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Educational Opportunities

June 2025 Case Review Strangulation and Intimate Partner Violence

Date: 06/04/2025 1400 EST or 06/05/2025 1900 EST

Cost: Free  

Location: Online

Details: Case review series focusing on strangulation and intimate partner violence.

Registration:

 

What is a Medical Legal Partnership?

Date: 06/11/2025 1200 EST

Cost: Free for AFN members, $25 for nonmembers

Location: Online

Details: This session will explore how integrating legal professionals into healthcare settings enhances patient outcomes, addresses social determinants of health, and strengthens the support systems for vulnerable populations. Designed for forensic nurses, nurse practitioners, educators, social workers, and healthcare advocates, this presentation offers a practical approach to interdisciplinary collaboration that directly impacts patient care and advocacy. Attendees will gain an understanding of what MLPs are, how they function, and why they are a powerful tool in addressing complex legal and health-related challenges

Registration: https://goafn.thinkific.com/courses/25-011

  

Healing through words: Addressing Language Needs in the Response to Sexual Violence

Date: 06/26/2025 1500 EST

Cost: Free

Location: Online

Details: This webinar will explore the impact that language has on the healing journey of survivors of sexual violence, particularly within Tribal communities. The presenters will examine how language can be harmful and internalized, as well as how it can influence survivors’ self-perception, identity, and relationships with those who respond to sexual violence. Through this session, the presenters will highlight the role that language has in a survivor’s healing journey and the importance of utilizing trauma-informed language in creating an environment that fosters healing and empowerment.

Registration: https://ncjfcj-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ky5DLVqLSqiS4lwcL-kk1Q#/registration

 

Know More, Do More: Identifying and Responding to Stalking on College Campuses

Date: 07/17/2025 1400 EST

Cost: Free

Location: Online

Details: Stalking is a prevalent, dangerous, and often misunderstood crime, and individuals ages 18-24 experience the highest rate of stalking. This presentation explores stalking on college campuses by discussing the dynamics of stalking, common tactics used by perpetrators, the co-occurrence of stalking with other victimizations, and the importance of looking beyond one discrete incident to fully explore any related pattern of behavior.

Registration: https://ncjfcj-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AwtqKYDTTQaaMFZ98-LFWA#/registration

 

Building a Coordinated Community Response (CCR) to Stalking

Date: 08/05/2025 1400 EST

Cost: Free

Location: Online

Details: Keeping victims safe and holding offenders accountable requires that diverse professionals – including (but not limited to) victim advocates, law enforcement, prosecutors, educators, and others – view their work through a “stalking lens,” take pro-active steps to incorporate a stalking response into their roles, and work together. This session will provide practical strategies for building stalking into a coordinated community response (CCR).

Registration: https://ncjfcj-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UeYymgR5T2ei577oc2fc5A#/registration

 

Embracing Body Sovereignty During Medical Forensic Examinations

Date: 08/07/2025 1400 EST

Cost: Free

Location: Online

Details: There have been reports of instances of interaction with healthcare, for which a patient may have felt as though they were treated as if they were just a sum of physical parts that need fixing. This type of interaction can lead to the development of mistrust with the healthcare system, leaving the patient feeling dehumanized. By contrast, when a medical forensic exam is conducted by a trained clinician, the exam process can be empowering to patients that have experienced interpersonal violence, especially those that are American Indian/Alaska Native. 

Registration: https://ncjfcj-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gHstJQIuQBKYEYhEcbSEpw#/registration

We encourage you to take advantage of these learning opportunities to enhance your skills and stay at the forefront of forensic nursing. If you have any questions or would like to recommend additional CE opportunities, please feel free to reply to this email.

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