Course Code: REL-ACU-0-SARHP
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Recall important aspects of sexual assault and its impact on the survivor.
Indicate the role of the healthcare provider in identifying and caring for survivors of sexual assault.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: An Often Silent Crime
It Can Happen to Anyone
Legal Aspects
Why Would a Person Fail to Report a Rape?
The Rape Experience
Psychological Treatment of Rape or Sexual Assault
Review
Section 3: The Role of the Healthcare Professional
Identifying Survivors of Assault
Caring for Survivors
Review
Section 4: Clinical Vignette
Mollie
Section 5: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributors
Resources
References
Writer: Meredith Moyers MS, RD, LDN
Meredith earned a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics from The University of Akron and a Master of Science in Human Nutrition from Eastern Michigan University. After completing her internship with The Detroit Medical Center, she began working in various academic medical centers in Ohio and North Carolina. She completed a Certificate of Training in Weight Management and Advanced Training in Metabolic Adaptations. She also holds the Google Project Management Professional Certification. During her tenure working in direct patient care, she was a certified specialist in oncology nutrition and founded an oncology teaching garden at the SECU Family House for patients and their families undergoing cancer treatment. Meredith has experience in providing nutrition therapy in both acute and ambulatory settings in areas of oncology, cardio-thoracic transplant, renal, and general medicine.
Subject Matter Expert: Trisha Sheridan, DNP, MSN, RN, WHNP-BC, SANE-A, SANE-P
Trisha Sheridan, DNP, MSN, RN, WHNP-BC, SANE-A, SANE-P, is a board-certified women's health nurse practitioner, a sexual assault nurse examiner for adults, adolescents, and children through the International Association of Forensic Nurses She serves as director at large on the IAFN board, and is an assistant professor at Emory University's Nell Hodgson School of Nursing, where she is the women's health nurse practitioner program coordinator. Her clinical experience includes working in family planning and teen clinics and with victims of violence throughout the lifespan, frequently working with victims of trafficking.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Intermediate level Social Workers; Medical Providers; Nursing Personnel; in the following settings: Hospitals: Acute.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.