Child Sexual Abuse Assessment: SANE/SAFE Forensic Learning Series

200 pages, 153 images, 7 contributors

Child Sexual Abuse Assessment provides exercises that guide readers through the process of identifying documented injuries and developing a plan of action for each case.

Readers will have the opportunity to assess 16 case histories of child sexual abuse, with a detailed account of each case and accompanying full-color examination photographs for reference. Each case includes a series of evaluative exercises designed to refine and reinforce readers' skills in injury identification, evidence collection, and the recommendation of treatment and follow-up care.

Features and Benefits:
-- Portable and convenient
-- 16 case histories and corresponding exercises modeling best practices in response to children of various developmental stages
-- Ideal for self-directed study or group instruction
-- Authored by nationally recognized experts in forensic nursing
-- Written for sexual assault examiners at every level of experience, from novice to advanced

Author: Patricia M. Speck, Diana K. Faugno, Angelia Clark Trujillo
Publisher: STM Learning.com
Published: 10/15/2018
Pages: 136
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.44lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781936590193

About the Author
Faugno, Diana K.: - Diana Faugno, a Minnesota native, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing-University of North Dakota and a Master of Science in Nursing-University of Phoenix. Ms. Faugno is a Board Director for End Violence Against Women International (EVAWI) and a member of the Board of Directors for the California American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. She is a retired-fellow in the American Academy of Forensic Science and a distinguished fellow in the International Association of Forensic Nurses. Currently, she is the nurse examiner at the Barbara Sinatra Childrens Center and a nurse examiner for Eisenhower Medical Center's SART team. Her professional experience includes nursing in the Medical/Surgical, Labor and Delivery, Pediatrics, and Neonatal Intensive Care departments.Speck, Patricia M.: - Patricia Speck is an internationally recognized family nurse practitioner who specializes in public health and forensic nursing. She graduated from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Nursing and later completed her doctoral dissertation on sexual assault program evaluation. As a board certified family nurse practitioner, Patricia's clinical practice focuses on the health aftermath of violence and her research centers on forensic nursing practice topics. She is a consultant, author, and lecturer on forensic nursing and has earned more than 20 local, national, and international awards and professional honors for her work. Patricia chairs the American Public Health Association's Family Violence Forum and is a former president of the International Association of Forensic Nurses.Trujillo, Angelia Clark: - Angelia Trujillo is an associate professor of nursing at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, School of Nursing and primary nurse planner for the Continuing Education unit of the Alaska Nurses Association. She received her doctorate of nursing practice in 2008 from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center with a concentration in forensic nursing and program evaluation. She has five years of experience as a forensic nurse examiner for adults and adolescents and seven years of experience in pediatric and adolescent response. She has worked on 20 peer-reviewed publications over the course of six years, including the first and second volume of Sexual Assault Across the Lifespan 2E: A comprehensive Clinical Reference. In 2015, she received the award for Education Article of the Year from the Journal of Forensic Nursing.