Care by a forensic nurse examiner differs from other types of medical intervention in that patients are empowered to have total control of their hospital visits. People who fall victim to ...

Only about 25% of U.S. hospitals have a forensic nurse on staff, according to the International Association of Forensic Nurses.

A forensic nurse examiner program has recently expanded at Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital in Lexington – joining four hospitals in Rocky Mount, Roanoke, the New River Valley and Giles.

The forensic nurse examiner course at the Rutgers School of Nursing, the only program of its kind in New Jersey, is working ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — It's no secret there's a nationwide nursing shortage, but there's one specific type of nurse that local advocates say the Las Vegas valley especially needs more of: forensic nurses.

Nearly every 68 seconds, someone is sexually assaulted in this country, but just under 30% of those crimes are actually reported to police. During this Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we're trying to ...

Note: This story contains subject matter that could be disturbing to some viewers. Sexual assault survivors, already traumatized by their assault, must choose whether to undergo a forensic exam that ...

CARBONDALE, Pa. — Nurses from hospitals and medical facilities gathered Tuesday at the Hotel Anthracite in Carbondale. They're here for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) training to learn how to ...

Steps away from the clamor of one of the country’s busiest emergency departments, a first-of-its-kind, 24-hour medical unit in Colorado Springs strives for serenity in the treatment of patients whose ...

Aspirus Health uses a mobile forensic nurse team to deliver SANE services to rural hospitals across northcentral Wisconsin.

A woman wakes, disoriented and in pain, with no memory of the night before after going out for drinks and dancing with a female friend and a man she thought she could trust. After piecing together ...

If an adult is sexually assaulted in the District, one group of specially trained nurses is called upon to perform a forensic exam should the survivor wish to receive one. And sexual assault occurs ...