The Hennepin Healthcare:
Train to Retain hands-on skills training is designed for sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs), Forensic Nurse Examiners (FNEs), or other providers of medical forensic care who are looking to increase their knowledge and improve their skills providing post-assault care to adult and adolescent patients. Attendees of the lab will practice skills including evidence collection, speculum exams, forensic photography, obtaining informed consent, and more. 

• When: November 25th – 26th, 2024,
  0800 – 1700 both days
• Where: Hennepin Healthcare Simulation Center, 600 Park Ave,
  Minneapolis, MN 55415
• Cost: $600 (see below for info on registration fee reimbursement)
• Eligibility: You must be a licensed Registered Nurse and have completed a 40-hour didactic SANE course. 2 years of clinical experience is recommended. 

Registration Fee Reimbursement: Re LAB at the University of Minnesota runs a HRSA-funded program to support forensic nurses, and can financially support your participation in this training if eligible. The first step in this process is to complete this application form to become a Re LAB member. The form to request reimbursement approval can be found here.  Membership and reimbursement applications must be completed and processed a minimum of 2 weeks before the training date; processing can take up to 10 days. If you have questions or difficulty with the grant process, please direct your emails to Lexy Lipsh relab@umn.edu. If your organization/employer has paid for your spot and requires reimbursement, the process of applying for Re LAB support needs to be completed by you, not by your organization/employer.

40-Hour Didactic
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)
Course – Adult/Adolescent

This 40 hour Adult/Adolescent Didactic Course provides SANEs the foundational knowledge and critical thinking skills necessary to provide holistic, comprehensive care to adult and adolescent patients that have experienced sexual assault.

Participants from across the Midwest will the have the opportunity to network and learn alongside other nurses while under the expert instruction of many Minnesota-based presenters, including SANE program managers, law enforcement, advocacy, victim-survivors, an attorney, forensic scientist and more.

When: October 21st-25th, 2024. 0800-1730, daily
Where: Anderson Center Room 305, Hamline University, 1536 Hewitt Avenue,
St. Paul, MN
Cost: $350 (see registration form for more info on reimbursement)
Eligibility: Licensed Registered Nurse, two years of clinical practice
recommended but not mandatory.

Registration link 
Questions: Abigail.Fliegel@hcmed.org
October SANE Training Flyer 

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the International Association of Forensic Nurses, an accredited approver of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.