Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Certification Exam Prep Series

Jessica Albers has been a Forensic Nurse for more than 14 years and is a board-certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. Jessica is dedicated to providing best-practice medical-forensic care to victims and perpetrators of violence and has served on a variety of county, regional and statewide initiatives to enhance victim services and increase training across the state. Most recently she has been a member of the KBI Sexual Assault Kit Initiative, Kansas Sexual Assault Response Advisory Committee and has served two terms as the President of the Kansas Chapter of International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN). She has assisted with the development and sustainability of SANE programs in Kansas and coordinated the first two-day SANE clinical training with live models in the state. She has been recognized by the IAFN for Forensic Nursing Excellence and was a recipient of the 2021 National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s Visionary Voice Award.

Karen has worked in the forensic nursing field for over twenty years. She was one of the first nurses in the SANE program at Salina Regional Health Center and coordinated that department for 17 years. She earned SANE-A and SANE-P certification in 2008 and has maintained them since that time. She has taught forensic nurses and other professionals all over the state of Kansas. She has been instrumental in helping various other SANE programs start up and maintain sustainability. She is currently a prn forensic nurse in Salina and consults with attorneys on forensic cases in Kansas and Colorado.

Trisha earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Baker University and began practicing as a sexual assault nurse examiner soon after. She is dual board certified as a SANE-A and a SANE-P. Trisha serves as the Forensic Program Coordinator at HaysMed in Hays, Kansas. This team provides rural medical forensic care for over 26 counties in the western region of Kansas. Trisha provides education and leadership to the forensic nursing staff, guidance around the forensic patient population to the local and surrounding hospitals, and community education and outreach to various entities on prevention and caring for those who affected by violence. Trisha serves as Committee Chair of the Ellis County SART Advisory Board, which provides awareness, support, and education to communities throughout Ellis County, Kansas. She has been a member of IAFN and a Kansas Chapter IAFN Member since 2013.

Tina is a board-certified nurse practitioner and forensic nurse examiner currently serving as the founder and Executive Director of Hope Medical Forensic Services, LLC in Wichita, Kansas, along with providing care to pediatric patients at the Child Advocacy Center of Sedgwick County. Tina has been a nurse for 24 years, with 16 of those being in forensic nursing. She is nationally certified as a sexual assault nurse examiner and provides care to adult, adolescent, and pediatric patients who have been victimized by sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse, or human trafficking. Tina has been recognized by Barry Grissom, former U.S. Attorney, District of Kansas, and Ascension Healthcare for the implementation of a protocol for medical providers on how to identify and respond to victims of human trafficking in the healthcare setting. Tina was a contributor to the HEAL Trafficking and Hope for Justice “Protocol Toolkit for Developing a Response to Victims of Human Trafficking in Health Care Settings.” Tina has been the recipient of the Wichita Business Journal Healthcare Heroes Award, International Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses by the Daisy Foundation, and an award for outstanding heroism toward ending child abuse by the Child Advocacy Center of Sedgwick County.