Estimated time to complete activity: 90 minutes
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Jointly sponsored by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and International Association of Forensic Nurses
This activity is supported by Indian Health Service.
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of nurses, physicians, and other health and legal professionals involved in the treatment and care of victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.
Statement of Need/Program Overview
Forensic examiners provide specialized care for the pediatric patient who is presenting for health care related to known or suspected child maltreatment. A variety of case studies of child maltreatment patients will be utilized for this webinar. Presenting signs and symptoms, patient and caregiver histories and clinical evaluation will be included and discussed.
Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Summarize the individual treatment plans of a variety of pediatric maltreatment patients.
Faculty
Kim Nash, BSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P
Faculty Bio
Kim Nash, BSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P has been practicing as a registered nurse for 15 years and as a forensic nurse for 7 years. She earned her BSN from Regis University in 1998 and became a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner in 2006. Dual board certified as a SANE-A and a SANE-P, she is part of a team of forensic nurses at Memorial Hospital, University of Colorado Health in Colorado Springs, Colorado who provide medical forensic care to more than 1200 patients per year who are victims of violence (sexual assault, intimate partner violence, child abuse, elder abuse, strangulation, human trafficking). Additionally, she provides clinical skills training through Memorial Hospital’s Simulation Laboratory, teaching sexual assault care to providers from across the US, with a special emphasis on those working in rural or underserved areas. Ms. Nash’s work at the national level includes serving on the Board of Directors for the International Association of Forensic Nurses ( IAFN) and presenting at the International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice. Additionally, she is the Past President of the Colorado Chapter of IAFN. In 2012, she served as an International consultant for a USAID project in Swaziland, Africa, mentoring local health care professionals in the care of the pediatric rape patients with an emphasis on the prevention of HIV.
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