Carolyn M Porta, Ann Wolbert Burgess, Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell
{"title":"Forensic Family, Forensic Nurses: An Interview With Mother and Daughter, Reflecting on How Far We Have Come and Where We Need to Go.","authors":"Carolyn M Porta, Ann Wolbert Burgess, Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000596","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000596","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":" ","pages":"E83-E87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147292127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Forensic Examiner Technology to Enhance Documentation and Data Collection Standardization: A Narrative Review.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JFN.0000000000000610","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":"22 2","pages":"E168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147792895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Morgan E PettyJohn, Autumn Ashley, Maren Freifeld, Katherine Dontje, Jenifer Markowitz, Rebecca Campbell
{"title":"\"I'm Just Trying to Squeeze in Hours Here and There\": New SANEs' Perspectives on Challenges Gaining Practice Experience.","authors":"Morgan E PettyJohn, Autumn Ashley, Maren Freifeld, Katherine Dontje, Jenifer Markowitz, Rebecca Campbell","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000582","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000582","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There is a nationwide shortage of sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs), particularly in rural areas, which is exacerbated by a lack of infrastructure to support newly trained SANEs in gaining practice experience.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To explore the experiences of newly trained SANEs attempting to complete practice hours.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 29 nurses who had completed an HRSA-funded education program in a Midwestern state.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>SANEs identified difficulties fitting practice hours into their personal lives and navigating the logistics of coordinating practice experiences. Facilitators for practice experience were employer support, nonclinical activities, and post-training mentorship. Some participants benefited from a toolkit resource; however, the resource was less helpful for SANEs from rural areas.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>SANE education programs that elicit support from nurses' employers and create an infrastructure for sustained, personalized post-training mentorship may yield greater successes in supporting these nurses through certification and improving access to forensic nursing care.</p>","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":" ","pages":"E161-E167"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145433129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kaylen M Moore, Linda M Wesp, Jacqueline Callari Robinson, Laura Bennett, Alison M Lopez, Peninnah M Kako
{"title":"Education for Equity: A Cultural Safety and Intersectionality Informed Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Curriculum.","authors":"Kaylen M Moore, Linda M Wesp, Jacqueline Callari Robinson, Laura Bennett, Alison M Lopez, Peninnah M Kako","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000559","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000559","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Current Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) education guidelines outline the minimum instruction needed for nurses to practice as SANEs. However, the same patients facing a higher prevalence of sexual violence are experiencing complex structural determinants of health, as well as ongoing stigma and discrimination in the health care setting. Therefore, SANE education should prepare nurses to care for survivors who disproportionately experience sexual violence.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To present our equity-focused SANE curriculum designed to build competencies for nurses caring for survivors disproportionately impacted by sexual violence.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Our SANE curriculum development was guided by cultural safety and intersectionality frameworks.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We believe our enhanced SANE curriculum has the potential to more effectively prepare nurses to fully care for all survivors, particularly those who disproportionately experience sexual violence. Implementation and long-term evaluation of patient care outcomes are warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":" ","pages":"E119-E127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145188052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building a Reflective Perspective on the Forensic Nurse: A Critical Commentary on \"Bearing Witness: Embracing Our Humanity in Forensic Nursing\".","authors":"Sofia Vital","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000605","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000605","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":" ","pages":"E91-E92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147648010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wah Wah Myint, Heather R Clark, Amy Michael, Katherine Budge, Kim A Zemanek, Stacey A Mitchell, Kayce Ward, Nancy R Downing
{"title":"Nurses' Attitudes Toward and Intention to Use TeleSANE Services in Rural and Underserved Communities.","authors":"Wah Wah Myint, Heather R Clark, Amy Michael, Katherine Budge, Kim A Zemanek, Stacey A Mitchell, Kayce Ward, Nancy R Downing","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000592","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000592","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Sexual assault medical forensic exam-ready facilities with access to sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) are concentrated in urban areas. Telehealth SANE (TeleSANE) is a strategy to increase access to care in rural areas.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To assess nurses' positive attitudes, confidence, and intention to share information about and encourage use of the Texas Teleforensic Remote Assistance Center (Tex-TRAC) services.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Seventy-four nurses participated in Tex-TRAC trainings, where pretests and posttests examined changes in attitudes, confidence, and intention to share information/encourage use of the Tex-TRAC telehealth platform. Paired preassessments/postassessments and logistic regression to predict odds of nurses' intent to share/encourage use of Tex-TRAC were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Improvement in pretest to posttest mean scores of nurses' positive attitudes toward the Tex-TRAC telehealth platform (3.62-3.83), Tex-TRAC technology (4.72- 5.81), confidence (2.32-7.41), and likelihood to share information/encourage use of Tex-TRAC program (1.84-1.96) were seen (all p s <.001).</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The findings suggest that targeted training on the SANE telehealth platform increases positive attitudes toward its use, which is critical to sustaining access.</p>","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":" ","pages":"E104-E110"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146127983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Forensic Examiner Technology to Enhance Documentation and Data Collection Standardization: A Narrative Review.","authors":"Gabrielle O'Keefe, Paige Presler-Jur, Jaclyn Kolnik, Kelsea Albertson, Sarah Philbrick, Peyton Attaway Scalise","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000563","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000563","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Interpersonal violence results in adverse individual, interpersonal, community, and societal impacts, including medical and legal burdens. In many cases, interpersonal violence is reported for the first and often only time in a hospital-based setting where injuries are documented by a forensic examiner.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To describe ways in which technology can enhance the documentation of forensic and medical evidentiary exams and improve information-sharing.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A narrative literature review and qualitative synthesis of 35 articles was conducted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Relevant trends in applying digital technologies to improve documentation quality and processes, standardization, and de-siloing systems, and to outline resource limitations were identified.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Standardization and improved documentation can improve the quality and consistency of exams and provide other benefits to patients, such as improved holistic care. Resource constraints can act as a barrier to implementing standardized documentation practices, information sharing, and deployment of new technologies.</p>","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":" ","pages":"E111-E118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145369236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tehillah Eskelund, Teresa Martin, Caroline Park, Xichen Wang, Jason Rydberg, Lela Bachrach, Hanni Stoklosa
{"title":"Assessing for Bias in Health Professional Human Trafficking Trainings: A Descriptive Study.","authors":"Tehillah Eskelund, Teresa Martin, Caroline Park, Xichen Wang, Jason Rydberg, Lela Bachrach, Hanni Stoklosa","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000560","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000560","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Health professionals frequently care for individuals who have been trafficked, yet many go unrecognized. Trainings that reinforce narrow stereotypes may contribute to these missed opportunities by shaping provider perceptions and deepening bias.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To assess whether introductory online trainings about human trafficking reflect representational biases.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Thirteen publicly available trainings were analyzed for sensationalism, racial representation, gender identity expression, and trafficking type.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All trainings showed bias in at least one domain; the greatest bias was toward feminine gender expression (92%). Sensationalized imagery appeared in 46%. White-presenting survivors were overrepresented in 38%. About half lacked any transgender/nonbinary (46%) or LGBTQ+ (54%) identities. Sex trafficking was emphasized over labor trafficking in 85% of trainings.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Even brief trainings can shape perceptions and perpetuate bias. Educators should critically examine representation and their own positionality to support trauma-informed skills-building that helps clinicians recognize and support all survivors in clinical care.</p>","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":" ","pages":"E134-E143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145133166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advancing Forensic Nursing Through Inclusive and Global Standards: Development of the Forensic Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice, 3rd Edition.","authors":"Julie L Valentine","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000606","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000606","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":" ","pages":"E88-E90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147596877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bridging Care and Justice: Using an Interprofessional Simulated Mock Courtroom Experience for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Training.","authors":"Carman Turkelson, Megan M Keiser","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000566","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000566","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong></p><p><strong>Background: </strong>There is limited literature on the best strategies to prepare sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) for the intensity of providing testimony in court.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To explore the impact of a mock courtroom simulation-enhanced interprofessional experience on perceptions of comfort, confidence, and testimony ability in SANEs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A mock courtroom simulation-enhanced interprofessional experience was developed to provide SANEs with multiple opportunities to practice critical skills related to providing expert testimony for a sexual assault criminal proceeding. Narrative feedback was gathered, exploring perceptions of confidence, comfort, and awareness of legal processes. A thematic analysis was conducted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Themes included (1) realism and practical exposure, (2) confidence and composure under pressure, (3) enhanced understanding of legal protocols and self-advocacy, and (4) long-term professional preparation.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Exposure to multiple cases and styles of cross-examination from prosecutors and defense attorneys proved to be a valuable strategy for preparing SANEs for the rigor of providing testimony in court.</p>","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":" ","pages":"E144-E150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145133195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}