- Type Learning
- Level Advanced
- Time Hours
- Cost Paid
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner
Issued by
CQUniversity
Earners will have the knowledge and skills to provide competent, comprehensive, patient-centred coordinated care to adult and adolescent (14 years and over) patients being evaluated for sexual assault or suspected of having been sexually assaulted. They will have an understanding of the role of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner including: informed consent and forensic history taking, injury documentation, genital examination and evidence collection.
- Type Learning
- Level Advanced
- Time Hours
- Cost Paid
Skills
Earning Criteria
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Completion of 32 hours of self-paced learning.
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Achieve a score of over 80% in four online quizzes.
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Achieve a satisfactory result for one written assessment.
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Complete one 8-hour face to face workshop.
Standards
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth.
AHPRA protects the public by regulating Australia’s registered health practitioners. Their primary role is to protect the public and set standards and policies that all registered health practitioners must meet.
Conducting sexual health checks is an essential prerequisite to diagnosing and treating sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and blood borne viruses (BBVs). Clinicians are legally required to notify their local public health unit of STIs and BBVs of public health significance.