2023 IAFN Texas Chapter 6th Annual Conference

Speakers and Topics (Subject to change)

Laurie Charles and Stacy Mitchell: Alphabet soup: Nursing credentials and certifications

Rebecca Fears: Labor & Delivery and Forensic Nursing

Tanya Dean: Basic Evidence Collection and the Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examination with evidence collection.

Stephanie deJongh, Harris County Health: Challenges of Consenting examinations with psychiatric patients

Dr, Patricia Beach and Grace Windsor NP: Making the Most of Medical Resources: Forensic/Pediatric Consultation

Lab technicians/TBD: Advanced evidence collection: Thinking outside the box

State Rep, Boo, Tweety Gulf Coast Rep.: Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA): History, How to get referrals, confidential identification, membership, the training they take. How to become BACA and how to start BACA in your areas.

Tracy Matheson: Trauma-Informed Care

Diana Faugno: The Hidden Epidemic of Strangulation. What Pediatric Professionals need to know.

Dr. Nancy Downing: Understanding the Mechanisms of Emergency Contraception and Why it’s Important.

Kerri Taylor: Identifying and Responding to Victims of Trafficking in a Clinical setting.

Whitney Raspberry: Galveston County District Attorney: Forensic Nursing and the Prosecutor

Janet Kasper: Texas’s Response to the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Childern

Panel Discussion (members TBD): Forensic Nursing and the Defense

Alyssa Akomer and Chelsa Knutson: Trauma-informed Care: Giving the Patient Power

Agenda is a work in progress!