Hospitals and police rely on the specialists to collect evidence and care for sexual assault victims. Kim Conner is a forensic nurse trained to find tiny bits of evidence from a delicate kind of crime ...
In assault cases, when it’s a victim’s word against the abuser’s, medical evidence can make or break a criminal case. For decades in San Diego County, victims of sexual assault and child abuse have ...
Stormont Vail's forensic nurses help survivors take the first steps past sexual and domestic violence. This year, they're ...
Forensic Nurse Jody Oslund is tired of people not knowing about her program, though she hopes you’ll never have to use it. The forensic nurses at the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington ...
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Dec. 30, 2013) -- "It's important for victims of sexual assault to know that they are safe with the medical forensic nurses," said a nurse who's a sexual assault medical ...
Since its inception in 2016, the In Power program at Howard Brown Health (HBH) has served a desperately needed role as the first in the nation designed specifically to serve LGBTQI+ survivors of ...
On August 18, 2021, Dr. Sean Dugan sent out a letter to his colleagues. He practices medicine in Redding, which had just reported its highest rates of COVID hospitalizations yet. His message began ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SEATTLE — When Leah Griffin regained consciousness in her apartment on the morning of April 10, 2014, she knew she had been ...
Survivors shouldn’t be asked to have the courage to make that decision twice in one day.” That’s what an advocate said of sexual assault survivors who arrive at a hospital that lacks a sexual ...
Jackie Flanagan has treated more than 100 victims of sexual assault, everything from violent rape to the inappropriate touching of children. It’s not an easy job. “When I get done with a case, I am ...
ROB: A PAIR OF NURSES FROM IRELAND ARE VISITING OMAHA, USING PROJECT HARMONY AS A MODEL FOR BETTER CARE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY. JULIE: THEY HOPE A MULTI-PURPOSE CAMERA THAT TAKES DETAILED PHOTOS IN ...
If an adult is sexually assaulted in the District, one group of specially trained nurses is called upon to perform a forensic exam should the survivor wish to receive one. And sexual assault occurs ...