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Recent News

03/22/

Pediatric SANE Training Offered in August in San Diego County

03/15/

Monmouth University Offers Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program

03/14/

Minnesota Department of Health Releases New Data Estimating that 30,000 Minnesota Women Experienced Intimate Partner Violence in

02/21/

American College of Surgeons National Trauma Bank Now Surpasses 1 Million Record Mark

Psychiatric Disorders Greatly Underdiagnosed in Hospital Emergency Departments

02/17/

Emergency Nursing Leaders Tackle ED Overcrowding, Patient-Safety Challenges at National Summit

02/14/

Emergency Department Violence Not Uncommon; Majority of Emergency Physicians Report Experiencing at Least One Violent Act a Year

Project HOPE Sends Emergency Nurses on Humanitarian Aid Effort for Tsunami Survivors

SANE Training Offered in Florida in May

02/10/

New Film, 'The Woodsman,' Gives Minnesotans an Opportunity to Discuss and Work to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse

01/31/

Chicago Facility Disciplined for Resident Abuse

01/25/

Personal Care Home Owner and Employee Plead Guilty to Abusing Resident of Home

Massachusetts Attorney General Commends Legislation for Passage of Bill to Protect the Elderly and the Disabled From Abuse

Idaho Attorney General Releases Annual Report on Prosecution of Child Sexual Abuse

Grants Available to Prevent Child Abuse, Neglect

01/18/

California State Health Department Cites Skilled Nursing Facility in Orange County in Death of Resident

California State Health Department Cites Nursing Home in Death of Resident

01/14/

Forensic Pathologist Dr. Jan Garavaglia Takes Viewers on an Emotionally Charged Journey to Solve Medical Mysteries

01/10/

Evidence Collection Course for Nurses to be Offered In May

01/07/

Illinois Facility Disciplined After Resident’s Death

11 Port Huron Women Wear Their Red Hats - and Not Much Else - to Raise Funds for Local Domestic Violence Shelter

01/06/

U.S. Prison Population Approaches 1.5 Million

Medicolegal Investigation of Death Course to be Offered This Spring

01/05/

Pediatric SANE Examiner Training to be Held in May

01/04/

Inc. Names Vickie Milazzo to Top 10 Entrepreneur List

Illinois Intermediate-Care Facility Disciplined for Failing to Protect Residents

01/03/

British Medical Journal Turns Missing Murder Case Documents Over to FDA

Repeated Unexpected Infant Deaths Most Likely to be From Natural Causes

12/10/

Illinois Facility Disciplined for Failure to Ensure Staff Knows How to Respond to an Allegation of Sexual Abuse

12/09/

Emergency Nurses Association, Stryker Partner to Recognize Nation’s Top Emergency Departments

11/29/

Author and Rape Counselor Advises How to Assist a Victim of Sexual Assault

Wisconsin Reports Increase in Elder Abuse

11/17/

Two Illinois Long-Term Care Facilities Fined for Failing to Investigate, Prevent Alleged Sexual Abuse

11/07/

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer Announces Release of Six-Month Preliminary Crime Statistics for

Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro Announces Inmate DNA Samples Linked to 202 Unsolved Crimes, Including Cincinnati Serial Rapes

11/05/

OVC Provides Details on the “Justice for All Act of ”

Orchid BioSciences, Inc. Positioned to Provide Increased DNA Testing Services as Landmark New Criminal Justice Law Goes Into Effect

Washington State Immediately Suspends License of Vancouver Nurse Charged With Rape

11/04/

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Original Author of The Debbie Smith Act, Says She is Thrilled That “Justice For All Act” and “Debbie Smith Act” Finally are Public Law

10/29/

National Center for Victims of Crime, RAINN and Lifetime Television Celebrate Passage of Critical Rape Prevention DNA Bill

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is Awarded Prison Rape Elimination Grant

Oregon Governor Releases Elder Abuse Task Force Report Recommendations

10/18/

Author Calls for Randomized Criminal-Justice Trials

Domestic Violence Recognized, Not Always Investigated by Medical Students

10/11/

Lifetime Television and Its Viewers Help Assure Senate and House Passage of Critical DNA Bill That Will Put Approximately 67,000 Rapists Behind Bars

10/08/

Researchers Establish Link Between Crying and Child Abuse

10/07/

Report Says Alcohol Addiction and Drug Abuse are Implicated in 4 Out of 5 Crimes Committed by Juvenile Arrestees

10/06/

Vital Work of Emergency Nurses to be Honored Across the Nation During Emergency Nurses Week, Oct. 10-16,

10/04/

Teaching Skills, Instilling Confidence are the Best Ways to Prevent Child Abduction

09/22/

Report Says Domestic Violence Threatens Health of Children with Lower Immunization Rates, Higher Mortality Rates, Poor Nutrition

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