Impact of sexual assault nurse examiners on the evaluation of sexual assault in a pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 442-447

  Bechtel, Kirsten ^a,b   Ryan, Elizabeth ^a   Gallagher, Deborah ^a  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Sexual assault; Sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CENTER; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC WARD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL WORKER; UROGENITAL TRACT INJURY; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; VICTIM; ADOLESCENT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COUNSELING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FORENSIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUNSELING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 51149097952     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31817de11d     Document Type: Article

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