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1. Differentiate between intentional and unintentional injuries based upon patient presentation.
2. Explain the five cardinal signs of bruising when considering a potential case of child abuse.
3. Recognize factors associated with human trafficking and human smuggling.
4. Analyze the key steps when collecting evidence from sexual assault patients.
5. Apply strategies to protect against the symptoms of vicarious traumatization.
6. Classify infant deaths as SUID, SIDS or infant homicide from the symptomology.
7. Construct a strategy for providing effective testimony as an expert consultant.
8. Determine which evidence-based screening tool may be best to identify intimate partner violence based on your area of practice.

Injuries: Intentional vs. Unintentional

• Purpose of correct injury identification
• Blunt force trauma
  • Bruises
  • Lacerations
  • Fractures
• Sharp force injuries
  • Cuts
  • Incised wounds
  • Stab wounds
• Gunshot wounds
  • Penetrating vs. perforating
  • Entrance vs. exit
• Preserving evidence from trauma patients
• Documenting injuries

Child Abuse: Abusive Head Trauma (Shaken Baby Syndrome) & Five Cardinal Rules of Bruising

• Mechanism of injury
• Early and late signs and symptoms
• Five cardinal rules of bruising
• Ophthalmic and skeletal findings
• Prognosis

Human Trafficking: Challenges Within Our Communities

• Human trafficking vs. human smuggling
• Indicators of human trafficking
• Immediate nursing interventions

Sexual Assault Patients: The Examination Process & Evidence Collection

• Dynamics of sexual assault
• Evidence collection
  • Sexual assault evidence collection kit
  • Alternate light source
  • Timing
  • Types of sexual assault evidence: biological & clothing
• Prophylaxis for pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases
• Strangulation: physical signs & documentation

Vicarious Traumatization (VT): Caring for the Healthcare Provider Working in Traumatic Situations

• Compassion fatigue/burn out
• Secondary traumatic stress
• Post-traumatic stress disorder concerns
• Positive and negative coping strategies
• Concept analysis map of VT
• Prevention

Testifying and Consulting: What Every Nurse Needs to Know

• Courtroom orientation
• Factors in the judicial process
• Testifying: Prosecution/Defense
• Military Trials
• Proven techniques for testifying
• Serving as a consultant: certification, fee setting

Infant Death: Sudden Unexplained Infant Death (SUID), Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) & Infanticide

• Differentiating/symptomology: SUID, SIDS & Infanticide
• Accidental strangulation and suffocation in bed
• Case studies (WARNING: graphic presentation with autopsy photos)
• Prevention

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Recognition and Evidence-Based Practices

• High-risk populations affected by IPV: adult, elder, teen, pregnant
• Direct and indirect indicators of IPV
• Cycle of violence
• Evidence-based tools for identification
  • OARS
  • RADAR
  • Abuse Assessment Screen
• Disclosure: now what?
• Effects of IPV on children

Dr. Pamela D. Tabor, DNP-Forensics, AFN-BC, serves as a consultant and expert witness in the private sector and for the Department of Defense in military trials. She has testified before the legislature on numerous occasions, has consulted at the Pentagon, served as the director for the Arkansas infant & Child Death Review Program and developed the Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation Training Program in Arkansas. Pamela holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree with a forensic focus, is a Board-Certified Advance Forensic Nurse and has an Advance Health Specialty Forensic Science Certification. She is a Certified Law Enforcement Standards and Training Instructor and a Fellow with the International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners.

She served two terms on the board of Directors for the International Association of Forensic Nurses and earned the Distinguished Fellow award. Pamela has published articles in peer review journals, authored a book chapter in Core Curriculum for Forensic Nursing and is currently working on a chapter about stalking for the Academy of Forensic Nurses. Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Pamela Tabor maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Pamela Tabor is a member of the Academy of Forensic Nurses, Medicolegal Death Investigation Committee and the International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners.

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All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists - Credit Expired: 12/6/2019
No CE available for this board.

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