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EARN CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS WITH WEDNESDAY WEBINARS
You can now earn continuing education credits by joining our Wednesday Webinars on our AFN Learn platform!
AFN Members: Watch live to earn FREE CE credits as part of your membership benefit. Can't watch live? Watch on your own schedule and earn CE credits for $15 per webinar.
Non-Members: Watch webinars any time and earn CE credits for $25 per webinar.
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
PEDIATRIC
BOOTCAMP
AFN PEDIATRIC SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP PRESENTS
Medical Forensic Care for Adolescent Patients
[7.5 Contact Hours]
This five-part series explores the unique aspects of medical forensic care for adolescent patients, addressing clinical, legal, and behavioral considerations. Sessions will cover forensic examinations, case studies, legal implications, and problematic sexual behaviors, with insights from experts in forensic nursing, law, and psychology. A strengths-based approach will also be discussed, emphasizing resilience and trauma-informed care. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of best practices for supporting adolescent patients in forensic settings.
Sessions will air LIVE each Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET from April 2–30. Learn more by hitting that button below.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING BOOTCAMP
[8.0 Contact Hours]
Presented by Christine Foote-Lucero, Debra Holbrook, Tanisha L. Knighton, Thomas Stack, and Wendy Barnes
This 5-session bootcamp will ensure that forensic nurses and healthcare providers improve awareness and become familiar with screening techniques to identify patients being trafficked for sex, labor, organ harvesting, and all other forms of trafficking. Participants will be able to recognize symptoms of trafficking, create effective community response systems, and develop trauma-informed models of care for trafficked patients.
PEDIATRIC
INSTITUTE
AFN PEDIATRIC SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP PRESENTS
WALKING FORWARD: BEST PRACTICES FOR PEDIATRIC MEDICAL FORENSIC CARE
Join your AFN Colleagues for this Virtual Learning Opportunity.
You can still access this amazing Lecture Series through AFN Learn. Click the the link below to register today!
Update your knowledge about pediatric forensic health care principles and practices. Engage with the experts as they discuss current evidence-based practice information about the health care response to suspected child abuse and neglect.
FORENSIC & MEDICAL EVALUATION OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS
[3.0 Contact Hours]
Presented by Dr. William Smock
This session is geared toward law enforcement, forensic nurses, and emergency department / healthcare providers. William Smock, MD, the Louisville Metro Police Department's Police Surgeon, presents a unique forensic program specifically designed for forensic nurses and law enforcement officers involved with the investigation, evaluation, and reconstruction of firearms-related incidents, including domestic and officer-involved shootings.
FORENSIC & MEDICAL EVALUATION OF "CHOKEHOLD" PATIENTS
[1.5 Contact Hours]
Presented by Dr. William Smock
When a patient presents with a history of having been “strangled,” “choked,” or placed in a “chokehold” or “vascular neck restraint,” the medical provider must understand the importance of providing an appropriate medical and radiographic evaluation. In this presentation, William Smock, MD of the Louisville Metro Police Department explores the medical evaluation and forensic examination of the patient who has experienced a vascular neck restraint, including a review of case studies.
PHOTOGRAPHY BASICS BOOTCAMP
[6.5 Contact Hours]
Presented by Diana Faugno & Valerie Sievers
This workshop focuses on basic forensic photography skills needed for the documentation of bodily injuries for victims of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, child physical and sexual abuse, and elder abuse. It is designed to increase basic photography skills, knowledge, and competence for healthcare professionals, specifically forensic nurses.
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