Preparing nurses to support assault victims
Nurses attend the clinical studies portion of a Forensics Examiner Course through Kootenai Health. The clinical lab portion of the course includes real exams with simulated patients. Nurses learn to more effectively gather health information that can be used as evidence in court for assault cases.
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Nurses attend the final lecture hours for a new Forensic Nurse Examiners program through Kootenai Health. The course will train nurses to be Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners so they're better equipped to gather evidence, and most importantly, support assault victims.
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The first time Megan Lorincz conducted a sexual assault examination in an emergency room, it was because she was the senior nurse on shift, so despite having no training for dealing with an assault victim or with taking forensic evidence, she conducted the exam. ...
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