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2-Day Forensic Nursing: Caring for Victims of Trauma, Violence & Intentional Injuries

Forensic nursing has become the fastest growing specialty within nursing.

Dr. Pamela D. Tabor, DNP-Forensics, AFN-BC and Lauren Wegener, BSN, RN, Forensic MSN-student, are the highly qualified experts selected for this intensive training. They know all too well that across various nursing roles, specialties and settings you are seeing victims of trauma, violence, intentional/unintentional injuries, and death.

Advance your practice as you synthesize crimes involving patients, including forensic case studies and photographs. This practice changing event will provide resources and tools to learn from: evidence collection kits, body maps/diagrams, bite mark rulers, alternative light sources and a shaken infant model to demonstrate traumatic injuries.

Explore fascinating charting examples that delve into very difficult clinical scenarios: drug facilitated sexual assault, strangulation, intimate partner violence, human trafficking and infant death investigation.

Our patients require and deserve compassionate, devoted, and well-trained forensic nurses to avoid re-victimization - and to begin the healing process. Imagine if you had that superpower!

Program Information

Objectives

Analyze case studies to identify and interrupt healthcare serial killers.
Develop a critical plan for the medicolegal professional to testify as an expert witness.
Evaluate how to thoroughly address infanticide, abusive head trauma and sudden unexplained infant death investigation.
Create a stalking case through patient interview and utilization of SHARP.
Differentiate clinical relevance between intentional and unintentional injuries.
Apply evidence-based strategies to assess intimate partner violence and case file construction.
Determine how to assess and document child maltreatment with body maps.
Appraise elder abuse patterns and necessary steps to work with an ombudsman.
Design an evidence-based sexual assault program, including supported tools and forms.
Construct a human trafficking case to collaborate with local police and the FBI.
Develop nurse coroner skills to perform death investigations using evidence-based documentation and photography.
Construct an assessment and treatment plan for victims of strangulation.
Apply forensic photodocumentation approaches to prove and preserve critical patient findings.

Outline

Clinically Relevant Identification of Intentional vs Unintentional Injuries

Intentional injuries
Unintentional injures
Blunt and sharp force trauma and gunshot wounds
Diagrams, photos, and documentation

Investigating Infant Deaths

Five cardinal rules of bruising
Abusive head trauma
Differentiate between types of sudden unexplained infant death
Case study demonstration: Using an infant death investigation kit

Child Maltreatment: The Death of Innocence

Mechanisms of trauma
Neglect and the difficulty of substantiating
Identification and documentation
Photos and case study

Sexual Assault: Comprehensive Assessment and Evidence Collection

Obtaining history
Forensic exam demonstration with chart examples
Evidence collection process
Demonstration of alternative light source, collection techniques, sexual assault collection kit, and body maps

Stalking: Lethal Hide and Seek

Categories of stalking and case study
Stalker typologies
Stalking, intimate partner violence and femicide
Stalking of healthcare workers
Interactive use of the Stalking and Harassment Assessment Risk Profile (SHARP) Tool

Strangulation: Snuffing Out Lights and Lives

Types of strangulation
Symptoms and health consequences of strangulation
Case study with photos

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Love Turned Violent

Direct and indirect indicators of IPV
Behaviors of abusers
Walker’s Cycle of Violence
Demonstration of IPV screening tools

Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery

Scope of human trafficking
Types of human trafficking with case examples
Human trafficking vs. human smuggling
Actus Reus requirements

Forensic Mental Health Nurse (FMHN): Therapeutic Alliance

Consulting with defense, prosecution, and law enforcement
Suicide and case study
Critical stress debriefing

Elder Abuse: Caring for Those Who Cared for Us

Vulnerability
Seven categories of elder abuse
Resources for investigation
Case study with photos

Medicolegal Death Investigation: Be an Investigator or Nurse Coroner

Manners and causes of death
Signs of impending death
Postmortem changes and decomposition
Case study with photos

Testifying as an Expert Witness or Serving as a Consultant

Factors in the judicial process
Testifying for the defense or prosecution
Mock trial and techniques for testifying
Building a consulting practice

Healthcare Serial Killers (HSK): Killers Instead of Healers

Case studies
HSK behaviors, methods, and motivations
Victimology
Strategic positioning for the forensic nurse in interventions, identification, and investigations

Correctional Forensic Nursing: Behind the Bars

Correctional settings
Role and practice issues
Geriatric and female offenders

Vicarious Trauma (VT): Fortifying Forensic Nurses

Case study utilizing a personal story of VT
Terminology associated with VT
Symptoms and progression of VT

Target Audience

Nurses
Nurse Practitioners
Clinical Nurse Specialists
Nurse Educators
Risk Managers
Legal Nurse Consultants

Copyright : 05/18/2022

Trauma Informed Interventions: Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence

All clinicians are likely to encounter Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence at some point in their practice. And if you fail to recognize the abuse and properly respond, the consequences can be dire. Abuse can be difficult to detect when the physical signs of violence fade. And now more than ever, you’re conducting video sessions, giving you a unique glimpse into clients’ homes and potential abuse. It’s a complicated situation that can leave you caught between confidentiality, autonomy, and your wider responsibilities to protect victims.

What clinical decisions should you make to balance supporting your client while adhering to your licensure requirements?

Katelyn Baxter-Musser, LCSW, has provided behavioral health counseling, crisis intervention and support to families and individuals facing domestic violence and abuse for over a decade. Join her for this live training that will serve as an indispensable guide for improving outcomes for those impacted by domestic and intimate partner violence.

Program Information

Objectives

Employ screening tools to assess for safety, risk and lethality.
Develop crisis intervention and safety plans.
Justify how an understanding of cultural factors can help clinicians to ensure a competent response to abuse.
Utilize trauma-informed interventions for survivors of abuse and domestic violence.

Outline

Crisis Intervention & Safety Planning

Barriers to leaving
Safety plans while living with abusive partners
Emotional safety planning
Plans for leaving and after leaving
Restraining orders/protective orders

Trauma Informed Interventions

Assess for PTSD, anxiety, trauma and other mental health issues
Understand the multilayered impact of DV/IPV
Processing shame, anger and guilt
Research, limitations and treatment risks

Vicarious Trauma & the Clinician

What is compassion fatigue
Recognizing signs of burnout
Self-care techniques for the professional

Target Audience

Social Workers
Psychologists
Counselors
Marriage and Family Therapists

Copyright : 09/15/2022

High Risk Clients: Effective Clinical Interventions for Client Emergencies Related to Suicide, Substance Abuse Disorder, Violence & More

Crises are never scheduled, convenient or easy. But they do happen and you will face them. Clients at risk for crisis often present with so many symptoms and issues, it’s hard to know where to start. Many clinicians, anxious about how to proceed, often miss or avoid asking the right questions to effectively intervene and keep clients (and themselves) safe.

As a clinician, have you ever felt:

Worried about the safety of your clients, even feared for their lives, but felt unprepared to handle the situation?
Unsafe in the clinical environment, or unsure of how to handle situations where someone connected to your client might be in danger?
Caught off guard when you’re wrapping up a session and a client discloses suicidal thoughts?
Unsure if a client was using drugs, and ill equipped to identify the signs and symptoms of drug abuse?
Concerned that you’re doing more harm than good for traumatized clients, despite your best intentions?

Watch Paul Brasler, LCSW, as he navigates you through five of the most difficult scenarios in mental health today. Through real-life examples and live role plays, Paul will share the concrete strategies that he’s used over the last two decades to safely and effectively intervene in the challenging, urgent, and sometimes alarming situations that mental health professionals face.

Full of practical tools and tips, this live webcast will teach you to how to make crises situations more manageable, overcome your worries, and improve your readiness to handle mental health emergencies related to suicide, violence, substance abuse, trauma, and medical issues.

Better still, instruction on professional liability management techniques, tips for documentation, and detailed reproducible assessment forms will have you feeling confident that you can focus on doing what’s best for your clients without fear of litigation. And, Paul’s guidance is applicable to your work regardless of your setting or clinical background.

Leave this seminar equipped to help your most vulnerable clients with the real-life skills and knowledge they don’t teach in graduate school!

Program Information

Objectives

Complete a comprehensive mental health assessment that encompasses a multitude of clinical concerns including mental status, lethality, substance abuse and trauma.
Determine when to hospitalize clients struggling with suicidal ideation, substance abuse, medical concerns or violent urges and develop protocols for doing so.
Provide coping strategies and support to clients presenting with suicidal ideation by helping to create a safety plan in session.
Assess for risk of client violence towards others and develop strategies to safely intervene as well as effectively carry out the clinician’s duty to protect.
Determine signs and symptoms of intoxication, withdrawal, or overdose in clients and develop plans for effective intervention.
Differentiate between medical and psychological presenting concerns as they relate to case conceptualization.

Outline

Client Assessment: Ask the Right Questions

Conduct comprehensive assessments
Strategies for eliciting the right information
What to ask yourself as you watch the client
Can the client provide informed content?
Limitations of the research & potential risks

The Suicidal Client: Recognize Suicide Risk & Effectively Intervene

Who is most at risk?
Implicit & explicit expressions of suicidal ideation & intent
Lethality assessment to protect client & clinician
Self-injurious behavior & suicidal ideation
How to conduct a suicide assessment
Safety planning for clients with suicidal ideation
When to hospitalize
Voluntary vs. involuntary hospitalization
When clients are not admitted to the hospital

The Violent Client: Confidently Manage Dangerous Situations

Dealing with our fears: Clinicians’ safety
When the clinician is the target
When others are the target
De-escalation techniques
Preventative planning
When to call 911
The hospitalization process
Duty to Protect (formerly Duty to Warn)

The Addicted Client: What ALL Clinicians Need to Know

Signs of intoxication
Imminent risk: Signs & symptoms of overdose
Identify withdrawal syndromes
Treatment planning
Drug basics that clinicians should know
Need-to-know street names of common drugs
When and how to refer to a higher level of care

Medical vs. Psychiatric Problems: Recognize the Difference

What could kill the client first?
Medical emergencies that present with psychological symptoms
Signs & symptoms of a medical emergency

The Traumatized Client: When Trauma Becomes High Risk

Recognize trauma in clients
Dangers of misdiagnosis & improper treatment
Strategies for trauma-informed care

High Risk Clinicians: After the Crisis

Protect your license with documentation
Debriefing & supervision
Address vicarious trauma
Mitigate compassion fatigue

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Case Managers
Addiction Counselors
Marriage & Family Therapists
Psychiatrists
Nurses
Nurse Practitioners
Other Mental Health Providers
Paramedics
Police Officers
Probation/Parole Officers

Human Trafficking Hidden in Plain Sight: Essential Identification & Treatment Techniques to Help Clients Recover & Build Thriving Lives

Are you prepared to work with victims of human trafficking when he or she walks through your office door? Maybe, you currently have a client—hidden in plain sight—on your case load. They can’t speak out, so it is imperative that you learn the warning signs.

Understanding trauma is not enough to provide accurate and effective care for the struggles these survivors have endured. Complex trauma is overlaid with brainwashing and Stockholm Syndrome, providing an extremely complicated set of needs in this population.

Watch human trafficking expert Dr. Shari Kim as she guides you through these must have identification and treatment techniques that specifically addresses a survivor’s unique set of needs related to repeated and intrusive trauma. You’ll learn how to:

Identify the signs a client has been trafficked including what to watch for in-session
Discern between victims of sex trafficking, labor trafficking, child soldiers, and organ donation
Effectively treat symptoms of PTSD, Stockholm Syndrome, and brainwashing
Reduce co-occurring disorders such as shame, anxiety and substance abuse
Create the appropriate therapeutic environment to enable the best clinical outcomes
Facilitate post traumatic growth to help clients find meaning after trauma

Purchase today and you’ll leave with the tools to safely and skillfully guide clients through the transformation from being a victim to a survivor!

Program Information

Objectives

Assess for clinical-signs that a client has been trafficked and determine a proper treatment plan.
Identify evidence-based treatments for addressing trauma in trafficked clients.
Differentiate among the various types of trafficking, including: sex trafficking, labor trafficking, child soldiers and organ donation to better inform clinical assessment and treatment interventions.
Utilize a strength-based treatment approach for clinical issues such as PTSD and Stockholm Syndrome.
Facilitate post traumatic growth among survivors of human trafficking.
Identify the potential clinical impacts of federal laws specific to human trafficking.

Outline

Human Trafficking: What You Need to Know

Types of trafficking
Where people are trafficked
Risk factors for trafficking victimization
Limitations of the research and potential risks

Clinical Treatment for Human Trafficking Survivors

How to identify and what to watch for in-session
Identify risk in the clinical interview
Trafficking screening and assessment tools
How to respond if you suspect trafficking
Case example: How the signs of a 16 year old trafficked female go unnoticed

Special Considerations for Populations at High Risk

Overcome Brainwashing and Stockholm Syndrome
Psychological underpinnings of entry to trafficking
Why victims stay (and why they return)
Psychological processes of luring in victims

Treating the Trauma of Trafficking

Prolonged Exposure, EMDR, Cognitive Processing Therapy for trafficking related PTSD
Strengths-based treatment approaches
The essential components of trauma-informed care

Treatment Obstacles and What to do About Them

Building and maintaining trust with a trafficking victim
The power of brainwashing and who is vulnerable to being trafficked
Who is at higher risk of being trafficked
Risk of returning to trafficking
Safety issues

Post-Traumatic Growth: Transformation from Victim to Survivor

Help clients find meaning after trauma
Create a comprehensive, individualized recovery plan
Case examples: From trauma to recovery

The Legal Process

Federal and local trafficking protections
Why it’s so difficult to investigate and prosecute trafficking cases
The unique protection needs of survivors
Case examples

Target Audience

Psychologists
Social Workers
Counselors
Addiction Professionals
Case Workers
Psychotherapists
Marriage and Family Therapists
Psychiatrists
Other Mental Health Professionals