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Course detail: Forensic Nursing Through a Trauma-Informed Lens

Navigating the mystery and myths of forensic nursing while collaboratively working together to provide trauma-informed care. This approach integrates forensic nursing practices with a deep understanding of trauma's impact on individuals. This perspective enhances patient care by prioritizing emotional safety, trust, and empowerment alongside legal and medical responsibilities.

Core Competencies:

Participants will produce intelligent, accurate representations of events and situations and provide valid testimony and descriptions of those events when requested.
Participants will also act in ways that support the needs of the community and profession while carrying out the responsibilities of an officer and a member of their respective community.
Participants will be able to decide upon prescribed courses of action or techniques that will provide a greater level of safety in a variety of environments, events, and situations.

Course Objectives:

Discuss the impact of trauma on individuals.
Understand the importance of providing trauma-informed care.
Understand the forensic nurse's role.
Identify the signs and symptoms of strangulation.
Understand the medical risks and potential long-term effects associated withstrangulation.
Identify forensic evidence and better understand injury patterns.
Discuss the ethical considerations and legal implications of forensic nursingpractice.

Instructional Methods:

Lecture
Class Discussion
Scenarios

Who Should Attend:

Law Enforcement
Advocates

Course Requirements:

100% Attendance and Participation

Fitness Level - Sedentary

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Session Information: LE26236F

Schedule:

Every day, starting on 02/03/26 and ending on 02/03/26

Times:

08:00am-05:00pm CST

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Every day, starting on 02/03/26 and ending on 02/03/26

08:00am-05:00pm CST

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Please dress in layers, as the temperature in the room may be difficult to adjust. The session begins at 8:00 AM and is estimated to end at 5:00 PM.

Instructors

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Paul Kimble

Paul Kimble
Sergeant

Biography:

Sgt.Paul Kimble is a 27 year veteran of the Wichita Police Department and currently is a field services overnight patrol sergeant. Since 2014, he has been a domestic violence and sexual assault trainer working with the GTEAP (Grants to Encourage Arrest and Prosecution) and now ICJR (Improving Criminal Justice Response) Grant through the Kansas Governor's Grants Office. Sgt. Kimble most recently attended the 4 day Advanced Strangulation Course as well as the 3 day Masters Course on Strangulation, sponsored by the Strangulation Institute in San Diego. He also completed the 5 day Introduction and Practical Application of the Forensic Experiential Trauma Interview (FETI) in January 2019.

Dung Kimble

Dung Kimble
Clinical Social Worker

Biography:

Dung Kimble is a Clinical Social Worker with more than 20 years ofexperience working with survivors of domestic violence. She has worked incommunity-based domestic violence programs for the majority of those 20 years.Ms. Kimble has served as a therapist in a crisis shelter, an advocate, and theprogram director of a transitional housing program in South Central Kansas.

Ms. Kimble is currently employed as a Social Worker providingmental health services at the Veterans Health Administration in Wichita, KS.She also has a small private practice, Kimble Counseling and Consulting,where she provides therapy services. Ms. Kimble is considered a subjectmatter expert on domestic violence, continuing to train law enforcement on thedynamics of domestic violence, and is utilized as an expert witness for variousprosecutorial jurisdictions in the State of Kansas.

De'Nae Mullins

De'Nae Mullins
Forensic Nurse Examiner

No biographical information available

Facility Detail

KLETC Campus

Learning Center Classroom Bldg

11009 S. Hornet Road

Hutchinson, KS 67501

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Cancellation Policy

A refund less a $25.00 cancellation fee will be assessed for all cancellations made in writing prior to 10 days before the start of the event. After that time, no refunds will be made.