There are no sexual assault nurse examiners working in Baldwin County.
There are no sexual assault nurse examiners, nurses specially trained to perform rape kits and collect evidence, working in Baldwin County, the fastest growing county in Alabama since 2010 and now the fourth most populous in the state.
“Making the journey from Baldwin County is typically what’s going to dissuade somebody,” Loveless told. “To make that extra effort, especially when you’re bringing in other circumstances of transportation, getting all the way from wherever they present to across the bay over here, and then having to wait to see a physician to call the SANE nurse, which we typically get there in about an hour. It’s a day trip.
It’s a problem some prosecutors, nurses and other medical professionals have been working to address for years in Baldwin County.Nursing shortages affect hospitals across the country — but it’s even more pronounced with sexual assault nurse examiners, who require over 300 hours of specialized training to be certified by the International Association of Forensic Nurses.
“We don’t provide medical services. We provide support services and advocacy,” the operator said. “Then we’re not in control after that.”
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