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