Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) approved training course for nurses and other healthcare practitioners to meet the TX requirement to recognize, intervene, and report suspected human trafficking.

1) Define the concepts and elements that constitute human trafficking.

2) Recognize the dynamics and vulnerability factors for human trafficking.

3) Articulate the scope and impacts of human trafficking.

4) Identify the “red flags” that may indicate human trafficking.

5) Describe assessment tools and strategies that can be used in clinical settings to identify human trafficking victims.

6) Discuss the importance of using a trauma-informed approach when screening victims of human trafficking.

7) Explain the role and actions that healthcare professionals can take to respond and follow up with patients who are trafficked.

8) List human trafficking resources, including contact information.

 
Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #12300.

Course Availability: Expires November 1, 2023. You must score 70% or better on the test and complete the course evaluation to earn a certificate of completion for this CE activity. Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., provides educational activities that are free from bias. The information provided in this course is to be used for educational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional healthcare.

Sheree L. Goldman, DNP, MSN, RN, WHNP

Sheree Goldman is an educator and writer with over four decades of clinical experience working with patients and families. Since 2000, her focus has been in forensics, coordinating a community-based program that conducts medical-legal examinations for victims and suspects of violence. She is a sexual assault forensic examiner for adult, adolescent, and pediatric patients and serves on the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council of Monterey County in California.

Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #12300, for 3 Contact Hours. CE Broker Approval Number 50-2174. Florida nursing licensees must retain this certificate for at least 4 years. Do not forward to Florida Board of Nursing.

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