Mar
10
Whistleblowing Nurses
March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Many of you have probably followed the case of the 2 Texas nurses who reported an emergency department physician’s negligent practice to the state medical board and were ultimately prosecuted for doing so. Now Medscape has a follow-up article on the story with some excellent points for us to consider about our professional and ethical [...]
Mar
9
Investigating Infant Deaths
March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment
IAFN is hosting a webinar on investigating infant deaths April 6th at 2pm ET. This will be the 1st webinar of the 2010 IAFN Webinar Series, and it’s being presented by Bobbi Jo O’Neal, BSN, RN, F-ABMDI, Deputy Coroner for Charleston County, South Carolina.
Feb
22
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners & Victim Sensitive Evidence Collection
February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment
NCVC is hosting a free webinar on SANEs and victim sensitive evidence collection, March 2nd from 1-2 pm ET. “This webinar aims to increase understanding about the role Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) play in the proper collection of forensic evidence and in providing a supportive and empowering response to survivors. Participants will learn about [...]
Feb
18
New CEU Webcasts from IAFN
February 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment
It looks like IAFN just made 12 sessions available from the ATL Annual Scientific Assembly as webcasts. The audio plus PowerPoint can be reviewed for CEUs, and if you attended the Assembly, it’s free. Not to worry–if you couldn’t make it, it’s still available to you for $19.99 if you’re an IAFN member ($29.99, non-members). [...]
Feb
17
NCPTC Webinars
February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The National Child Protection Training Center has a slate of webinars coming up that might be of interest. Usually I wait to post individual sessions as they get closer on the calendar, but a couple of the NCPTC webinars have filled already so best not to wait. Several of the sessions are heavy on the [...]
Feb
16
Immigrant Women and Domestic Violence
February 16, 2010 | 3 Comments
Join Jewish Women International in a live webinar presented by Leslye Orloff, on March 4th from 12-1pm ET. The webinar will focus on immigrant women and domestic violence. Registration is $25 for non-members.
Feb
9
Articles of Note: February Edition
February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Time once again for a run down of some of the new and noteworthy articles in the current literature (something I almost forgot to do this month!). All of these are from the late January/February/March issues and electronic previews. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that [...]
Jan
27
New Clinical Guide: Photography
January 27, 2010 | 3 Comments
I’ve been meaning to get a new clinical guide up, but this one has been a challenge. See, injury photography hasn’t been written up extensively in the literature. What is out there is by and large pretty old (you’ll see several Polaroid references in the resources I share). Still, all of these have something to offer forensic [...]
Jan
25
Playground
January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Nest Foundation has produced an incredibly powerful film on child sex trafficking in America. Playground is being used to raise awareness of child commercial sexual exploitation. The foundation’s website promises other art-driven media campaigns and an educational curriculum for high school students to follow.
Jan
22
Weekly Wrap-Up & AEQ
January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This week over at the sustainability site, a few goodies for your perusal:
*A cross-post on This Emotional Life, and sustaining ourselves in the work
*SANE competency and role expectations: a few links to help provide some guidance
I’d also like to draw your attention to the AEquitas site–we have a couple webinars coming up that might be of interest:
*Protecting Domestic [...]
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