Course Objectives:

• Identify interventions that facilitate emotional stabilization of the victim during the sexual assault examination.
• Provide appropriate care to victims of sexual assault, including attention to physical, psychosocial, and medicolegal needs.
• Identify the role of the rape advocate.
• Identify the role of law enforcement.
• Identify appropriate interview and documentation. techniques during the sexual assault examination.
• Define the Rape Trauma Syndrome.
• Describe proper techniques for collection of evidence in sexual assault cases.
• Discuss legal and ethical responsibilities in providing care to sexual assault victims.
• Demonstrate proper use of camera and photography in sexual assault examinations.
• Describe modes of sexual trauma in adolescent and adult victims.
• Describe appropriate trial preparation and guidelines for testimony.
• Identify differences in the child examination.

*Online course with optional two-day clinical session

Registrants must meet these qualifications:

Have a license as a Registered Nurse.

For questions concerning eligibility, contact Kathy Bell at kathy.bell@okstate.edu or 918-596-7608.

Approved by the California Board of Nursing for 55 classroom hours, CEP 15357