Welcome to the Course.
Step into a role that changes lives at their most vulnerable moments. Our Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) course equips nurses with the core knowledge to get started in learning to provide compassionate, competent care to adult, adolescent, and pediatric patients affected by violence.
This comprehensive training goes beyond the foundational requirements, preparing you to confidently assess, treat, and support survivors across the lifespan. While serving as a critical first step toward SANE certification, our program expands your expertise to include the recognition and management of intimate partner violence, strangulation, elder abuse, child abuse, and human trafficking.
Gain knowledge to become a forensic nurse.
Didactical learning provided by experts and skilled forensic nurses to get you ready to enter the world of forensic nursing.
Learn insight on how to provide trauma-informed care.
Information on trauma-informed care provided by skilled forensic nurses, advocates, social workers, and other community partners.
Review case studies to put your learning and skills to work.
Case study reviews to take a look at photography, trauma related to genital and other bodily injury, documenting patient histories, developing a plan of care and more.
About Our Organization
TXFNE: The Forensic Center of Excellence is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit with a mission to provide various victim services to communities with needs and meeting patients and victims where they are. TXFNE was originally founded in 2018 in Houston, TX as a community-based forensic nursing program in which the nurses respond out to partnered facilities including hospitals, emergency rooms, and clinics. TXFNE expanded its services to include case management, counseling and Adult Forensic Interviewing. TXFNE also works to fill other gaps in communities across Texas where needs are identified, the program has expanded to North Texas, San Antonio and Corpus Christi. As of April 2026 the organization has serviced over 13,000 patients impacted with various forms of violence. Please visit our website to learn more about our organization.
