkit for several different disciplines. The Toolkit for Healthcare Providers includes an annotated Powerpoint presentation that focuses on our role in identifying and assisting victims.
Jan
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Workplace Violence
January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment
ANA is offering 1.52 CEUs for completion of Workplace Violence: The Nurse Victim. This is a standard article and posttest. Cost is $20 ($15 for members). Objectives include: 1. Describe secondary traumatization to care providers. 2. Describe the signs of stress and anxiety disorders associated with secondary traumatization. 3. Discuss interventions which assist the victim [...]
Jan
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Starting a Nonprofit
January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Wow–the traffic that the post on grantwriting received was enormous! Apparently this is an issue for many of you. Several people had questions about starting a nonprofit, so as nod to those of you who emailed me, here’s an hour-long podcast on the subject.
Jan
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Grant Writing
January 23, 2009 | 1 Comment
Many of you are looking to grants to help support and grow your programs. For my money, the Foundation Center is one of the best resources out there for grant seekers, with an online library, information about a large number of funders, and brick and mortar locations in 5 cities around the US. And now, [...]
Jan
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Treating the Addicted Survivor of Trauma
January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation is hosting a webinar January 28th at 12pm ET, entitled Treating the Addicted Survivor of Trauma. Cost of the webinar is $95 ($65 for ISSTD members); it’s scheduled to last 90 minutes.
Jan
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Update
January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment
In the 2 weeks this site has been up and running, almost a thousand hits have been recorded and many of you now subscribe. Looking at the site stats, it’s clear that vicarious trauma, bioterrorism and sexual assault are the most popular topics so far. If there is information you are looking for, please feel [...]
Jan
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Vicarious Trauma
January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Headington Institute (“psychological and spiritual support for humanitarian relief and development workers“) has a self-study module available on their website, Understanding and Addressing Vicarious Trauma. The module is text-based and requires registration to access–it’s free of charge once you are registered.
Jan
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Bioterrorism
January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Nurses can earn 5 CEs for completing Western Schools’ Bioterrorism and the Nurse’s Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction. This is in a text-posttest format; however it is much longer than your typical article-based CE offering, running 65 pages (so pace yourself). It’s currently available at the sale price of $19.95 (you save $5).
Jan
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Disaster Planning and Response
January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment
ReachMD did a segment in their series on Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness entitled, Finding Your Niche in Disaster Planning and Response. Because so may of my forensic colleagues are either currently working on disaster response teams or have expressed an interest in doing so, this is a great, brief overview of how each [...]
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Danger Assessments
January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Since we are on the topic of IPV and Danger Assessments, professionals working with victims of intimate partner violence can complete online education for Dr. Jacqueline Campbell’s Danger Assessment. $125 will get you the online course, a posttest, certification and scoring system for the tool.
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