Christine Foote-Lucero
MSN, RN, CEN, SANE-A, SANE-P, AFN-C, DF-AFN
Christine Foote-Lucero has been a licensed Registered Nurse in Colorado for 22 years with a focus on critical care, and obtained her master’s degree in forensic nursing. She currently manages a comprehensive Forensic Nursing program that responds to all patients affected by violence at the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) in Aurora, Colorado.
Her clinical experiences as a forensic nurse have included death investigation and correctional nursing, as well as sexual assault, intimate partner violence, physical assault, strangulation, elder abuse, child abuse, and human trafficking. She holds four board certifications, including Certified Emergency Nurse, Sexual Assault Examiner for Adolescents and Adults, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner for Pediatrics, and Advanced Forensic Nurse.
Foote-Lucero is a certified instructor through the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), teaching Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) and Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC). She also currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Academy of Forensic Nursing (AFN) and chairs the AFN Journal Club.