There is a nationwide shortage of sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs), particularly in rural areas, which is exacerbated by a lack of infrastructure to support newly trained SANEs in gaining practice experience.

Adolescent violence in emergency departments (EDs) is a serious problem.

Exposure to stories of sexual violence can lead to secondary traumatic stress (STS) or the occurrence of posttraumatic stress symptoms in forensic nurses and other professionals.

Sexual assault (SA) nurse examiners conduct SA medical forensic examinations (SAMFEs), addressing pain assessment, documentation, and treatment. Limited research exists on patients' pain and related nursing interventions during SAMFEs.

Sexual misconduct by health care clinicians is a type of sexual abuse with significant consequences for patients, although there is limited literature examining the experience of male survivors.

Despite the widespread adoption of established and emerging forensic training and education modalities, there is limited evidence supporting effective ways in which to systematically evaluate their adoption into forensic nursing practice. To address this, our team developed the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Practice Integrated Competency Evaluation (SPICE) as an innovative tool to support self-reflection, goal setting, and an evaluation of role development.

To assess jurisdictional policies specifying: (a) which health care professionals are authorized to perform postsexual assault medical forensic exams (MFE); (b) whether specialty training is required; (c) restrictions on patient transfer when lacking sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) or specialized response; and (d) whether telehealth to increase access is addressed.

To describe the demographic characteristics and prevalence of individual, relational, and community-level risk factors among adolescents in a therapeutic program for survivors of domestic minor sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children in Georgia, United States (U.S.).

Interpersonal violence results in adverse individual, interpersonal, community, and societal impacts, including medical and legal burdens. In many cases, interpersonal violence is reported for the first and often only time in a hospital-based setting where injuries are documented by a forensic examiner.

There is an identified educational gap in ED nurses regarding their comfort in screening for victims of human trafficking (HT) and intimate partner violence (IPV).

Over 100,000 women present for emergency care after sexual assault (SA) annually in the United States. No large-scale prospective studies have assessed SA survivor experiences with police.

Human trafficking (HT) affects 25 million people globally, with Illinois ranking eleventh in U.S. cases, highlighting the need for effective health care identification systems. To evaluate an HT screening program implemented in a Chicago emergency department (ED).

There is limited literature on the best strategies to prepare sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) for the intensity of providing testimony in court.

Forensic nursing (FN) is slowly increasing as an area of nursing practice in German-speaking Switzerland, particularly following the implementation of the Istanbul Convention.

Health professionals frequently care for individuals who have been trafficked, yet many go unrecognized. Trainings that reinforce narrow stereotypes may contribute to these missed opportunities by shaping provider perceptions and deepening bias.

Current Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) education guidelines outline the minimum instruction needed for nurses to practice as SANEs. However, the same patients facing a higher prevalence of sexual violence are experiencing complex structural determinants of health, as well as ongoing stigma and discrimination in the health care setting. Therefore, SANE education should prepare nurses to care for survivors who disproportionately experience sexual violence.

Exposure to and experiences of violence are identified as factors contributing to the issue of murdered Indigenous girls and women.

The literature suggests that humor is of central importance in the staff-patient relationship. However, within forensic mental health, the most recent review underlines a scarcity of research focusing on the use of humor from a forensic patient perspective. Therefore, this study investigated the characteristics of forensic mental health inpatients' perceptions of staff and their own use of humor within a forensic mental health setting.