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It’s time once again for Articles of Note, our monthly romp through the peer-reviewed literature. It’s a long one this month–there’s a lot that is worth your time, and maybe a few that are worth noticing, even if not very good (because sometimes it’s as important to know what isn’t worth factoring into your evidence base). That’s basically to remind you that just because an article makes my monthly list doesn’t mean you should assume it’s excellent science–articles that appear on this site need to be evaluated by each reader for themselves. And even if you believe an article is good science, is it relevant to your practice? Is it generalizable to the patient populations that you see? There are several good resources for evaluating science, if you’re not sure where to start: here’s an easy graphic on spotting bad science; NSVRC has quite a bit on their site about evaluating research that I would recommend checking out. And for those of you who would like a worksheet to use as a template to work off of while reviewing articles, here’s something I created that you are welcome to use:

Links mainly go to PubMed abstracts, except where noted. If you’re having trouble finding articles let me know–we have access to full-text through a couple of different avenues for those of you who aren’t blessed with hospital librarians or university medical libraries. We are continuing with the single download link (for those of you who like to print it off), instead of the embedded doc, since I got rave reviews (and no one emailed me telling me they missed the old way). And the link comes through in the email, so bonus points for that.

I’ll be doing a virtual testimony training on Monday the 19th for the OH chapter of IAFN, so looking forward to seeing folks through my computer screen. Reach out if you’d like to host one of your own. I have some time on my calendar for a few more virtual events as several trials have pled out and I am able to do more and more via Zoom and Microsoft Teams (including court appearances–it’s a brave new world, kids).

Hope everyone is hanging in there– is healthy, is protecting their mental well-being. If you’re a US reader and you can vote, please do. If you can help others get to the polls and vote, bonus points for you. I have already voted myself, and plan to volunteer with Chefs for the Polls since the trial I had that week has now gone away. Whatever you can do to support folx being able to exercise their right to vote in this election is a mitzvah. Let’s see how we’re all doing this time next month.

Don’t forget to visit our FHO Store where you’ll find a complete list of our offerings, perfect to help prep for your next court date or educational offering, including the latest: Applying the Strangulation Research to Expert Testimony. And coming soon: Testimony and the Forensic Nurse Expert.

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It’s time once again for Articles of Note, our monthly romp through the newly published peer-reviewed literature. As always, there’s plenty this month, particularly on campus sexual assault–fitting as I type this from the campus of Michigan State University, where I am finishing up an almost 2-year project. I hope folx will spend some time working through (at least some of) the research because I need to get real here–I’m 26 years in this field now, and I am having some of the same conversations today I was having 20 years ago–namely, reading science is part of the job of a forensic clinician. If you are a program manager, hi–allow time for reading–and analyzing science–for your team. I am handing you a monthly menu to make it easy (and if you don’t like mine, there are plenty of others–just sign up for Online First Alerts from journals like Violence Against Women, for instance, or peruse the Journal of Forensic Nursing table of contents every quarter and pick something that looks relevant). Level up your testimony, people. Make sure there’s science to support those opinions. Understand the evidence base behind the work we do. Analyze the clinical decisions we make to ensure they’re (still) appropriate. That happens through reading. Level. Up.

Links mainly go to PubMed abstracts, except where noted. If you’re having trouble finding articles let me know–we have access to full-text through a couple of different avenues for those of you who aren’t blessed with hospital librarians or university medical libraries. Something new this month: for the first time, I have included a single download link (for those of you who like to print it off), instead of the usual embedded doc. I have heard from a lot of you that the embedded doc is sluggish, so let’s try this and you can let me know if this works better [BTW: if you’re getting this update in your email, you may need to go to the website to access the download link–I’m not certain it will come through in the condensed email].

As always, thanks for reading, thanks for striving to do better by our patients. I hope some of you will be joining me virtually for my sessions at this year’s Virtual IAFN conference. You’ll note some familiar themes in my sessions 🙂

Don’t forget to visit our FHO Store where you’ll find a complete list of our offerings, perfect to help prep for your next court date or educational offering, including the latest: Applying the Strangulation Research to Expert Testimony. And coming soon: Testimony and the Forensic Nurse Expert.

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It’s time once again for Articles of Note, our monthly romp through the newly published scientific articles. Just like last month, those citations in red are COVID-related forensic pubs; everything else is your non-pandemic forensic healthcare-associated research or clinical literature. You’ll notice there’s less red this month which is–better? Not sure. Here in the US we’re being awfully cavalier about this virus, so I guess we shall have to see.

As always, links take you to PubMed abstracts unless you see the words FREE FULL TEXT–those take you to the full article. Do let me know if you have trouble getting your hands on a particular article, in case you are not blessed with hospital librarians, or located within actual academic institutions. We have connections here at FHO 🙂 Happy reading, everyone…

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Don’t forget to visit our FHO Store where you’ll find a complete list of our offerings, perfect to help prep for your next court date or educational offering, including the latest: Applying the Strangulation Research to Expert Testimony. And coming soon: Testimony and the Forensic Nurse Expert.

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It’s time once again for Articles of Note, our monthly romp through the newly published, peer-reviewed literature. Something different you may notice this month: articles specific to the intersection of COVID-19 and violence are delineated in red, for those of you looking for that content in particular. Otherwise, everything continues unchanged, even as we plug away, here at FHO headquarters, going on 9 weeks of lockdown (but healthy, knock wood, and still seeing patients Thursday nights, so there’s a break in the routine). Here’s hoping these articles find you healthy, as well, and able to continue feeding your brain and growing/strengthening your practice.

Links take you to PubMed abstracts, as always, except where noted as Full Text. Enjoy the reading–we’re heavy on sexual assault this month, but there are some interesting articles on the role of forensic nurses in here, too. [If the doc below doesn’t come up the first time, reload your page & see if that doesn’t do the trick.]

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It’s time once again for Articles of Note, our monthly romp through what’s newly published in the peer-reviewed literature. A few items of interest for those of you who are educators, and a good bit of variety for everyone else in the field. Lots that is clinically relevant, not all of it from the US. Plus one or two familiar faces in the bunch, which I always like to see.

A note in response to a reader’s query about whether (essentially) posting=endorsing. The answer, of course, is no–I post what I think is interesting, what I think others may find interesting, and what I think is worth noticing, even if it isn’t particularly great. Please remember that not everything given space in a journal is actually good science. And just because we think it’s good science today doesn’t mean we might not revise that opinion a year or two down the road. So please read critically–pick apart hypotheses, consider whether what you read applies to your own patient populations or mirrors what you see in practice. I publish these compilations only to get folks to read. What you choose to do with that information is up to you.

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It’s time once again for Articles of Note, our monthly romp through the newly published peer-reviewed literature, and our first edition here in our new home. There’s plenty to capture the attention, so take your time with the list.

I should also mention for those who didn’t see the initial newsletter or the announcement on social media, we’re giving away two IAFN conference registrations for this year’s meeting in Palm Springs. Last year, we gave away one, and we gave it to a reader. This year, it’s two, and it’s for someone a reader promotes. Why? Because people are out there doing good work. And because that good work needs to be shouted from the rooftops. And because there’s plenty of self-promotion in the world, but a paucity of lifting up of others. And we need to see forensic nurses shining in public. On social media in particular. So if you would like to participate, please tell us about a member of your crew who is doing great things. You can leave a comment here, email us–OR better yet, shout it from the social media rooftops on the FHO Facebook page or on Twitter. Please use the hashtag #ShineOnForensicRN so we can find your entries. Winners won’t be chosen at random so make those entries good. The giveaway will be live until January 22nd. All FHO readers are eligible, including international readers.

Anyway, back to this month’s articles–links lead to PubMed abstracts, excepts where indicated:

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Time once again for Articles of Note, our monthly romp through the peer-reviewed literature. Plenty to read, plenty to consider this month (as always). Links lead to PubMed abstracts–please don’t stop there. Sift through the abstracts to decide what’s worth your time, and what doesn’t apply to your clinical life. Better yet, divide among your colleagues and get together for real-time discussion. What an excellent use of staff meeting time.

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Have you checked out the FHO store lately? You can find the newest research brief, Applying The Strangulation Research To Expert Testimony In Cases With Adult Victims. Or purchase the complete set of three (Strangulation, Aging Bruises, and Consensual Sex Injury) for a special price.

It’s time once again for Articles of Note, our monthly romp through the newly published peer-reviewed literature. There is *a lot* of choice material to sort through this month, so I hope you will spend some quality time with the list. As always, links lead to PubMed abstracts.

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Have you checked out the FHO store lately? You can find the newest research brief, Applying The Strangulation Research To Expert Testimony In Cases With Adult Victims. Or purchase the complete set of three (Strangulation, Aging Bruises, and Consensual Sex Injury) for a special price.

It’s time once again for Articles of Note, our monthly romp through the peer-reviewed literature. Nothing free this month, but plenty worth tracking down, so I encourage you to spend some time with the list. It’s particularly fitting that I get a new edition up since I am sandwiching it between two weeks of teaching testimony, this week at Ft. Hood and next week at the annual IAFN conference, where we discuss at length the importance of fidelity to the science.

All links lead to PubMed abstracts. Happy reading!

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Have you checked out the FHO store lately? You can find the newest research brief, Applying The Strangulation Research To Expert Testimony In Cases With Adult Victims. Or purchase the complete set of three (Strangulation, Aging Bruises, and Consensual Sex Injury) for a special price.

It’s time once again for Articles of Note, our regular romp through the peer-reviewed science. Check it: we have not one, but two scientific papers this month on physicians committing misconduct, so that’s fascinating. We also get a look at how a clinician’s personal history of domestic violence impacts clinical care. Needless to say, there’s some good reading to be done in this edition (as always). Most links go to PubMed abstracts except where otherwise indicated.

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Have you checked out the FHO store lately? You can find the newest research brief, Applying The Strangulation Research To Expert Testimony In Cases With Adult Victims. Or purchase the complete set of three (Strangulation, Aging Bruises, and Consensual Sex Injury) for a special price.

Time once again for Articles of Note, our (almost) monthly romp through the peer-reviewed literature in search of all things new and/or useful to clinical practice, public policy, and testimony. As you may have noticed, I didn’t make one happen in May, so this month’s combined is pretty lengthy. There’s *a lot* here to work through, but I think it’s worth it. Some familiar faces in the bunch, too. Hope you enjoy.

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Have you checked out the FHO store lately? You can find the newest research brief, Applying The Strangulation Research To Expert Testimony In Cases With Adult Victims. Or purchase the complete set of three (Strangulation, Aging Bruises, and Consensual Sex Injury) for a special price.