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Although not specific to forensic clinical issues, HIV/AIDS is important to understand–not just in terms of exposure, but also in terms of the realities for our patients who have been diagnosed. The National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center has a really well-done tutorial, Women and Children with HIV/AIDS, that’s worth completing. And best of all, it has 2 CEUs attached to it (which can be purchased for $11).

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I know that logic models don’t get everyone’s heart pounding, but you know I do love a good evaluation session. Last week in South Carolina, I spent a very enjoyable day with many of the state’s forensic nurses, and we briefly discussed the issue of outcomes, and what those look like for our programs.

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Well, folks, I’m heading to Rome for what will be a week of pure vacation. No computer, no blackberry, no cell phone. Posts will continue while I’m away, but I won’t be answering any correspondence until I’m back in the country on the 7th. That being said, there are a bunch of interesting offerings coming up over the next several weeks, including this one. Their description is a tad wordy and hard to follow, but for those of you working on agency anti-violence policies, or for those of you trying to figure out how to incorporate prevention into your practice, this may offer some interesting takeaways:

The Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury has an upcoming webinar: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Natural Disasters. The session will be held August 25th from 1-2:30 pm ET.  Speakers include Dr. Robert Ursano, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress director, and Dr. Valerie Cole, American Red Cross, Disaster Mental Health senior associate.

Unless you’re brand new to the site, you already know I am a big proponent of quality assurance (QA) and peer review. As a part of my job I review a lot of medical records (nurse- and physician-generated), and there are some things in said records that scream “my program has no QA process”. Since every time I come across one of these issues it takes 4 or 5 days off of my life, in the interest of self-preservation I give you my newest 10 Things:

I’m on the road today, and by the looks of the rain and gloom outside, not to mention the chill in my hotel room, I am most certainly not in Hawaii any longer. Nope–welcome to Newport, RI, where I feel like I went from Monday to November. So it’s the perfect day for a little video inspiration from our friends at TED.

I had a question from an FHO reader about talking to the media, and I don’t have a tremendous amount of insight on this topic, because I don’t have a lot of experience in this realm. But there seem to be some useful resources on how to do this effectively (and if you have other advice or resources, please let us know in the Comments).

Lauren Gueriera, please email me with your contact info–you are the winner of the temporary tattoos. For those of you who want them, but didn’t win, you can find them all in the FHO Store. Thanks to all who posted their comments!