Course Details

Contact Hours: 1.75 NCPD Hours

 

Learning Outcome(s):

After participating in this course, learners will be able to:

  • Define the various types of human trafficking.
  • Recognize common indicators of human trafficking.
  • List health problems experienced by victims of human trafficking.
  • Identify ways nurses can intervene if human trafficking is suspected.
  • Describe interventions that can be implemented when encountering a victim of trafficking in the healthcare setting.

 

Author(s):

Diana Kovacic, DNP, RN

Dr. Kovacic received her DNP degree from Case Western Reserve University in 2017. Dr. Kovacic's thesis was centered around creating an instrument to assess health care providers' knowledge of human trafficking. Dr. Kovacic volunteers for an agency in Cleveland working with victims of human trafficking and has worked abroad with men and boys in Thailand who were victims of sex trafficking. Dr. Kovacic is a full-time tenured professor at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio.

Course Curriculum

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