SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner)

30-minute research and evidence-based practice presentation

Expanded Panel Toxicology Testing: Is It Worth It? (Code 12)

Primary Presenter(s)

• KW

  Katie Wells, MPH, BSN, RN, FNE A/P, CCRN, SCRN, SANE-A

  Forensic Nurse Examiner
  Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center
  Rockville, Maryland

Co-Presenter(s)

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  Jessica Volz, DNP, CRNP, FNE A/P, FNP-BC, SANE- A, SANE-P

  Clinical Nurse Manager, Forensic Medical Unit
  Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center
  Rockville, Maryland
• KS

  Katie Swift, MSN, CRNP, FNP-BC, Forensic Nurse Examiner A/P, CMSRN

  Assistant Nurse Manager
  Shady Grove Medical Center
  Rockville, Maryland

Examine how a forensic medical unit implemented a new process for toxicology testing in patients with suspected DFSA.

Learning Outcome(s). Increased knowledge about:

• current DFSA toxicology testing recommendations and the importance of implementing DFSA policies and procedures that are supported by current evidence-based practice in the field of forensic toxicology as they apply to forensic nursing.
• the differences between hospital-based toxicology testing and forensic laboratory forensic testing.
• the ethical and legal implications of DFSA testing.