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Domestic-violence advocates urge state support for forensic nursing program in rural regions
Summary
Umbrella and other advocates told House Healthcare that Vermont’s forensic nursing (SANE) capacity is limited in rural hospitals and asked legislators to consider sustained support and training so survivors can access trauma-informed medical and forensic care close to home.
Advocates for survivors of domestic and sexual violence asked the Vermont House Committee on Health Care on Feb. 20 to preserve and expand forensic nursing capacity, saying rural hospitals sometimes cannot provide timely forensic exams and trauma-informed care.
Amanda Cochran, executive director of Umbrella, the Northeast Kingdom nonprofit serving survivors of domestic and sexual violence, told the committee that forensic nurses provide medical and forensic evaluation, evidence collection and referrals and that those services must be available when…
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