Caring for the Sexual Assault Patient - Session 3 (The Medical Forensic Exam)

This series of four presentations will provide nurses and other hospital staff with an understanding of the care available to adult and adolescent survivors of sexual assault. The topics will include providing trauma-informed care, understanding the role of the sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE), what occurs during a medical forensic examination, and awareness of the legal issues involved in the care of the sexual assault patients.

This enduring material consists of a recorded video and post-test requiring approximately 1 hour of your time. 

Release Date: March 20th, 2026; Expiration Date: March 20th, 2027

Disclosure: 

No  planner(s) or speaker(s) in control of this educational content have any relevant financial relationships to disclose at the time this activity was published.

*IPCE has mitigated all relevant financial relationships.

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1. Nurses will describe three strategies for providing trauma-informed care.
2. Nurses will identify two clinical indications that may suggest a patient has experienced trauma.
3. Nurses will describe adult options for obtaining a sexual assault medical forensic examination.
4. Nurses will describe their mandatory reporting responsibilities.
5. Nurses will list components of a medical forensic examination.
6. Nurse will identify when a patient should be screened for strangulation or traumatic brain injury.
7. Nurses will list common medications for STI and pregnancy prophylaxis.
8. Nurses will list two community resources for sexual assault survivors.

Intermountain Health is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.  This activity is being jointly provided by Intermountain Health and the Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault. This activity offers a maximum of  1 nursing contact hour.   Successful completion is viewing the digitally recorded segment, passing the post-test at 80%, and completing the evaluation. No commercial support is being received for this event.  

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Intermountain Health - Interprofessional Continuing Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.