Graduation Year
2025
Document Type
Senior Thesis
Degree
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Primary Major
Nursing
Primary Minor
Clinical and Counseling Psychology
Second Minor
Leadership Studies
Thesis Advisor
Kendra Hoepper DNP, APRN, PNP-BC
Abstract
Abstract
Background: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) are registered nurses specifically trained to perform forensic examinations and provide medical and emotional support to sexual assault victims. Many nursing programs lack formal education on SANE practices, which can hinder students' preparedness to address such cases in their future careers.
Method: A mixed-methods, three-phase approach to evaluate the effectiveness of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) training module within the Dominican University of California Nursing Program. 40- 60 nursing students will be separated into two separate community health classes with one given module in SANEs nursing and the other not. Both classes will be given a pre and post to measure knowledge gained.
Data: The anticipated results of a performed paired T-test would be a mean score on the posttest was significantly higher than the mean score on the pretest (t(29) = 5.62, p < 0.001). The anticipated results of an independent T-test that will be performed on the intervention group demonstrated a significantly higher mean increase in knowledge compared to the control group (t(58) = 4.78, p < 0.001).
Conclusion: The findings confirm that the SANE training module had a positive and statistically significant effect on nursing students' preparedness to handle sexual assault cases and bacground into this specific nursing field, highlighting the value of incorporating such training into nursing curriculum.
Included in
Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence Commons, Higher Education Commons, Medicine and Health Commons, Public Health and Community Nursing Commons, Public Health Education and Promotion Commons, Women's Health Commons