Entry-Level Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault Assessment: SANE/SAFE Forensic Learning Series
The distinguished authors of the Entry-Level Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault Assessment provide entry-level forensic practitioners with a comprehensive resource that defines explicit circumstances related to caring for the sexually assaulted patient. The book uses photographs and an anatomical review to engage the forensic care provider, includes detailed case studies and injury identification exercises, and concludes with activities involving documentation and implementation. These activities emulate the nursing process brilliantly and encourage further reading to advance to a superior level of care. --Jane A. Reynolds, BSN, RN, FN, CSA, SANE-P SANE/SART Coordinator Mercer County SANE/SART Program Trenton, New JerseyUsing the Entry-Level Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault Assessment as a resource for new SANEs will enhance their ability to develop critical-thinking skills as they work through different case scenarios. The case presentations are succinct and thorough, and the photographs are excellent. The questions are structured to help develop the learner's ability to recognize basic anatomical genital structures, identify injury and what evidence should be collected, and develop a plan of care for the patient, including medications. Completing this book will make new forensic nurses feel more confident as they develop their own expertise. --Cynthia Cook, RN, BS, SANE-A SAFE Coordinator Community SAFE Team Boise, IdahoIn the Entry-Level Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault Assessment, the Contents in Detail provide the reader with a well-defined outline of the chapter and activities to be implemented as they relate to specifics of the sexual assault case. The sequential order of anatomical locations, injury identification, evidence collection, and treatment teaches the exam protocol. The case aids the reader or SANE with specifics of other disorders that may present with the victim in addition to the assault. The comprehensiveness of the chapter provides the reader or SANE the knowledge and skill set to conduct a thorough medical-legal sexual assault examination. --Olga Craine-Carmichael, BSN, RN, MA Forensic Nurse Examiner SANE-A, SANE-C/A, SANE-C/P Domestic Violence Specialist North Texas Child Advocacy Center Dallas, Texas