AFN National Conference
Virtual Conference
Advancing the Global Practice of Forensic Healthcare
November 6–7, 2025
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CONFERENCE AGENDA
17:45–18:45 ET
Intersectionality of Forensic and School Nursing: Expanding the Forensic Nurse Examiner's Role
Presenter:
Kristin Beers, Megan Pape, Jennifer Barrett
Summary:
Trauma and violence are pervasive and affect youth of all ages, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Schools are on the frontlines where a disclosure of a traumatic event can occur. For this reason, it is essential for school nurses to be knowledgeable of how to best respond and support students using trauma-informed practices, and how to report information to authorities efficiently for best health, well-being, safety, legal, and recovery outcomes. The intersection of school and forensic nursing occurs when a student transitions to and from the school setting to the hospital or CAC setting. School nurses are positioned to be the constant during this unfamiliar process. Even the most seasoned school nurse can feel like a novice when a student discloses a traumatic event, but the nursing process can be easily adapted to providing patient-centered, trauma-informed care. School nurses should have access to quality and affordable resources that provide the foundation to practice competently and be invaluable assets to students, families, teachers, and administrators. Empowering school nurses to explore resources in their communities and prepare to respond and support any form of trauma and violence should be part of each school's response plan. Evolving the role of the forensic nurse is vital for this to occur.
Continuing Education Disclosure
Purpose:
The purpose for the conference is two-fold. First, nurses, forensic nurses, and other health care providers need current, evidence-based education at the novice and the advanced level in order to promote innovative application of practice and research in the multidisciplinary work with victims of violence across the lifespan. Second, novice and expert forensic providers need opportunities to highlight and share their innovative EBP. To meet this purpose, novice and expert presenters from the U.S. and Internationally – four U.S. regions (East, Central, Mountain, Pacific/Alaska/Hawaii) and international – were chosen for this two-day conference.
Criteria for Successful Completion:
Participants will attend live on November 6 & 7, 2025. Recordings will be available one week after the live session and will be available for asynchronous viewing through February 7, 2026.
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Participants will need to attend a minimum of 90% of each presentation session that they wish to obtain credit for and complete an attestation/verification statement of attendance.
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Upon completion of live date attendance, a CE certificate for up to 12.25 contact hours will be awarded. This is commensurate with participation.
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Live and asynchronous attendees will be confirmed by combination of Zoom attendance reports and attestation statements. Completion of a post-attendance survey is also expected.
Disclosures:
There is no relevant financial disclosure with ineligible companies for any program planner or presenter involved with this activity.
The Academy of Forensic Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development with by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.