RT Book, Section
A1 Amar, Angela F.
A1 Sekula, L. Kathleen
SR Print(0)
ID 1189394312
T1 About the Authors
T2 A Practical Guide to Forensic Nursing: Incorporating Forensic Principles Into Nursing Practice
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB Sigma Theta Tau International
PP New York, NY
SN 9781940446349
LK apn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1189394312
RD 2024/10/06
AB Angela  F.  Amar,  PhD,  RN,  FAAN,  is  an  associate  professor  and  assistant  dean  for  BSN  education  in  the  Nell  Hodgson  Woodruff  School  of  Nursing  at  Emory  University.  She  conducts  research  on  dating  violence,  mental  health  responses  to  trauma,  and  strategies  to  increase  help-seeking  behavior.  Her  research  consistently  focuses  on  African-American  women.  She  has  conducted  funded  research,  published  more  than  45  articles  and  book  chapters  on  dating  violence  and  sexual  assault,  and  is  active  in  university  service  related  to  violence  and  diversity.  Amar  is  a  fellow  in  the  American  Academy  of  Nursing,  member  of  the  Expert  Panel  on  Psychiatric  and  Substance  Abuse  Care,  and  co-chair  of  its  Expert  Panel  on  Violence.  Amar  also  serves  on  the  Institute  of  Medicine  Committee  on  the  Biological  and  Psychosocial  Effects  of  Peer  Victimization:  Lessons  for  Bullying  Prevention.  She  is  a  distinguished  fellow  with  the  International  Association  of  Forensic  Nurses  and  received  the  2015  Excellence  in  Practice  and  Policy  award  from  the  Nursing  Network  on  Violence  Against  Women  International.  Amar  is  on  the  National  Advisory  Committee  for  the  Robert  Wood  Johnson  Future  of  Nursing  Scholars  program,  a  public  voices  fellow  with  the  Op-Ed  project,  and  an  associate  editor  for  the  Journal  of  Forensic  Nursing.  Amar  is  certified  as  a  clinical  nurse  specialist  in  advanced  practice  adult  psychiatric  and  mental  health  and  as  an  advanced  forensic  nurse.  In  her  faculty  role  at  Boston  College,  she  developed  a  graduate  program  in  forensic  nursing  and  secured  funding  from  the  Health  Resources  and  Services  Administration  for  the  program.