MultiCare Health System received a $1.5 million grant to create a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) training program. More than 300 nurses will receive training.
AUBURN, Wash. — The State of Washington does not have enough nurses trained to best help victims of sexual assault. However, health leaders say a new federal grant will make some improvements.
“We have way more demand than we have trained nurses, not only in our state, this is a nationwide issue,” said June Altaras with MultiCare Health System, which operates multiple hospitals in Western Washington.
MultiCare Health System just received a $1.5 million grant that will allow them
→ Continue reading at King 5
