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The Texas International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) held a critical seminar focusing on sexual assault in the Texas ...

The role of the sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE; also known as the sexual assault forensic examiner, or SAFE) is emphasized and the admissibility and role of expert testimony in court is examined.

Mar. 4—An experience when she was doing her clinical in nursing school prompted Lisa Montoya to become a SANE nurse. SANE stands for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. Montoya, who is the SANE ...