SANE programs at major military hospitals

Editorial Team / Moderator · Feb 5, 2014

There are programs Army-wide already, and there is a MEDCOM-level training course. At my (not so major) Army hospital, we have a very robust SAFE program (we're called sexual assault forensic examiners because we're not all nurses - there are a couple of PAs who do it as well).

Why do you ask?

bmaeker · Jan 27, 2015

Pixie,

Hello :). I am a SANE nurse in Lubbock texas ... Very interested in possibility of doing SANE work in the military ... Are u still at the Army hospital you mentioned your post?

Editorial Team / Moderator · Jan 28, 2015

Pixie,
Hello :). I am a SANE nurse in Lubbock texas ... Very interested in possibility of doing SANE work in the military ... Are u still at the Army hospital you mentioned your post?

I am. :) Are you near a military hospital?

bmaeker · Jan 28, 2015

Not real close, prob San Antonio would be the closest military Hosp to me ... Not far from Cannon AFB is close but don't know if they have a Hosp. Do you know if the military uses civilian SANE nurses for contract work? Any info, direction you could give me would be soooo very appreciated ... My email is [email protected].

Editorial Team / Moderator · Jan 30, 2015

I doubt it - MEDCOM has its own course and a plentiful supply of military nurses for whom SANE is often an extra duty (i.e., it costs nothing to use them). You would have to contact the particular facility to find out for sure.

Gennaver, MSN · Jan 30, 2015

Hello and yes there are civilian nurses who work in the GS system and are SANEs.

Editorial Team / Moderator · Feb 8, 2015

Hello and yes there are civilian nurses who work in the GS system and are SANEs.

Typically they are full-time in the GS workforce, as far as I have seen in networking with SANEs at various posts. It's not typically contracted out.