Ann Wolbert Burgess knew she was entering uncharted territory as she descended into the bowels of the FBI’s Quantico headquarters in the late 1970s.x First, she was a civilian, not an agent – a ...

The U.S. is facing a critical shortage of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs), who are crucial for justice and healing, as ...

The November issue of the Journal of Emergency Nursing includes an interview with Ann Wolbert Burgess, a clinical psychiatric ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, one in five women in the US will be sexually assaulted during her lifetime. At Bozeman Health, the forensic nursing team ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – Forensic nursing is a specialty type of medical care many are unaware of until the horrific moment they need it. MultiCare has a dedicated team of these experts who all voluntarily ...

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and a local nurse is sounding the alarm about a critical shortage of support for survivors. Jeana Friday is a forensic nurse, a specialty that requires a ...

Grooming kids for child abuse is unfortunately not an uncommon thing in the Borderland. "Unfortunately, we see child abuse way more often than people would like to admit,” said Deenayy McDaniel, a ...

When a survivor of sexual assault seeks help at a hospital, every minute counts — for both healing and justice. Yet, out of 48 hospital emergency departments in Maryland, only half have forensic ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Health care providers in Indiana say there is a shortage of nurses in the state who are specifically trained to care for sexual assault victims. Indiana University Health is ...