Why SANEs matter: models of care for sexual violence victims in the emergency department

J Forensic Nurs. 2007 Spring;3(1):15-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-3938.2007.tb00088.x.

Abstract

This study examines models of SANE service in the ED and quality of care. Nurse managers of all 82 EDs in Virginia were surveyed (RR 76%). Five models emerged: 1) No SANE services (27.4%); 2) Victims transferred off-site for services (14.5%); 3) Partial coverage of services by ED SANEs (16.1%); 4) SANEs called in from off-site (6.5%); and 5) Full-coverage of services by ED SANEs (35.5%). Models 4 and 5 consistently provided a higher quality of care.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Analysis of Variance
  • Efficiency, Organizational
  • Emergency Nursing / education
  • Emergency Nursing / organization & administration
  • Emergency Service, Hospital / organization & administration*
  • Forensic Nursing / education
  • Forensic Nursing / organization & administration*
  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Hospital Bed Capacity
  • Humans
  • Models, Nursing*
  • Nurse Administrators / organization & administration
  • Nurse Administrators / psychology
  • Nurse's Role*
  • Nursing Evaluation Research
  • Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / organization & administration
  • Patient Transfer
  • Physical Examination
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Rape / diagnosis*
  • Rape / psychology
  • Rape / statistics & numerical data
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Total Quality Management / organization & administration
  • Virginia / epidemiology