Forensic Nursing Response to Victim-Administered Evidence Kits.

The International Association of Forensic Nurses has issued guidance in response to victim- or self-administered evidence kits after sexual assault.

Position Statement: Child Maltreatment: International Association of Forensic Nurses Board of Directors, 2019.

The International Association of Forensic Nurses has developed a Position Statement regarding child maltreatment. The Position Statement identifies the problem statement, association position, and rationale for interventions.

An examination of SANE data: clinical considerations based on victim-assailant relationship.

The current study analyzes adult female sexual assault data, collected by sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) in New Hampshire, United States, between 1997 and 2007. The purposes of this study were to (1) explore the relationship between patient and assailant, (2) examine patients' physical findings according to assailant type, (3) describe characteristics of both the patients and the assaults, and (4) make care recommendations. Secondary analysis was conducted on data gathered by SANEs from responses to a standardized questionnaire based on the medical/forensic examination of each patient over an 11-year period.

Findings from Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE): A case study of New Hampshire's pediatric SANE database.

The purpose of this article is to provide child sexual abuse data gathered by sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) in New Hampshire at the time of the medical/forensic examination. This study provides demographic, victim and assault characteristics from 696 child sexual abuse patients between 1997 and 2007. The study is a collaborative project between the SANE Advisory Board, a team of university researchers, and the Research Committee of the New Hampshire (NH) Governor's Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence.

The challenges forensic nurses face when their patient is comatose: addressing the needs of our most vulnerable patient population.

Since 1996, the American Nurses Association has recognized forensic nursing as a formal specialty. Despite this recognition, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners and Emergency Department nurses struggle with incorporating evidence collection into the care they give the unconscious or comatose patient they suspect has been sexually assaulted. Through case example, this article provides an abbreviated review of the circumstances under which these patients present for care, current challenges, and barriers in upholding the standard of forensic nursing care, as well as proposed interventions for the practicing forensic nurse.