USA CON Sexual Assault Nursing Empowerment and Support (SOUTH SANES) ECHO®
USA CON SOUTH SANES ECHO® MISSION: TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINERS (SANES) LOCALLY, REGIONALLY, AND ACROSS THE NATION, ADDRESSING PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGES AND GAPS IN CARE
Attention Healthcare Providers – If your patients benefit from comprehensive and sensitive sexual assault services, from local people they know and trust, then the USA CON SOUTH SANES ECHO® can provide interprofessional telementoring.
No cost to participate | Free continuing education credits available to eligible participants.
Background on Health Issues
Did you know that 1 in 6 women will be a victim of sexual assault in their lifetime?
- Victims of violence and abuse require care from a health professional who is trained to treat the trauma associated with the wrong that has been done to them—be it sexual assault, intimate partner violence, neglect, or other forms of intentional injury.
- Forensic nurses are also a critical resource for anti-violence efforts. They collect evidence and give testimony that can be used in a court of law to apprehend or prosecute perpetrators who commit violent and abusive acts (www.iafn.org).
SOUTH SANES (SOUTH ALABAMA Sexual Assault Nursing Empowerment and Support) offers didactic and clinical education for registered nurses (RNs) and nurse practitioner (NP)/nurse practitioner students (NPs) who are developing expertise in patient care and healing support after sexual assault, interpersonal, and/or domestic violence.
SOUTH SANES provides curricula opportunities, continuing nursing education, clinical immersion, and clinical support to enhance the professional development of practicing SANES and aims to increase the number of certified and trained SANES along the Gulf Coast region, its adjacent rural communities, and beyond by offering evidence based, patient-centered, and trauma-informed programming.
Project ECHO®: The University of South Alabama collects registration, participation, questions/answers, chat comments, and poll responses for some ECHO® programs. Your individual data will be kept confidential. This data may be used for reports, maps, communications, surveys, quality assurance, evaluation, and research and to inform new initiatives.
Questions? Email us - USA CON SOUTH SANES ECHO® - at rthomas@southalabama.edu.
The USA CON SOUTH SANES ECHO® is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling approximately $1.5 million, with zero percentage financed with nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement of HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.The USA CON SOUTH SANES ECHO® launched two series (2023 and 2024). Links to past series
schedules are provided below.