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Since Last We Spoke, Forensic Nurses Week 2015

Post author By Jen
Post date November 9, 2015

Happy Forensic Nurses Week to all of us! It feels like a particularly busy one, what with multiple deadlines looming. I’d love to hear how folks are commemorating the week, though–especially if there are some creative celebrations in the works. Don’t have anything planned yet? There’s still time–IAFN has a planning guide (PDF) to help you out.

It was a Reserve weekend in our household, which meant a work weekend for me. I procrastinated a bit, though, on the interwebs. Here’s what caught my eye since last we spoke:

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SART Playlist

I was perusing my usual sites, and I noticed that over at SAFEta Kim posted the SART playlist on NSVRC’s Youtube channel, which I thought I would also share over here. There’s some good stuff on it, particularly if you’re working out issues around protocol development, leadership issues, or untested kits. It has also has Rebecca Campbell’s 3-part Neurobiology of Trauma series, which is always popular. Think continuing education or facilitated discussion opportunities…

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Implementing Routine Intimate Partner Violence Screening in a Primary Care Setting

Post author By Jen
Post date November 4, 2015

The National LGBT Health Education Center has an upcoming webinar, Implementing Routine Intimate Partner Violence Screening in a Primary Care Setting. The session will be held November 19th at 1pm ET. Click through for details:

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Fear of Public Speaking

I wanted to close the loop on an issue that we discussed during the session Sasha and I did on public speaking in Orlando. I mentioned the excellent Mark Twain quote, “There are only two types of speakers in the world. 1. The nervous. 2. Liars.” Fear of public speaking is exceptionally common, but it cannot be an excuse. The reality is that to some extent or another, we have to get past it in our profession, because at a minimum, court testimony is public speaking. You can’t do this work without flexing some public speaking muscle.

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Since Last We Spoke 11-2-15

Post author By Jen
Post date November 2, 2015

It was so fantastic to see all of you in Orlando. Thanks to all of the FHO readers who came and introduced themselves to me at the conference. It really is my favorite part. And welcome to all of the new subscribers (wow, so many of you!). Don’t forget to look for the Feedburner link to verify your email so you can activate your subscription. It may be in your spam folder, so be sure to check there if you don’t see it in your inbox.

Curious what folks thought of this year’s conference. I thought IAFN put on a pretty terrific program (although as with all conferences, there were some definite ups and downs in terms of the quality of the actual presentations in the breakouts). It was a slog of a week for me, and I didn’t make it back home until late last night. Not much time for reading, but a few things did manage to catch my eye. Here’s what I’ve been reading since last we spoke:

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State Nurse Practice Acts, Diagnosing, & Forensic Nursing Provisons

Post author By Jen
Post date October 30, 2015

I’m speaking today at the conference about challenges to forensic nursing testimony, and one of the things we’ll talk about is being (very) familiar with your state Nurse Practice Act. A little while back, I went through all of the Nurse Practice Acts and compiled the language related to both diagnosis and forensic nursing provisions, if any. If you click through you can access the full grid, which includes active links to the respective state boards. Please note: laws (and web links) continually change, so this grid is only a snapshot of what the states had to say on these issues at the time it was compiled. I cannot guarantee they remain the same in every state today so please do not rely on this in place of reading the actual language of your state Nurse Practice Act.

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Since Last We Spoke 10-26-15 (Conference Edition)

Post author By Jen
Post date October 26, 2015

This week is the IAFN annual conference, and once again, it’s an opportunity to network and collaborate with some of the best and the brightest in the field. It’s a week I love, and sometimes love to hate, because with the deeply satisfying moments come the inevitable, frustrating ones where I witness acts of great professional unkindness perpetrated left and right. Over the years a degree of both public and private shaming has begun to emerge at this conference, particularly in regards to education, that makes me feel sad for the profession. I have witnessed it first hand, as close friends have been made to feel their accomplishments mean nothing without advanced degrees; I’ve listened (astonished) in public forums as those who should be mentors explicitly tell audience members that they need to dumb their content down for the non-PhDs in the room; and of course, I’ve had more nurses than I can count worry to me about whether they will have a place in the organization 5-10 years down the road if they don’t go back to school.

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Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse: From Teen Dating Violence to Trafficking

Post author By Jen
Post date October 21, 2015

The National Judicial Education Program has a webinar coming up–Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse: From Teen Dating Violence to Trafficking. The session will be held November 12th from 3-4:30pm ET. Click through for details about this multidisciplinary session:

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Everyday Magic: 16 Ways Adults Can Support Children Exposed to Violence and Trauma

Post author By Jen
Post date October 20, 2015

In our line of work, we often are either caring for traumatized children as our primary patients, or they are accompanying a parent there to see us. Futures Without Violence recently published Everyday Magic: 16 Ways Adults Can Support Children Exposed to Violence and Trauma (PDF). Let’s face it, there aren’t enough things coming across my desk with the word “magic” in them, so I confess, points to the authors for the title alone. It’s more than a pleasing title, though; it’s nicely referenced, straight-forward, and distributable to other colleagues who could use the assist, as well–might be a good one for discussion at your next ED inservice, or staff or MDT meeting.

(h/t: VAWnet)

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Since Last We Spoke 10-19-15

Post author By Jen
Post date October 19, 2015

My best friend was in town this weekend, so it was a non-stop food fest, and a chance to play tourist in my own city. I was back online last night, though, after a day working on a rather chewy writing project for a 3-letter government agency. Here’s what caught my eye since last we spoke:

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Medical Care of Child Sex Abuse Victims and Child Forensic Interviewing Best Practices

Post author By Jen
Post date October 15, 2015

The Midwest Regional CAC has a multidisciplinary webinar coming up: Medical Care of Child Sex Abuse Victims. The session will be held October 22nd at 1pm CT. This offering comes with 2 hours of CMEs (also POST credits and social work, but astonishingly, no nursing credits). Click through for details, as well as information on a new publication from OJJDP:

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Sexually Transmitted Infections in Suspected Child Sexual Abuse

Post author By Jen
Post date October 14, 2015
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A reader asked for options for educational offerings on sexually transmitted infections in suspected child sexual abuse cases. You’re in luck–I have a couple. One is an archived webinar from the Tribal Forensic Healthcare project, and it has CEU/CMEs available (expires 3/16/16). The National Children’s Advocacy Center also has an archived webinar; no continuing education credits appear to be available for this one, but it may be more suitable for a multidisciplinary audience if that’s your need. And as a companion, you’ll find the most current CDC treatment guidelines for children here.

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Since Last We Spoke 10-12-15

Post author By Jen
Post date October 13, 2015

This weekend was all about the Army 10-Miler. Prepping for, running and then recovering from the race (which truthfully looked a whole lot like eating everything we could get our hands on for a 12-hour period). It was a great run (always inspiring), we shaved 10 minutes off our last race time, and while I feel every one of my 40+ years in these knees and achilles, I am still upright and willing to do it again next year, so that’s something. Bonus for having our dear friend in town to cheer us on, having just finished a prolonged bout of chemo. It made the weekend extra special. I stayed away from the interwebs by and large, which is why this list is shorter than normal; but here’s what did catch my eye since last we spoke:

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Updated Clinical Guide: Determining the Age of Bruising

Post author By Jen
Post date October 8, 2015

I have updated the clinical guide, Determining the Age of Bruising. It’s one of our more popular one (I send a lot of lawyers there, in particular), so I’m glad to have had the opportunity to overhaul this one. There’s some new research, plus I am trying to slowly get all of them in a consistent format. You’ll find both a Word doc with active hyperlinks and the more printer friendly PDF. Enjoy.

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#BeyondtheBruises

Post author By Jen
Post date October 7, 2015

I mentioned in Monday’s post that the Society for Women’s Health Research had a new campaign, #BeyondtheBruises. This is a campaign geared toward raising awareness about the healthcare impact of domestic violence, so it’s a great resource for sharing with other members of your provider community. Of note: there’s a 5ish minute video included as a part of this site (click through to view) that would make a great intro to an inservice on this topic.

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Since Last We Spoke, 10-5-15

Post author By Jen
Post date October 5, 2015

How many more of these posts can I do that start out with a host of links to the latest round-up of articles on mass shootings? You know what–don’t answer that. I don’t want to know. Because I know this isn’t my last one. Once again, I reiterate, we are gun-owning, military household. Not trying to trample anyone’s 2nd amendment rights. But heaven help me, I have a kid I am trying to grow into an adult and I need her to be safe in public spaces, so tell me how it’s possible we won’t even let the CDC study gun violence, let alone regulate the purchase of these things. Anyway, click through–I promise, I’ve been reading about more than just Oregon since last we spoke:

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Friday Extra: House Calls To The Homeless

Post author By Jen
Post date October 2, 2015

This site chronicles the vast majority of my professional life in one way or another. It’s easy to track my wanderings here, and most of how I spend my time is a pretty open book. However, a couple evenings a month, removed from much of this world, I grab my stethoscope and go see patients at a local family shelter. It’s one of the things I most look forward to in my week, and it gives me the opportunity to take care of patients, which is magical.

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Elder Abuse Webinar at Tribal Forensic Healthcare

Post author By Jen
Post date October 1, 2015

The next adult-focused webinar in the series over at the Tribal Forensic Healthcare project is on elder abuse. It’ll be held October 7th from 3-4:30pm. As with all of their sessions, CEs are available, and it will be archived, so no worries if you can’t participate live. Click through for details:

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The Intersections Between Intimate Partner Violence and HIV/AIDS

Post author By Jen
Post date September 30, 2015

VAWnet has a new collection available: the Intersections Between Intimate Partner Violence and HIV/AIDS. While this is not a collection geared specifically toward healthcare providers, there’s plenty that is clinically relevant. It’s worth your time to sift through the multitude of resources here.

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Detroit Sexual Assault Kit Action Research Project

Post author By Jen
Post date September 29, 2015

The Battered Women’s Justice Project is hosting a webinar, The Detroit Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Action Research Project (ARP). It will be held October 5th from 1:30-3pm CT. Dr. Rebecca Campbell and Kimberly Hurst, Executive Director of the Wayne County Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Program, will be the featured speakers. Click through for details:

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