SANE Training Ocala, FL

The training is geared toward medical professionals: ARNPs, RNs, and physicians and is constructed by adhering to the National Training Standards for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examiners for adults and adolescents. The training will also be valuable to prosecutors, law enforcement officers, victim advocates and crime lab analysts.  Courses run M-F 8:00-5:00 and include both lecture and hands-on skills training.  Nursing participants receive 40 CEUs and the course does meet the requirement of the International Association of Forensic Nurses, the certifying body of SANE, that students undergo a 40 hour course before becoming eligible to sit for the national exam.  Prosecuting attorneys who attend receive CLE

Training topic highlights:

• Sexual Assault Response Team Roles
• Taking the Medical Forensic History
• Head to Toe Assessment/Forensic Documentation
• Trauma Identification
• Evidence Collection and Treatment
• Courtroom Preparation and Testimony

The training cost is $250 for the full week or $50 per day for nurses. Full tuition scholarships will be given to any community in Florida that sends a team consisting of a nurse/physician, law enforcement officer, rape crisis program victim advocate and prosecutor.  Law enforcement officers wishing to attend the training may do so for free.  Prosecutors interested in the training may wish to contact the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association to ask about scholarships that are available.

Ocala, Florida September 27 - October 1

Nurses Register Here

Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Register Here

A block of hotel rooms has been reserved at the Homewood Suites Ocala at Heath Brook.  Rooms are $89 per night and can be reserved online here.