A nurse is employed as a forensic nurse during the 1950s. Which of the following tasks would the nurse most likely have been implementing?
a. Working in a sexual assault clinic
b. Identifying indicators of assault
c. Implementing protocols for sexual assault care
d. Receiving sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE) training
ANS: B
During the 1940s through the 1960s, nurses became aware of their role in identifying indicators of assault. The first nurse-run sexual assault clinic opened in 1974, with subsequent development of the first protocols for sexual assault care. SANE programs appeared in the 1990s.
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