Specially trained nurses can be comfort in a time of crisis
By Mary Schenk
Sunday December 23, 2007
Heather Coit
Patt Metzler, an emergency room nurse specializing in sexual assault, works in small quarters where everything is within reach at her office in Carle Foundation Hospital.
URBANA – Sex assault victims who go to Carle Foundation Hospital for treatment have a specially trained expert ready to help them.
It's the "sexual assault nurse examiner," a registered nurse who has 100 hours of training over and above other emergency department colleagues.
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