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Forensic Nursing Courses for Registered Nurses

The OSU School of Forensic Sciences offers self-paced forensic courses for registered nurses to learn about forensic and health care processes for sexual assault and intimate partner violence victims.  These courses result in a certificate of completion and would not be part of an OSU academic transcript.


Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) Course

  • Designed for registered nurses (RNs)
  • The registered nurse learns to assess, diagnose, and treat the sexual assault patient in this flexible course,
  • Online course with optional two-day clinical session
  • Instructor: Kathy Bell, retired forensic nurse administrator with the Tulsa Police Department
  • Registration or questions: Visit SANE course registration or email kathy.bell@okstate.edu

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Examiner Course

  • Designed for registered nurses (RNs)
  • Online course
  • Instructor: Kathy Bell, retired forensic nurse administrator with the Tulsa Police Department
  • Registration or questions: Visit IPV course registration or email kathy.bell@okstate.edu

Pediatric SANE

  • Designed for registered nurses (RNs)
  • The course is for learning to provide compassionate and forensically sound nursing care to adolescent and prepubescent patients that have been sexually victimized.
  • Online course
  • Instructor: Kathy Bell, retired forensic nurse administrator with the Tulsa Police Department
  • Registration or questions: Visit PSANE course registration or email kathy.bell@okstate.edu

Combined Adult/Adolescent/Pediatric (AAP)

  • Designed for registered nurses (RNs)
  • Online course with optional three day clinical session, minimum 80-hour didactic training program to prepare registered nurses to perform a thorough assessment of the sexual assault patient across the lifespan, provide appropriate diagnosis and treatment, collect evidence, and develop a report that documents the examination.
  • Instructor: Kathy Bell, retired forensic nurse administrator with the Tulsa Police Department
  • Registration or questions: Visit AAP course registration or email kathy.bell@okstate.edu
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