Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 3:00pm to Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 4:30pm ET
Expiration Date:
Access to the evaluation and certificate for the live webinar will be available until Tuesday, December 24, 2013 - 10:00am ET
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:
This webinar will enhance the SANEs ability to provide fact and expert testimony in criminal trials. SANE trial preparation focused on documentation, notice of expert, motions and rulings effecting testimony, and suggestions for meeting with attorneys will be reviewed. Foundations of evidence-based testimony will be discussed, and guidance for providing ethical and effective testimony on direct and cross-examination will be provided.
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Summarize the necessary steps to prepare for courtroom testimony
- Identify the foundations that aid in providing evidence-based testimony
- Outline the goals of direct testimony and cross-examination
Presenter(s):
Tara Henry, MSN, FNP‐C, SANE‐A, SANE‐P
President, Forensic Nurse Services, Inc., Fairbanks, AK
Ms. Henry is a family nurse practitioner specializing in the area of forensic nursing. For the past 16 years she has provided medical‐forensic care to living and deceased patients affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse across the life span. She also provides expert witness testimony in both superior and district courts throughout the State of Alaska regarding topics in forensic nursing, strangulation, sexual assault, domestic violence, and sex‐related homicide. In addition to being a forensic nurse, Ms. Henry works as a nurse practitioner in the emergency department of two Alaska Native‐owned hospitals. She travels throughout the United States providing domestic violence and sexual assault training and consultation services for health care providers; hospital administrators; State, Federal, and municipal law enforcement agencies; advocacy agencies; municipal and State prosecutors; and defense attorneys. In addition, she works with several Alaska Native‐owned hospitals providing sexual assault program evaluations, quality assurance and peer reviews, and contract clinical services for domestic violence, sexual assault, and sexual abuse cases.
Nursing and Other Continuing Education Accreditation Statement:
The International Association of Forensic Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. JBS International, Inc. is an approved provider through NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (Provider Number 000208).
Nursing and Other Continuing Education Credit Designation:
The International Association of Forensic Nurses designates this enduring activity for 1.5 Nursing CE Credits. JBS International, Inc. designates this enduring activity for 1.5 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Credits.
The faculty reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:
| Name of Faculty or Presenter | Reported Financial Relationship |
|---|---|
| Tara Henry, MSN, FNP‐C, SANE‐A, SANE‐P | Nothing to disclose |
The following International Assoication of Forensic Nurses planners and managers, Kim Day, RN, FNE A/P, SANE-A, SANE-P, Jenifer Markowitz, ND, RN, WHNP-BC, SANE-A, Jennifer Pierce-Weeks, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P and Sarah Tucker, BA, hereby state that they or their spouse/life partner do not have any financial relationships or relationships to products or devices with any commercial interest related to the content of this activity of any amount during the past 12 months
Media:
Enduring activity
CNE CEU Evaluation:
Nurses: How to Obtain your CEU or CNE Certificate
Complete the appropriate evaluation at the conclusion of the activity to obtain your CNE or CEU certificate.
For any questions relating to CNE (nursing) or CEU certification, please contact us at [email protected].
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