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Negotiating the challenges of multidisciplinary responses to sexual assault victims: Sexual assault nurse examiner and victim advocacy programs
Article first published online: 28 DEC 2007
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20234
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Cole, J. and Logan, T. (2008), Negotiating the challenges of multidisciplinary responses to sexual assault victims: Sexual assault nurse examiner and victim advocacy programs. Research in Nursing & Health, 31: 76–85. doi: 10.1002/nur.20234
Publication History
- Issue published online: 16 JAN 2008
- Article first published online: 28 DEC 2007
- Manuscript Accepted: 12 JUL 2007
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Keywords:
- interagency collaboration;
- role conflict;
- professional boundaries;
- working relationship
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) programs' relationships with victim advocacy organizations. A national telephone survey was conducted of randomly selected SANE programs, all of which served adults, and some of which also served adolescents and children. Nearly one-third of 231 participants reported that SANEs in their program had experienced conflicts related to roles and boundaries with victim advocacy organizations at some point during the program's history. The most frequently mentioned conflicts involved professional autonomy, control, or turf issues. Future researchers should address personnel, organizational, and structural factors that facilitate collaborative relationships between SANE and victim advocacy organizations. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 31:76–85, 2008