COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tennessee Tech University’s Whitson-Hester School of Nursing is using a nearly $1.5 million federal grant to train and certify sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) and to expand access to critical services for women in the Cookeville region.

Beyond their nursing degrees, SANEs will receive 40 hours of classroom instruction, 16 hours of clinical work through the International Association of Forensic Nurses.

During this instruction, they will be taught the following:

Conduct trauma-informed interviews

Collect evidence

Document and photograph injuries

Understand how trauma affects the brain and body.

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According to Tennessee Tech, 26 nurses were trained to provide “trauma-informed care an

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