Setting a new standard of Sexual Assault Trauma Care
NCVRW was commemorated on April 7–13, 2019. This year’s theme—Honoring Our Past. Creating Hope for the Future.—celebrates the progress made by those before us as we look to a future of crime victim services that is even more inclusive, accessible, and trauma-informed. https://youtu.be/YWmRDq8pc9g
Sheridan Miyamoto, Ph.D., FNP, RN, assistant professor in the Penn State College of Nursing, is principle investigator for an innovative project designed to use telehealth to ensure positive, timely, and thorough forensic examinations for victims of sexual assault in rural communities. The Sexual Assault Forensic Examination and Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center, supported by a $4.1 million grant from the U.S. Department…
University Park, Pa. — Nurses are often the first and possibly the only professionals — whether medical or legal — that a survivor of sexual violence has contact with following an assault, yet many clinics and hospitals do not train nurses in the complex medical and forensic processes required to properly treat these trauma patients. Addressing Pediatric Sexual ViolenceSheridan Miyamoto,…
Using Telehealth to Increase the Quality of Forensic-MedicalEvidence Collection and Deliver Trauma-Informed Care WebinarThursday, December 13th, 201810:00 AM PT/11:00 AM MT/12:00 PM CT/1:00 PM ET Course DescriptionJoin us for a fascinating presentation and discussion with two nursing experts who are using telehealth technology to expand the reach of forensic nursing to hospitals and clinics in rural, tribal, and other underserved…
SAFE-T Center takes part in congressional briefing on sexual assault victim care
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State College of Nursing’s Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center played a key role in a congressional briefing Nov. 27 to educate congressional staffers about efforts to improve access to health care for sexual assault victims.
SAFE-T Center Director, Sheridan Miyamoto, PhD, FNP discussed sexual assault medical-forensic examinations in rural, isolated or challenging areas.
Date: November 14, 2018; 2:00–3:00 p.m. e.t. Description: In this session targeted toward Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, participants will learn about some of the advantages to telenursing, as well as some of the potential obstacles, such as cross-state licensure, credentialing for nurses responding to a hospital where they are not employees, provision of medications, and maintenance of medical records. Collaboration…
Delivering the new standard of Sexual Assault Trauma Care
