Limitations of the national protocol for sexual assault medical forensic examinations.

Annie Lewis-O’Connor is a Nurse Practitioner and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE). She works at Boston Medical Center in Emergency Services, Boston, Mass. Holly Franz is Director, STD Clinic at Mass Correctional Center, Framingham, Mass, and also is a SANE for the Boston area. Lucia Zuniga is a SANE and Director of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health SANE Program. For correspondence, write: Annie Lewis-O’Connor; E-mail: annielo@ bu.edu. J Emerg Nurs 2005;31:267-70. 0099-1767/$30.00 Copyright n 2005 by the Emergency Nurses Association. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2005.04.025