This 44-contact-hour program, aligned with IAFN SANE guidelines, covers forensic exams, documentation, legal issues, and trauma-informed care. A vital first step toward becoming a SAFE-trained clinician. Complete within 15 weeks. Expires 05/30/28.
Contact Hours: 44.00 NCPD Hours
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After participating in this course, learners will be able to:
Author(s):
Barbra Bachmeier, JD, MPH, MSN, APRN, NP-C, CPH, DF-AFN, FAEN
Barbra Bachmeier is a nurse practitioner and advanced practice forensic nurse at IU Health - Methodist Hospital and a solo attorney in Indianapolis. She has a consultant business focusing on interpersonal violence and nursing practice issues for both civil and criminal. Barb completed her master's in public health in May of 2014 through the Richard M. Fairbanks school of Public Health from Indiana University - Indianapolis.
Debra Holbrook, MSN, RN, SANE A, FNE A/P, DF-AFN, FAAN
Debra Holbrook is currently Director of Forensic Nursing at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, which coordinates care to victims of interpersonal violence for all hospitals in Baltimore City. She is a founding Board member and President Elect of the Academy of Forensic Nursing.
After working in the field of critical care, Mrs. Holbrook founded a Forensic Nurse Examiner Program in Delaware that became a model of the United States. She has testified on Capitol Hill before a Senate Judicial Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs on behalf of the Bill that was signed into law in 2005 as the DNA Justice Act. Mrs. Holbrook is an expert for the Department of Justice, a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, an ANCC Magnet Nurse of the Year, a Most Influential Marylander, a Distinguished Fellow in the Academy of Forensic Nursing, on the Board of the National Strangulation Institute, and lectures both nationally and internationally on violence related topics. She has pioneered the use of Alternate Light Source in strangulation cases and set precedence in national court systems. Mrs. Holbrook founded the Baltimore City Blue Dot Human Trafficking Initiative that was awarded the 2023 Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts in Combatting Trafficking of Persons.
Jennifer Johnson, DNP, APRN, AFN-BC, SANE-A, SANE-P, DF-AFN
Jennifer Johnson, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC, AFN-BC, AFN-C, SANE-A, SANE-P, DF-AFN, is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse with expertise in women's health and forensic nursing. She co-founded the Academy of Forensic Nursing and leads Johnson Legal Nurse Consulting, LLC, offering forensic case reviews, expert testimony, and education. With over 20 years of experience, she advocates for improved healthcare and legal responses to violence. Dr. Johnson earned her DNP from Maryville University.
Angelia Trujillo, DNP, MSN, WHNP-BC, AFN-C, DF-AFN
Dr. Trujillo is a Professor with the University of Alaska Anchorage, School of Nursing. Dr. Trujillo has worked in the field of interpersonal violence, sexual assault, and public health with a focus on women's health for approximately 20 years. She obtained her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) with a focus on Forensic Nursing in 2008 from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, and also holds a Master's of Science -Advanced Community Health Nursing from the University of Alaska Anchorage and a Master's of Science Nursing as a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner from Frontier Nursing University. Dr. Trujillo is the founder of the Alaska Comprehensive Forensic Training Academy and is also a founding board member of the Academy of Forensic Nursing.
Nora Baladerian, PhD
Dr. Baladerian is a licensed psychologist practicing in Palm Springs, CA. She specializes in working with sexual assault victims who have intellectual and developmental disabilities and working with the general population. She provides trauma treatment to both direct and indirect (vicarious trauma) victims at her private practice. She has developed training programs for law enforcement, first responders, and SANE practitioners in adapting their practices to the needs of those with developmental disabilities.
Kathy Bell, MS, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P
Ms. Bell joined the Tulsa Police Department in 1994, where she established and manages the forensic nurse examiner program. She is currently SANE certified in Adults, Adolescents, and Pediatrics. Ms. Bell is an Academy of Forensic Nursing Board member and a Past-President of the International Association of Forensic Nursing, currently participating on many task forces, committees, and forums nationally.
Amy Carney, PhD, NP, FAAFS
Dr. Carney is an Associate Professor of Nursing at California State University San Marcos, studies interpersonal violence and prevention of elder abuse, and is a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner. She is widely published on campus sexual assault and elder abuse. She is the past president of the Phi Theta chapter of STTI. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and a member of the Academy of Forensic Nursing and the International Association of Forensic Nurses.
Elizabeth Donegan, BS
Sergeant Elizabeth Donegan (Ret) is a 26-year veteran of the Austin Police Department. She led the Sex Crimes Unit for over 9 years, receiving wide recognized for its progressive approach toward investigating sexual assault and changing the culture surrounding the investigation of non-stranger sexual assault. Sgt. Donegan currently serves as Co-Chair of the Austin Travis County Sexual Assault Response and Resource Team and is a Board of Directors member for End Violence Against Women International.
Kathy Gill-Hopple, PhD, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P
Dr. Gill-Hopple has 18 years of experience as a Forensic Nurse, in pediatrics, adolescents, adults and elders, both living and deceased. She is the Manager of the Forensic Nursing Program at the Medical College of South Carolina. Dr. Gill-Hopple lectures widely about sexual assault, intimate partner violence and human trafficking in promoting trauma-informed care and multidisciplinary collaboration. She serves as a Board Member and Committee Chair for the Academy of Forensic Nursing and is a member of the International Association of Forensic Nurses.
Angela Kaufman, MA
Ms. Kaufman is a Disability Consultant and Nationally certified Sign Language Interpreter. She provides technical assistance to organizations and state/local government regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADA), 1973 Rehabilitation Act - Section 504/508, and other federal/state disability laws, emergency management and people with disabilities, as well as violence related issues and persons with disabilities: including child abuse, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault/rape, human trafficking, hate crimes and elder abuse.
Stacey Mitchell, DNP, MBA, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P, DF-AFN, FAAN
Dr. Mitchell is a Clinical Associate Professor at Texas A & M University. She began her forensic nursing career in 1992 as the coordinator of the Forensic Nurse Examiners in Richmond, Virginia, transferred in 1999 to the Deputy Chief Forensic Nurse Investigator at the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office in Houston, followed by the role of Administrative Director of Forensic Nursing Services, Risk Management and Patient Safety for Harris Health System (2008-2017). She is a Past-President of the International Association of Forensic Nursing, Currently, she serves the Academy of Forensic Nursing as a Board Member, President of the Forensic Nursing Certification Board, and fulfils forensic nursing roles at the state and federal levels.
Wendy L. Patrick, JD, PhD
Dr. Patrick is a District Attorney in San Diego California (CA) assigned to the Special Operations Division where her vast experience includes prosecution of sexually violent predators, human traffickers, stalkers, rapists, and child molesters. Dr. Patrick is President of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (San Diego Chapter), past committee co-chair of CA District Attorney Association Sexual Violent Predators Committee and Human Trafficking Committee, a prolific editor and author, and quoted frequently by media. She volunteers with interprofessional organizations to improve response to victims and received Public Lawyer of the Year (CA State Bar Public Law Section award) and Heart Award (CA SART Award), both for significant contributions to the field of interpersonal violence. She lectures nationally and internationally about topics related to sexual assault, domestic violence, and human trafficking.
Susan B. Patton, DNSc, PPCNP-BC, AFN-BC, FAANP, FAAN
Dr. Susan Patton is a Board Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and co-proprietor of East Arkansas Children's Clinic, in Forrest City, where she has lived for the past 35 years. In addition, Dr. Patton's teaching career spanned three decades. She is currently a Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Dr. Patton received her BSN from the University of Memphis; Master of Nursing in Maternal Child Health from University of Arkansas, Medical Sciences; postgraduate certificate for Family Nurse Practitioner and Doctor of Nursing Science from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the National Academies of Practice.
Dr. Patton served as President of the Forensic Nurse Certification Board and Content Expert Reviewer for the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Her involvement with the Arkansas Nurses Association has included positions such as District President, Convention Chair, APN Council Chair, and a number of political ad hoc committees.
Dr. Patton has received a number of awards in her career including the Arkansas Advance Practice Nurse of the Year 1996 and 2011, a Special Recognition from the Arkansas General Assembly for her service to Arkansas, Dr. John Runyan Award for Community Health Nursing, the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care Innovator's Award, the Arkansas Nurses Distinguished Service Award, and the AANP State Award of Excellence.
Michael Prodan, MS
Captain Michael Prodan is the Special Agent in Charge - Criminal Investigative Profiler of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division's Behavioral Science Unit. He has 46 years of law enforcement experience, with over 35 years of investigating violent crime. He is one of only 34 graduates worldwide of the FBI's Police Fellowship in Criminal Investigative Profiling and Crime Scene Analysis at the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. He has qualified as an expert witness in violent crime scene analysis and criminal sexual behavior in State Courts in Alaska, California, Oregon, South Carolina, Georgia and Texas.
Julie Renfroe, MBA, D-ABC
Ms. Renfroe began her career in forensic science in 1996 and works at the California Department of Justice - Bureau of Forensic Services, the San Francisco Police Department Crime Laboratory, and the US Drug Enforcement Administration - Western Regional Laboratory. She spent the last 10 years in management of the laboratory, presents frequently about DNA rapid analysis program, and helped standardize the California sexual assault evidence kit.
Catherine Rossi, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, SANE-A, SANE-P, DF-AFN
Ms. Rossi has an active forensic nursing practice in the Cone Health System since 1997, where she established and manages the Forensic Nursing Program. She is practicing as a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner and SANE in Adults, Adolescents, and Pediatrics. She served as a Certification Commissioner in 2017 for the International Association of Forensic Nurses and currently serves as an active Board Member in the Academy of Forensic Nursing.
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