Rural Availability of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs).

Elizabeth Thiede Sheridan W Miyamoto

Published in: The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2020)

Very few SANEs in rural Pennsylvania have certification, suggesting barriers to certification may exist for rural SANEs. Though a majority of hospitals have SANEs, availability of SANEs was limited by inconsistent coverage. A lack of certified SANEs and inconsistent SANE coverage may place rural sexual assault victims at risk of receiving lower quality sexual assault care.

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