Setting a new standard of Sexual Assault Trauma Care
Since Cindy Forbes, R.N., became a sexual assault forensic nurse examiner seven years ago, she has been the only specialized examiner in her rural community of Lakeport, California. “If my victims aren’t getting rape exams here, they aren’t getting rape exams,” said Forbes, an emergency department nurse at Sutter Lakeside Hospital, in a video for the National TeleNursing Center. Lakeport is…
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,…
Experts in the field of sexual assault examinations are now on hand to assist J.C. Blair’s nursing staff with cases no matter what time of day cases are brought forward. J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital and its project partners Thursday marked the launch of the SAFE-T (Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth) program which provides J.C. Blair’s nurses with 24/7 access to…
DuBois, Pa. — After a year-long journey, Liz Davis, RN, CEN, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) nurse, of Penn Highlands Healthcare, is excited to see the launch of the Penn State SAFE-T Center launch at the Penn Highlands Healthcare DuBois. She introduced the Penn Highlands DuBois SANE nurses — (all RNs) Elizabeth Davis, Nina Lindemuth, Holly Hertlein, Katie Bizzak, Vicki…
Delivering the new standard of Sexual Assault Trauma Care
