This course is designed to increase your foundational knowledge of medical-legal principles, nursing assessment, and forensic competencies that govern forensic healthcare practice. The goal of this course is to provide healthcare professionals, (specifically forensic nurses who have completed Adult/Adolescent Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Training, Pediatric Sexual Abuse Forensic Examiner Training, and/or Domestic Violence/Strangulation Training) with an overview in preparation for sitting for the Forensic Nursing Certification Board exam.

Pillar 1: Forensic Nursing Practice

• Skills for Forensic Nursing
• Skin & Wounds
• Wounds & Healing
• Interviewing & Science of Stress
• Criminology & Victimology
• Population Health
• Mental Health & Vulnerable Populations
• Justice in the Legal System

Pillar 2: Forensic Science

• Evolution of Forensic Nursing
• Concepts in Forensic Science
• Forensic Science in Court
• Evidence
• Evidence Package & Storage
• Identification of Knowledge Gaps

Pillar 3: Legal Foundations

• Legal Systems: A Primer
• Steps in the Criminal Justice Process
• Federal Rules of Evidence & the Supreme Court: Decisions of Interest
• Statutes of Interest
• Accrediting Bodies
• Nursing Practice Regulations

Presenters

Kathy Bell, MS, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P, DF-AFN - OKLAHOMA

Teresa Devitt-Lynch, MSN, RN, ANF-BC, SANE-A - NORTH DAKOTA

Diana Faugno, MSN, RN, CPN, SANE-A, SANE-P, FAAFS, DF-IAFN, DF-AFN - GEORGIA

Christine Foote-Lucero, MSN, RN, CEN, SANE-A, SANE-P - COLORADO

Debra Holbrook, MSN, RN, FNE-A/P, SANE-A, DF-AFN, FAAN - MASSACHUSETTS

Jennifer Johnson, DNP, MSN, APRN, WHNP-BC, AFN-BC, SANE-A, SANE-P, DF-AFN - KANSAS

Mindy M. Lause MSN, RN, FCN, SANE-A - OHIO

Sarah Pederson, BSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P - GEORGIA

Catherine Rossi, MSN, RN, FNP-C, SANE-A, SANE-P, DF-AFN - NORTH CAROLINA

Valerie Sievers, MSN, RN, CNS, SANE-A, SANE-P, DF-AFN - COLORADO

Kathleen Thimsen, DNP, MSN, RN, WOCN/CETN, FNE, DF-AFN - NEVADA

Angelia Trujillo, DNP, MSN, WHNP-BC, AFN-C, DF-AFN - ALASKA