The Forensic Nurse

Sometimes the professionals who help victims of sexual assualt may inadventently experience injuries as the result of trying to help those who have been victimized. Not physical injuries, but the emotional injuries, just as real as those experienced by their victims.

Dealing with horrific and traumatized victims on a daily basis can drain on the mental strength of these professionals. Forensic Nurses, child protective services, prosecutors, therapists, and law enforcement officials are often exposed daily to the kind of nightmares that many of us can’t even, or maybe just don’t want to think about.

One website called www.silentinjuries.com is dedicated to trying to help support those who support others. They specialize in trying to help SANE’s and other professionals of sexual abuse to deal with relationship problems, depression, sleep deprivation, and social issues that they may experience as a result of their work.

This entry was posted on Friday, May 9th, 2008 at 5:13 pm and is filed under Forensic Nurse Training, Forensic Nursing Terms, Resources, SANE, Sexual Assaults. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.