Multicare Health System

Advanced Nursing Education - Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Program - Project Director: Jennifer Cantrell 801 W. 5TH Ave Spokane, Wa 99024 (509) 603-3327 Jcantrell@multicare.org Www.multicare.org Total Funding Requested: $1,500,000.00 the Purpose of This Project Is to Expand Opportunities for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Training to Achieve 24/7 Capacity to Conduct High Quality, Trauma-informed and Culturally Responsive Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations in Emergency Departments Across Washington State. Washington State Is Currently Characterized by Both Disproportionately High Rates of Sexual Violence and Limited Capacity to Provide Emergency Medical Care to Those Victim-survivors. Key Personnel for the Project Will Be a 1.0 Fte Forensic Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) and 1.0 Fte Forensic Clinical Educator, Both Sane-certified According to International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) Standards. Curriculum Will Be Rooted in Insights From Community Stakeholders and Sexual Assault Victim-survivor Advocates, Presented in a New 40-HOUR Sane-a (adult/adolescent) Didactic Course in a Hybrid Online/in-person Model and a New 16-HOUR Advanced, In-person Clinical Course With Simulated and Live Gynecological Training Aids. the Didactic Course Will Be Held Quarterly in Each of Washington State’s Inland Northwest, Yakima, and Puget Sound Regions, and the Advanced Clinical Course Will Be Held Semiannually in Each of the Three Regions. the Goal Will Be to Add at Least 300 Sane-trained and at Least 15 Sane-certified Nurses to the Washington State Workforce by the End of the Project Period, Approximately Doubling Washington’s Sane Workforce According to the Last Available Estimate. This Project Qualifies for Hrsa Funding Preference 2: Underserved Populations. Sanes Trained Through This Project Will Provide Care in Sixteen Multicare Health System Emergency Departments Across Washington State, Eleven of Which Are in Hrsa-defined Medically Underserved Areas. Nurses Outside Multicare Will Also Be Invited to Participate in Training, Extending Project Reach to Additional Rural and Medically Underserved Areas. Key Elements of the Project Will Be Strategies Addressing Specific Barriers to Sane Training Voiced by Washington State Nurses, Basing the Training Program in a Community-based Health System That Will Incorporate Rapid Feedback About How Sane Training Is Serving Nurses in the Real World, and Implementing a Staffing Plan That Will Provide Structure and Capacity for Sane Mentorship and Support to Encourage Sane Retention. by the End of the Project Period, We Expect a Steady Calendar of Eighteen Sane Training Courses of Different Levels Each Year, Dramatically Increasing Sane Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities in Washington State. a Cohort of Trained Sanes Across the State Will Support Each Other in Delivering High-quality Care to Meet the Complex Needs of Sexual Assault Survivors.