FLORENCE, S.C. (WMBF) - In the Pee Dee, McLeod Health’s Forensic Nurse Examiner program has seen 9 sexual assault cases in as many days so far in 2023. This comes as the program marks one year of ...

A forensic nurse examiner program has recently expanded at Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital in Lexington – joining four hospitals in Rocky Mount, Roanoke, the New River Valley and Giles.

Care by a forensic nurse examiner differs from other types of medical intervention in that patients are empowered to have total control of their hospital visits. People who fall victim to ...

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More than 400,000 people experience sexual violence in the U.S. each year, but many survivors face delays or are turned away ...

If an adult is sexually assaulted in the District, one group of specially trained nurses is called upon to perform a forensic exam should the survivor wish to receive one. And sexual assault occurs ...

In nursing school, Norah Lusk already knew she wanted to work with sexual assault survivors. She had seen how this part of the health care system was “sorely lacking” through victim-blaming, long wait ...

REAL LIFE: Unlike in Hollywood where, "you get results in under an hour," crime labs can take six to nine months to test the DNA evidence in a rape kit, says Mission Health forensic nurse team ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – Forensic nursing is a specialty type of medical care many are unaware of until the horrific moment they need it. MultiCare has a dedicated team of these experts who all voluntarily ...

PULASKI, Va. (WDBJ) - There’s a new program to help victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. It’s a Forensic Nurse Examiner program (FNE) Medical Consulting Services, LLC. It is located inside ...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The hospital where Sharita Godwin works in central North Carolina doesn’t have any Black nurses trained in administering forensic exams to sexual assault victims. She’s aiming to ...