Contact
Debbie Nugent, MS, RN, SANE Coordinator
Network of Victim Assistance
215-343-6543 Ext 105
debbie@novabucks.org
Forensic Nursing Conference
Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia County Regional
Forensic Nursing Conference
May 12, 2017
Forensic Nursing Conference
May 12, 2017
Hosted by
Abington Jefferson Health Forensic Nurse Examiner Program, Network of Victim Assistance (NOVA), Philadelphia Sexual Assault Response Center (PSARC)
at
Abington Jefferson Health, 1200 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001
This Activity has been submitted to the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association for approval to award contact hours. Pennsylvania State Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
An application has also been submitted for approval to award contact hours to social workers.
AGENDA
7:30 am - 8:00 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 10:00 am: Courtroom Testimony
Ron Smith - Retired FBI investigator, has conducted extensive research on courtroom testimony techniques including interviews with witnesses, judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys and, the most important people of all, "JURORS”, to determine what they believe, what they like and specifically what they don’t like from criminal justice witnesses.
10:00 am - 10:15 am: Break
10:15 am - 11:15 am: Campus Sexual Assault
Jonathan Kassa - Director of Higher Education, Allied University, specializing in campus security, will provide a comprehensive look at the climate of sexual assault and misconduct on college campuses, how state and federal legislation is addressing the issue, and the institutional response.
11:15 am - 12:45 pm: Sexual Assault Kit Evidence Analysis
Pennsylvania State Crime Lab: Serologist and DNA Scientist - These scientists will provide an understanding of proper and thorough evidence collection to support the integrity of subsequent laboratory analysis and the science behind it.
12:45 pm-1:30 pm: Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm: The Collaborative Role of the Forensic Nurse Coroner
Pamela Gay - Forensic Nurse Coroner, York County, PA will discuss the role of the forensic nurse as a nurse-coroner and how the coroner team works closely with hospital staff to preserve evidence while reaching out to families with compassion. The presenter will explain how one case involving the deaths of four members of an Amish community precipitated that collaboration.
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm: Cultural and Medical Considerations When Conducting a Medical/Forensic Exam for Transgender Individuals
Dr. Rachel Levine, Physician General of Pennsylvania and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, will discuss the need for providers of forensic services to be culturally aware of trans-specific differences in order to provide a sensitive, comprehensive and competent medical/forensic examination.
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm: Break
3:45 pm -5:00 pm: SANE Case Review and Peer Review
Jana French, Nursing Director of Washington, D.C. Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program and IAFN Board member will offer an interactive discussion on best practices for SANE case and peer review.
COST: $50.00
PAYMENT:
- Payment: may be made using check or credit card
- No refund for cancellations
- Registration may be completed on-line (below) OR
- Fax registration to NOVA: 215-343-6260 OR
- Mail checks to: Network of Vicitm Assistance (NOVA), 2370 York Road, Building B1, Jamison, PA 18929. Please note on your check that payment is for forensic conference.
There is no commercial support for this activity. Nurse planners and speakers have declared that he/she has nothing to disclose. Speakers are subject to change at the discretion of the organizers.