Friday - June 21, 2024

Breakfast + Vendors

8:00 am – 9:00 am ET

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Welcome

9:00 am – 9:15 am ET

Welcome from the Academy of Forensic Nursing

Presenter:

• Deb Holbrook

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Session 1

9:15 am – 10:15 am ET

Shifting Trauma-Informed Care from Aspirational to Actionable (1 CE)

Presenters:

• Averett Robey, MSW

• Melissa Silver

Objectives – After participating in this presentation, learners will be able to:

• Identify common gaps between the framework of trauma-informed care and implementation. 

• Discuss the core components of trauma-informed care and the practices that make the model actionable. 

• Describe strategies to implement a trauma-informed practice model in their organizations and teams.

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Break

10:15 am – 11:30 am ET

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Session 2

10:30 am – 11:30 am ET

Opportunities within Subspecialty Practice: The Forensic Nurse as a

Medico-Legal Death Investigator (1 CE)

Presenter:

• Kalen Knight, MSN, RN

Objectives – After participating in this presentation, learners will be able to:​

• Describe forensic nurse responsibilities within the MDI role.

• Discuss education, training, and experience requirements required to fulfill the MDI role.

• Articulate various skills utilized as a MDI.

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Break

11:30 am – 11:45 am ET

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Session 3

11:45 am – 12:45 pm ET

The Forensic Nurse Hospitalist and Forensic Certified Nursing Assistant: Role Implementation through the Lens of a Program Exemplar (1 CE)

Presenters:

• Jessica Volz, DNP, CRNP, FNE A/P, FNP-BC, NE-BC, AFN-C, SANE-A, SANE-P, DM-AFN, Clinical Director of Forensics, Forensic Medical Unit Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center

• Kathryn Swift, FNP, RN

• Kelly Berishaj, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, AFN-C, SANE-A, DF-AFN- Forensic Nursing Program Director-Oakland University School of Nursing

Objectives – After participating in this presentation, learners will be able to:​

• Define Forensic Nurse Hospitalist Program and clinical roles including forensic nurse practitioner, assistant nurse manager, forensic nurse examiner, and forensic certified nursing assistant.

• Describe the development, structure, implementation, and evaluation of a community hospital based forensic nurse hospitalist program.

• Understand barriers and supports to forensic nurse hospitalist program implementation.

• Describe solutions to overcoming programmatic barriers that support development of forensic nurse hospitalist programs.

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Lunch + Vendors

12:45 pm – 2:00 pm ET

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Session 4

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET

Forensic Nurse Follow-up Clinics: Ensuring Patients Receive Ongoing

Care (1 CE)

Presenters:

• Michelle Demey

• Katie Swift

Objectives – After participating in this presentation, learners will be able to:​

• Describe the importance and services offered through follow-up clinics.

• Discuss the process for follow-up clinic development and implementation.

• Analyze barriers and solutions to clinical implementation.

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Break

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm ET

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Session 5

3:15 pm – 4:45 pm ET

To Conduct a Medical-Forensic Exam or Not: Considerations for the

Patient Who is Unconscious (1.5 CE)

Presenters:

• Brenda Dzierzawski, MSN, RN, SANE-A, Clinical Coordinator, Oakland University School of Nursing, Forensic Nursing Program

• Amber Thomas Wagenschutz

Objectives – After participating in this presentation, learners will be able to:​

• Discuss legal implications for forensic nurses/agencies who conduct medical forensic examinations on patients who are unconscious.

• Discuss ethical and practice implications for forensic nurses/agencies who conduct medical forensic examinations on patients who are unconscious.

• Describe consent procedures to consider when conducting a medical forensic exam on a patient that is unconscious.

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Day 1 Conclusion

4:45 pm – 5:00 pm ET

Thank you for attending Day 1 of AFN Michigan

Presenter:

• AFN Representative (TBA)

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Networking Event

6 pm – 9:00 pm ET

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Saturday - June 22, 2024

Breakfast + Vendors

8:30 am – 9:30 am ET

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Session 1

9:30 am – 10:35 am ET

Beneath the Surface: Detecting and Addressing Acquired Brain Injuries in Intimate Partner Violence (1 CE)

Presenter:

• Michelle Patch, PhD, MSN, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, AFN-C, DF-AFN,

FAAN

Objectives – After participating in this presentation, learners will be able to:

• Identify signs and symptoms of IPV-related brain injuries in patients presenting for forensic nursing care.

• Discuss immediate and long-term health consequences of IPV-related brain injuries.

• Describe care interventions and resources for patients with IPV-related brain injuries

• Briefly discuss emerging research on IPV-related ABIs.

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Break

10:30 am – 10:45 am ET

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Session 2 

10:45 am – 12:15 pm ET

Suspect Exams: Patients, Perpetrators, or Not at All? (1.5 CE)

Presenters:

• Christina Boyland

• Sian Hengeveld

Objectives – After participating in this presentation, learners will be able to:

• Discuss legal, ethical, and practice implications for forensic nurses/agencies who conduct medical forensic examinations on suspects who have been consented for care as a patient.

• Describe legal, ethical, and practice implications for the forensic nurse/agency who conducts suspect exams which consist only of evidence collection.

• Discuss rationale related to why forensic nurses/agencies should/should not conduct suspect examinations.

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Lunch + Vendors

12:15 pm – 1:30 pm ET

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Session 3

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm ET

Actions Speak Louder: Developing Competence and Confidence in Providing Care for Transgender Patients Following Sexual Assault (1 CE)

Presenters:

• Ollie Lagrou, BSN, RN- Henry Ford Health System- Ruth Ellis Center

• Erika Pastor, MSN, RN, FNP-C- Henry Ford Health System- Ruth Ellis Center

• Peg Kennedy, MSN, RN, FNP-C- Oakland University School of Nursing

Objectives – After participating in this presentation, learners will be able to:

• Discuss important healthcare provider considerations to ensure the delivery of a trauma-informed, gender-affirming examination for patients who are transgender or nonbinary following sexual assault.

• Discuss important considerations when administering nPEP and STI prophylaxis to a patient receiving gender affirming hormone therapy following sexual assault.

• Describe important considerations when conducting the sexual assault medical-forensic examination on a patient who has undergone gender-affirming surgery.

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Break

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm ET

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Session 4

2:45 pm – 4:15 pm ET

Engaging as a Forensic Nurse Leader: How Do I Get There? (1.5 CE)

Panel Presentation: How to engage in leadership

​Professional Organization Board Member

• Kathi Thimsen, AFN

Scholarship/Researcher

• Michelle Patch

Academic

• Kelly Berishaj

Policy and Legislation

• Jessica Volz

Advanced Practitioner

• All

Objectives – After participating in this presentation, learners will be able to:

• Discuss the importance of serving as a forensic nurse leader.

• Describe various avenues of leadership advancement within the forensic nurse specialty.

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Conference Conclusion

4:15 pm – 4:30 pm ET

Thank you for attending AFN Michigan

Presenter:

• AFN Representative (TBA)