by Todd Durant | Oct 17, 2019 | News
WELLSBORO, Pa (WENY) — UPMC Soldiers + Sailors and Penn State have teamed up for the past year to provide sexual assault victims with the care they need. Whenever a victim goes to the emergency room, a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) will call another nurse...
by Todd Durant | Aug 7, 2019 | News
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...
by Todd Durant | Apr 23, 2019 | News
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Forensic nursing has emerged as a discipline to help curb the harmful effects that sexual assault victims face. According to the International Association of Forensic Nurses, “forensic nursing is the practice of nursing globally when health and...
by Todd Durant | Mar 28, 2019 | News
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....
by Todd Durant | Mar 1, 2019 | News
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...
