20 contact hours
A 2-day, in-person course with self-paced pre-coursework
Course Dates
January Session:
Course Dates – January 14 – 26, 2025
Clinical Dates – Saturday and Sunday, January 25 & 26, 2025 (9:00a.m. – 5:00p.m.)
Pre-course work will be forwarded to registrants approximately 2 weeks before the in-person session begins.
Location: 65 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ 07107 (Stanley S. Bergen Building) – Room TBD
Deadline to Register: Monday, December 2, 2024
June Session:
Course Dates – May 28 – June 8, 2025
Clinical Dates – Saturday and Sunday, June 7 & 8, 2025 (8:00a.m. – 5:00p.m.)
Pre-course work will be forwarded to registrants approximately 2 weeks before the in-person session begins.
Location: 65 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ 07107 (Stanley S. Bergen Building) – Room TBD
Deadline to Register: Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Registration & Fees
- $830.00 General Registration
- $700.00 Rutgers School of Nursing Faculty, Students, Preceptors and Alumni (Legacy UMDNJ)
- Advanced registration and payment is required for all programs.
- View the Registration & Refund Policies
Description
Sexual Assault Response Teams (SARTs) provide coordinated interagency, interdisciplinary responses that make victims’ needs a priority. SARTs incorporate the participation of medical professionals, forensic specialists, social workers, attorneys, members of law enforcement and the courts, and clergy.
Professional nurses, including nurse practitioners and nurse midwives, must intervene in a way that speaks to the context of each victim’s circumstance while facilitating the unique roles and responsibilities of each teams member who is called to respond to sexual assault.
This foundation course is designed for those who wish to ensure a skillful forensic assessment and interview while creating a more compassionate and efficient response to the victims of sexual abuse.
The course offers an in-person, clinical skills lab only covering procedures of the forensic assessment and evaluation, and treatment of a sexual assault injury.
This course meets the education requirements for the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) standards for adolescent, adult, and pediatric SANE education and the requirements of the NJ Board of Nursing for SANE Education.
ANCC Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Cite core concepts of basic sexual assault response teams.
- Demonstrate the basic forensic sexual assault exam.
- Describe and discuss the nature of physical injuries arising from nonconsensual sexual contact.
- State CDC protocols for pregnancy prevention, STD/HIV identification, prophylaxis and treatment.
Requirements
- Submit a certificate showing completion of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner adult, adolescent, and pediatric didactic course for approval
- Pre-course work (will be forwarded to registrants before course begins)
Clinical Information
- Clinical experience on an inpatient hospital unit as arranged includes responsibility for direct patient care and administration of medications.
- Transition from classroom to patient care is facilitated by faculty supervision of no more than 10 students in a group.
- All students must attend clinical sessions in an appropriate uniform.
- Identification badges provided must be worn at all times.
Faculty
All faculty have a minimum of a master’s degree in nursing and are clinically active in their field.
- Planners and Speakers have no conflicts of interest to disclose regarding this educational activity.
- There is no commercial support or sponsorship for this activity.
Questions?
cpdn@rutgers.edu
973-972-6655
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences and Joint Provider. Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.