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Our mission is to link research to practice through dissemination of scholarship, education and service to those affected by and responding to trauma.  Our vision is to respond to trauma with care.

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CONFERENCE

AFN Michigan Registration Now Open with
In Person & Virtual Options

Get ready and get registered for AFN Michigan, hosted by Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, June 21–22, 2024

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WEBINAR

AFN Webinar:
Rethinking Addiction Patients

Tune in for this webinar, Wednesday, April 24 at 12 pm EDT. Live webinar is free for AFN Members and includes 1.25 CEs.

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WEBINAR

Now Available On Demand:
Where I Learned Not to Sleep Documentary Panel

 Screen this documentary film and then watch the expert panel discussion. Free for everyone and includes 1.75 CE credits.

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WEBINAR

Archived on AFN Learn: Special Panel Discussion on
Victim/Suspect Documentary

You can now watch this free AFN webinar (and earn 2.5 continuing education credits) on AFN Learn.

 

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MEMBERSHIP

The Spring AFN Membership Sale is Here! Get 20% Off Individual Memberships*

* Excludes APSAC and CFNA dual memberships. Join or renew now through June 30, 2024.
Use Code: 24SPRING

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PODCAST

Mindfulness-Based Tools for Forensic Nurses – In Practice and Personal Lives

Listen to the latest episode of the Bell Work Talks, featuring Dr. Muna Bhattarai, Asst. Professor of Nursing at Texas A&M Univ.

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JOURNAL

Second Issue of the Journal of the Academy of Forensic Nursing Now Available!

AFN's peer-reviewed, open-access journal with no article-processing charges (APCs) for publication.

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BENEFIT

AFN Members in U.S. Get Discounted Membership to Partner Organization

Learn how to get a discounted 2024 Associate Membership to the Canadian Forensic Nurses Association

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BENEFIT

AFN Member Benefit:
Access FREE Live Wednesday Webinars Here

Log into the AFN Member Center to retrieve the discount code to access LIVE Wednesday Webinars for FREE here.

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WEBINAR

AFN Webinar:
Trauma Informed Care for Forensic Nurses

Tune in for this webinar, Wednesday, May 8 at 12 pm EDT. Live webinar is free for AFN Members and includes 1.25 CEs.

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CONFERENCE

Call for Proposals:
Submit Your Abstract to Present at AFN National

AFN Education is looking for a diverse set of sessions to be presented at AFN National, held online November 7–8, 2024

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EARN CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS WITH WEDNESDAY WEBINARS

You can now earn continuing education credits by joining our Wednesday Webinars on our AFN Learn platform!

AFN Members: Watch live to earn FREE CE credits as part of your membership benefit. Can't watch live? Watch on your own schedule and earn CE credits for $15 per webinar.

Non-Members: Watch webinars any time and earn CE credits for $25 per webinar.

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SCHOLARSHIP SERVICE EDUCATION

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EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

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HUMAN TRAFFICKING BOOTCAMP

[8.0 Contact Hours]

 

Presented by Christine Foote-Lucero, Debra Holbrook, Tanisha L. Knighton, Thomas Stack, and Wendy Barnes,

This 5-session bootcamp will ensure that forensic nurses and healthcare providers improve awareness and become familiar with screening techniques to identify patients being trafficked for sex, labor, organ harvesting, and all other forms of trafficking. Participants will be able to recognize symptoms of trafficking, create effective community response systems, and develop trauma-informed models of care for trafficked patients.

PEDIATRIC
INSTITUTE

AFN PEDIATRIC SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP PRESENTS

WALKING FORWARD: BEST PRACTICES FOR PEDIATRIC MEDICAL FORENSIC CARE

 

Join your AFN Colleagues for this Virtual Learning Opportunity. 
You can still access this amazing Lecture Series through AFN Learn. 
Click the the link below to register today!

 

Update your knowledge about pediatric forensic health care principles and practices.  Engage with the experts as they discuss current evidence-based practice information about the health care response to suspected child abuse and neglect. 

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