What Are Forensic Nurses? (ForensicNurses.org)
- Health professionals
- Trained to treat trauma
- AND collect evidence and prepare to testify to what they found
- Extra training in injury identification, evaluation, and documentation for:
- Sexual assault (as Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners or SANEs)
- Domestic violence
- Child abuse and neglect
- Elder mistreatment
- Death investigation
- Corrections
- Aftermath of mass disasters
What Are SANE Nurses? (ForensicNurses.org)
- Forensic nurses
- Specially trained to work with victims of sexual assault & abuse
How Do Forensic/SANE Nurses Help? (Nurse.org)
- Document injuries and evidence for the detectives to use to compile a case
- Offer comfort and support to the survivor through the grueling exams