Episode 14: Expanding into an Intimate Partner Violence Program

In this Bell Work Talks, Christine Foote-Lucero will discuss how to expand into an Intimate Partner Violence program. This podcast will focus on how this can be incorporated into an existing program that is already seeing SA patients, including training and possible funding options. Christine is a Master’s prepared registered nurse and has worked in critical care specialties since 2002 including the Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit. She has been a Forensic Nurse Examiner since 2010 and is a Board Certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner for Adult and Adolescent populations, as well as Pediatric populations. She is also a Board Certified Emergency Nurse. She is currently the Nurse Manager of the Forensic Teams at University of Colorado Hospital and Highlands Ranch Hospital. She has assisted with the development of the forensic nurse examiner and sexual assault pathways which guides ED physicians and nurses on best practice for the care of these patients. She has given lectures at state and national conferences on the topics of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, strangulation, human trafficking, child abuse, and elder abuse. She is the current chair of the AFN Journal Club. For questions please contact at: cfootelucero@afnmail.org Resources: International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN). (2014). Domestic violence examiner. Retrieved from https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.forensicnurses.org/resource/resmgr/About/DVE_Flyer_2014-web.pdf Johnston, B. J. (2006). Intimate partner violence screening and treatment: The importance of nursing caring behaviors. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 2(4), 184-188. National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV). (2015). Domestic violence in Tennessee. Retrieved from www.ncadv.org/files/tennessee.org. Tribal Forensic Healthcare. (2017). Intimate partner violence examiner [Training course]. Retrieved from https://www.tribalforensichealthcare.org/page/OnlineIPVE World Health Organization (WHO). (2012) Understanding and addressing violence against women: Heal