The university finally committed to hiring a SANE for the health center. It has been a long and draining road to get here but we forced them to listen. Keep checking the health center updates to make sure they follow through on this promise.
December 17, 2014
Employ a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) at the USC Engemann Health Center
Final supporters
Currently, the University of Southern California does not have the means to administer a rape kit on campus, because the Engemann Health Center does not employ a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE). If a student wanted to seek help after a rape, they would have to go to the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica. Traveling to a location over 30 minutes away is unnecessary and makes it difficult for victims seeking aid. I believe that if the USC Health Center employed a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner on campus, victims would feel more comfortable to seek help after a rape or sexual assault. This petition can make a difference by letting the administration and Health Center know that this is a very prevalent issue that needs to be addressed in order to help the student body feel safer here at USC.
For example, a friend of mine believes she was drugged at a party one Friday night. Saturday morning she woke up unsure of what happened the night before. She arrived at the Health Center here on campus to be examined to see if she was sexually assaulted, but was turned away. She was told that in order to get a rape kit and see a SANE, she needed to go to the UCLA Medical Center. Alone and scared, she decided she could not put herself through the burden of traveling to Santa Monica to see if she may or may not have been raped. If the Health Center employed a SANE, this student could have sought help in the Health Center in a comfortable and convenient environment, like she intended to.
All the University needs to do to fix this simple, yet serious problem, is hire a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner to be on-call 24/7, so that if a student wants to see one, they have to option to do so on campus. The majority of Universities in the United States employ a SANE, and there is no reason why USC should not do the same.
Below is a link that shows how the University of Virginia handles rape on their campus by hiring a 24/7 on-call SANE, and the University’s reasoning for hiring one. Overall this is a pressing and critical issue that can be solved easily, and would make USC a safer and more comfortable campus for students.
http://www.medicine.virginia.edu/clinical/departments/emergency-medicine/clinicalservices/forensic-page
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
November 12, 2014
November 8, 2014
Reaching this point has been exhausting but necessary. Seeing so many people agree that we deserve better care on this campus makes the long nights feel a little less lonely. I am tired, but I am not stopping.
November 7, 2014
Seeing one hundred people sign this shows I am not the only one frustrated by these gaps in our care. It is exhausting to fight for basic medical access but your support keeps me going.
Reached 100 supporters
November 6, 2014
112 Comments
As an alumna of USC who has chosen to withhold contributions to the university over its mishandling of instances of rape and assault on-campus, employing a SANE would be an encouraging first step towards reassuring young women that it will care for their wellbeing.
As someone who barely escaped a sexual assault situation as a USC student and as a friend of women who have been sexually assaulted, I think this is incredibly important for our student body.
If a football player is injured, he has his coach and other medical professionals to attend to him. If someone is raped, they have to go the distance just to get a rape kit. How is that fair? Multiple sexual assault nurse examiners are needed as there could be more than 1 person raped in a single day.
As a USC student who was sexually assaulted in campus, I can say having a nurse on campus would have made my experience so much less traumatic. I had to go to the Santa Monica rape
To encourage women to start reporting and seeking help after sexual assaults and then to not provide the means for them to do so is counterproductive and illogical. I know that our administration cares about competing with top Universities like Stanford. Let's surpass them and invest in this for our students.
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VERY important !!
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The university finally committed to hiring a SANE for the health center. It has been a long and draining road to get here but we forced them to listen. Keep checking the health center updates to make sure they follow through on this promise.
December 17, 2014
Employ a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) at the USC Engemann Health Center
Final supporters
Currently, the University of Southern California does not have the means to administer a rape kit on campus, because the Engemann Health Center does not employ a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE). If a student wanted to seek help after a rape, they would have to go to the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica. Traveling to a location over 30 minutes away is unnecessary and makes it difficult for victims seeking aid. I believe that if the USC Health Center employed a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner on campus, victims would feel more comfortable to seek help after a rape or sexual assault. This petition can make a difference by letting the administration and Health Center know that this is a very prevalent issue that needs to be addressed in order to help the student body feel safer here at USC.
For example, a friend of mine believes she was drugged at a party one Friday night. Saturday morning she woke up unsure of what happened the night before. She arrived at the Health Center here on campus to be examined to see if she was sexually assaulted, but was turned away. She was told that in order to get a rape kit and see a SANE, she needed to go to the UCLA Medical Center. Alone and scared, she decided she could not put herself through the burden of traveling to Santa Monica to see if she may or may not have been raped. If the Health Center employed a SANE, this student could have sought help in the Health Center in a comfortable and convenient environment, like she intended to.
All the University needs to do to fix this simple, yet serious problem, is hire a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner to be on-call 24/7, so that if a student wants to see one, they have to option to do so on campus. The majority of Universities in the United States employ a SANE, and there is no reason why USC should not do the same.
Below is a link that shows how the University of Virginia handles rape on their campus by hiring a 24/7 on-call SANE, and the University’s reasoning for hiring one. Overall this is a pressing and critical issue that can be solved easily, and would make USC a safer and more comfortable campus for students.
http://www.medicine.virginia.edu/clinical/departments/emergency-medicine/clinicalservices/forensic-page
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
November 12, 2014
November 8, 2014
Reaching this point has been exhausting but necessary. Seeing so many people agree that we deserve better care on this campus makes the long nights feel a little less lonely. I am tired, but I am not stopping.
November 7, 2014
Seeing one hundred people sign this shows I am not the only one frustrated by these gaps in our care. It is exhausting to fight for basic medical access but your support keeps me going.
Reached 100 supporters
November 6, 2014
112 Comments
Employing a SANE at USC is very important for helping and counselling vicitims. Its our home for next few years and we should make sure that everyone is safe here.
As an alumna of USC who has chosen to withhold contributions to the university over its mishandling of instances of rape and assault on-campus, employing a SANE would be an encouraging first step towards reassuring young women that it will care for their wellbeing.
As someone who barely escaped a sexual assault situation as a USC student and as a friend of women who have been sexually assaulted, I think this is incredibly important for our student body.
If a football player is injured, he has his coach and other medical professionals to attend to him. If someone is raped, they have to go the distance just to get a rape kit. How is that fair? Multiple sexual assault nurse examiners are needed as there could be more than 1 person raped in a single day.
As a USC student who was sexually assaulted in campus, I can say having a nurse on campus would have made my experience so much less traumatic. I had to go to the Santa Monica rape
To encourage women to start reporting and seeking help after sexual assaults and then to not provide the means for them to do so is counterproductive and illogical. I know that our administration cares about competing with top Universities like Stanford. Let's surpass them and invest in this for our students.
VERY important !!
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Employing a SANE at USC is very important for helping and counselling vicitims. Its our home for next few years and we should make sure that everyone is safe here.