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As we embark on the 1st round of our sustainability online certificate course next week, I am reminded that a frequent topic of conversation when it comes to this issue is that of how one becomes a successful ____________ (fill in the blank: program manager, clinician, consultant, etc.). We could spend hours discussing the philosophical, business, and ethical underpinnings of success, but it’s Friday, so let’s keep it simple:

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(Dimitri Martin via Swiss Miss)

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Maryland’s Lethality Assessment Program

The Battered Women’s Justice Project is hosting a webinar, Maryland’s Lethality Assessment Program, April 16th at 2pm CT. This is a multidisciplinary session, and preregistration is required (by 4/15).

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A Needed Response

I had hoped to post this last week, but my parent’s house (still) has dial-up speed internet, so getting any video to load was impossible. Many of you have already seen this, but just in case you haven’t, it’s a terrific and simple message:

 

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Nurse’s Guide to the Use of Social Media

Because I get *so* many questions about this issue, and because it is now a standard part of my testimony lecture, allow me to repost the National Council of State Boards of Nursing‘s white paper, A Nurse’s Guide to the Use of Social Media (PDF). Everyone should read it; program managers, maybe a few times so you can use it as the foundation for meaningful conversation at an upcoming staff meeting.

I’ll be back tomorrow (from a week’s vacation with my family) with regularly scheduled posts. Apologies for the sparse content as of late.

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VAWA 2013 Information

There have been several published summaries and overviews of the specifics in the recent VAWA reauthorization (PDF). For those of you with questions, here are a few resources to check out:

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Advancing Nursing Practice Through Social Media

Can you stand another article posting? Good, because this one is a recently published, full-text article on one of my favorite topics: Advancing Nursing Practice Through Social Media. It’s available from the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing via Medscape, so if you don’t have a log-in there you’ll need one (it’s free).

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Using Research to Inform U.S. Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts

In light of yesterday’s post, allow me to point your attention to this article, published in last month’s NIJ Journal: Ending Modern Day Slavery: Using Research to Inform US Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts ( it’s also available as a free full-text PDF).

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The Hurdles Victims of Human Trafficking Face

NCVLI is hosting a webinar March 27th from 12-1:30 pm PT: The Hurdles Victims of Human Trafficking Face. The session is part of their Protecting Polyvictims Rights Project.

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Since Last We Spoke, #Steubenville Edition

By now you’ve undoubtedly heard about the guilty verdict in Steubenville. You can read any variety of news coverage of the trial, so I am not going to post articles about the proceedings here (although kudos to the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence and NSVRC for their excellent daily recaps [1.2.3.4 and their commentary on the verdict]). What I would like to post is some of the stuff I’ve been reading about the broader messages from Steubenville, since last we spoke:

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Social Media for Nonprofits: Killer Content in 10 Minutes a Day

On Wednesday, one of the things we talked about in the sessions I led was the issue of social media use. Now I am a huge fan, as most of you know, and I think there are some incredible ways to harness social media professionally. Not sure how?

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Looking Forward

Well, folks–we have gotten to the point where an actual site redesign is a possibility. Time to take this thing from a blog with a ridiculous amount of information to trawl through to an actual website that is intended to make information easily accessible and user friendly. Over the next 3-4 months I will be working with a firm to overhaul FHO, and frankly, I could use some input. What would you like to see happen on FHO? What suggestions do you have for how the site could be organized, or what information could be included to make it work better for you? Are there sites that you think are a great model design-wise? Feel free to leave comments below, tweet me your suggestions, or, as so many of you prefer to do, send me an email and let me know your thoughts. It’s important to me to get this right, and if it doesn’t meet the needs of FHO’s readers, it won’t be. So don’t be shy–all feedback is welcome.

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Trauma-Specific Treatment in the Context of Domestic Violence

Apologies for missing a post yesterday, but I spent a really lovely day with a group of (mostly) forensic nurses from the Southwest Ohio/Kentucky area, and so it just never happened. Back today, though, with a newly released publication from the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma and Mental Health:

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Azithromycin and Arrhythmias

The FDA released a warning today that azithromycin may exacerbate existing QT prolongation leading to fatal arrhythmias. Per today’s statement: “Health care professionals should consider the risk of torsades de pointes and fatal arrhythmia when considering treatment options with azithromycin or alternative antibacterial drugs.”

(More after the jump)

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Since Last We Spoke, 3/11/13

This weekend gave us a glimpse of spring here in the DC area, so I spent as much time as possible outside. However, I am prepping for a quick trip to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area (hope to some of you there–we’ll be talking about testimony, one of my favorite subjects!), so I wasn’t entirely unplugged. Here’s a look at some of what I’ve been reading since last we spoke:

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Welcome New Readers

Just a note to the new readers/subscribers (including the big group of you from Montana that subscribed this week!). Please make sure to look for a link from Feedburner in your email to verify your subscription. If you don’t see it, check your spam filter. You must click on that link to activate your subscription. Thanks and welcome!

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International Women’s Day

Today is International Women’s Day, and in the spirit of the day I thought I would post a TED talk by Sheryl WuDunn. If you’ve never read her book, Half the Sky (co-authored with her husband, Nicholas Kristof), I encourage you to do so.

There’s also a new Half the Sky game on Facebook, for those of you who enjoy that sort of thing. It’s actually a cool concept that is meant to raise awareness and funds for organizations like Heifer International and the Fistula Foundation.

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Articles of Note: March 2013 Edition

Time once again for Articles of Note, some of the research that has caught my eye from peer-reviewed journals in the field. As always, this is not a comprehensive outline of every relevant study, just the stuff that looks interesting to me. Scribd is giving me fits, so I have bagged using it this month; the complete list of articles with active links to PubMed is after the jump. Let me know if you want a printable word doc. Sorry–no free full-text this month. Sadness.

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Journal of Forensic Nursing now available on iPad

Just downloaded the iPad app for the Journal of Forensic Nursing. It’s a beauty (color!). Compliments to the entire Journal Board who made that happen.

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A Survivor’s Journey: Understanding the Health Impact of Abuse & Paths to Promote Wellness

The National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence (Futures Without Violence) has a webinar coming up March 25th from 10-11:30 PDT, A Survivor’s Journey: Understanding the Health Impact of Abuse and Paths to Wellness. The presenter, Olga Trujillo, is someone I like very much and it’s always great hearing her speak, so I would just go ahead and register for this one, especially if you missed her in Puerto Rico last year at the IAFN Annual Scientific Assembly (she was one of our keynotes). It’s sure to be a good use of your time.

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Intimate Partner Sexual Assault – Research and Advocacy

Apologies for being absent yesterday, but a trial out of town makes it virtually impossible to get much else done. I’m back for the rest of the week, though, and preparing for what is naturally (because I’m in DC) being called Snowquestration. We haven’t had a real snow storm here in a couple years, so we’ll see. I guess I need to wear my pajamas inside out so that we end up with a snow day tomorrow. Oh, wait–I work for myself. No snow day. My boss sucks.

There are some great online trainings coming up to discuss. For instance, the Battered Women’s Justice Project is hosting a webinar March 20th, 11:30-1pm Central Time: Intimate Partner Sexual Assault–Research and Advocacy. This is a good opportunity to get better acquainted with some of the science around this issue: the two speakers (Walter DeKeseredy and TK Logan) are well-known for their research on IPSV. Don’t let the advocacy part of the title deter you, healthcare people. I assure you, this is relevant to our practice, as well.