October 8, 15, 22, & 29, and November 5 & 12
Will meet in person from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. for this six-week course
IU Health Ruth Lilly Health Education Center, 2055 N. Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202
Registration Deadline: September 8, 2024
This 40+ hour didactic course will focus on sexual assault nurse examiner training for adolescent and adult patients.
The course is taught by experts in their respective fields, including actively practicing expert Forensic SANE RNs and APNs, victim advocates, detectives, prosecutors, a toxicologist, crime lab scientists, child and adult protection services, resilience coaching, and more.
This course is the first step in preparing for practice as a forensic nurse. The next step is to meet the clinical requirements to practice as a forensic nurse. The combination of completing this didactic course, plus completion of the clinical requirements, qualifies you to begin providing forensic nursing care. This is not a certification course. Certification requires two years of practice, as well as successfully passing a certification exam.
Attendance at every class is required to complete this course.
Application Process:
- A Letter of recommendation from your manager is required
- A letter of recommendation from a colleague who knows your work habits is required.
- Once you have received the above letters of recommendation, click here to upload both letters and complete the application.
- The final step in the application process is a 1:1 conversation/interview to discuss the course requirements and expectations and to answer any questions you may have. This will be arranged with you once your application is uploaded.
Click here for the course application
Two-day trainings will be held January 7 & 8, 2025 and May 15 & 16, 2025
Will meet in person for two-day training
The Simulation Center at Fairbanks Hall, 340 W. 10th St., Suite 4100, Indianapolis, IN 46202
This non-mandatory course will provide participants with simulation-based clinical training so trainees can practice offering sexual assault exams.
Applications coming soon!
This FREE 60-hour clinical preceptorship occurs at IU Health Methodist Hospital Center of Hope with experienced forensic sexual assault nurse examiners.
Preceptorship participants must have completed a 40-hour didactic course that meets IAFN guidelines before applying for the opportunity.
This preceptorship will be available starting in 2025. Check back for more information.
