Zerr, Laura2012-06-142012-06-1420122012-06-14http://hdl.handle.net/1828/4007This project presents an integrative review of sexual assault nursing practice. The sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) role was established to provide a comprehensive multisystem services for women who experience sexual assault (Stermac, Dunlap, & Bainbridge, 2005). Yet little is known about how SANEs negotiate their role in the nurse-patient relationship. This project employs a relational feminist theoretical perspective that informs the position of the nurse in relation to a woman in a single nursepatient encounter. The scope of this project is limited to an adult female patient population. Four major themes emerged in the synthesis: the position of the nurse, the nurse in the process of validation, the nurse as a forensic technician, and balancing the tension between judicial interests and women-centered care. This project draws direct links between the SANE role and advanced practice nursing (APN) competencies. Practice implications, education implications, and areas for future research are drawn out from the themes and examined to enhance current SANE practice. Additionally, Peplau’s (1952) Theory of Interpersonal Relations is used to offer theoretical connections between standards of SANE practice and a larger body of nursing knowledge. The following pages describe various aspects of the SANE role in relation to a nurse-female patient interaction.ensexual assaultnurse-patient interactionadvanced practice nursingprojectAvailable to the World Wide Web