General Forensic & Legal

Managing Roles: The Collaboration of the Forensic Nurse and Attorney in a Rural Community (Code 81)

Primary Presenter(s)

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  Shalotta Sharp, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P

  Livingston, Alabama

Co-Presenter(s)

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  Paula Broome, JD

  Bureau Chief, Bureau of Victim Assistance
  Office of the MS Attorney General
  Jackson, Mississippi

Delve into how the roles of the attorney and the forensic nurse can positively affect victims of violence throughout the judicial process.

Learning Outcome(s). Increased knowledge about:

• the history of the MS Attorney General Office and the MS Coalition Against Sexual Assault Forensic Nurse serving in rural MS.
• strategies, including education of forensic nurses and prosecutors, that increased the use of forensic nurses in the judicial process in rural MS.
• how the judiciary's knowledge of forensic nursing has positively affected patient outcomes.