KS Chapter SANE Certification Prep Live Forum

Trisha earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Baker University and began practicing as a sexual assault nurse examiner soon after. She is dual board certified as a SANE-A and a SANE-P. Trisha serves as the Forensic Program Coordinator at HaysMed in Hays, Kansas. This team provides rural medical forensic care for over 26 counties in the western region of Kansas. Trisha provides education and leadership to the forensic nursing staff, guidance around the forensic patient population to the local and surrounding hospitals, and community education and outreach to various entities on prevention and caring for those who affected by violence. Trisha serves as Committee Chair of the Ellis County SART Advisory Board, which provides awareness, support, and education to communities throughout Ellis County, Kansas. She has been a member of IAFN and a Kansas Chapter IAFN Member since 2013.

Debra Higgins serves as the Forensic Services Director at SafeHouse of Shelby Co. in Pelham, Al. She is a licensed registered nurse and is a graduate of Barton County Community College with an Associate’s Degree in Science (Nursing) as well as having a minor in Music. She is a nationally certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner in both SANE-A and SANE-P. She has worked with survivors of intimate partner violence and their families in multiple facets and has been a preceptor for new SANE nurses for the past 13 years in Kansas and Alabama. She is married, Momma to 3, and has two dogs. Her favorite hobbies are singing, traveling with her family, baking, gardening and crafting. Deb LOVES all things fall, the white sandy beaches of Florida, and spending time at the Disney castle. Her musical tastes range from Praise and Worship, Kenny Chesney, to 80’s rock.

Jandi Head has been a registered nurse for more than 16 years, with experience in emergency nursing, forensic nursing, quality improvement and patient experience. She has held roles as a staff nurse, clinical care coordinator, and nurse manager, has served and is currently the forensic program coordinator at Southwest Medical Center since the program inception in 2015, and also currently works as the quality coordinator and patient care representative.

Tina is a board-certified nurse practitioner and forensic nurse examiner currently serving as the founder and Executive Director of Hope Medical Forensic Services, LLC in Wichita, Kansas, along with providing care to pediatric patients at the Child Advocacy Center of Sedgwick County. Tina has been a nurse for 24 years, with 16 of those being in forensic nursing. She is nationally certified as a sexual assault nurse examiner and provides care to adult, adolescent, and pediatric patients who have been victimized by sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse, or human trafficking. Tina has been recognized by Barry Grissom, former U.S. Attorney, District of Kansas, and Ascension Healthcare for the implementation of a protocol for medical providers on how to identify and respond to victims of human trafficking in the healthcare setting. Tina was a contributor to the HEAL Trafficking and Hope for Justice “Protocol Toolkit for Developing a Response to Victims of Human Trafficking in Health Care Settings.” Tina has been the recipient of the Wichita Business Journal Healthcare Heroes Award, International Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses by the Daisy Foundation, and an award for outstanding heroism toward ending child abuse by the Child Advocacy Center of Sedgwick County.

Barb Schrag has been a nurse for 33 years. She is passionate about women’s health and education. Serving as a nurse on the mission field in Papua New Guinea was a great opportunity to provided STI clinics, prenatal care and general clinic care to the expat and local population. After leaving the mission field Barb returned to Wesley Medical Center and has worked in the Forensic Nursing department in various roles for the last 9 years. She enjoyed teaching Grandparenting and Breastfeeding classes at Wesley and has most recently taught at the Sedgwick County Health Department. Currently she will be moving into a Transition to Practice Nurse Educator in OB for HCA Wesley Corporate. This includes teaching in Wichita and multiple HCA locations. Barb has her SANE-A, SANE-P and IBCLC. Barb is married to a pilot, Nathan, and they have 3 children who are all married and live with their 5 grandchildren in Missouri.

Morgan Stebens is the Forensic Program Supervisor at The University of Kansas Health System (TUKHS). She began her medical career in the military at age 17 as a combat medic and deployed in 2007/2008 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. She went back to school after returning from deployment, receiving her Victim’s Survivor Certificate and bachelor’s degree in nursing. She started as a new graduate in the ER at TUKHS and became the coordinator for the forensic program in 2015/2016. She finished her master’s degree in forensic nursing through Aspen University in 2019 and created her current position as the full-time clinical forensic program supervisor, where she has grown the forensic program to three full-time staff members and full forensic coverage 24/7 and had the opportunity to create change for her Health System. She has four awesome and powerful children; two she birthed Maddux and Brooklynn and two she acquired Mady and Grayson, and a new husband, Spencer who she adores!