The Brief

The U.S. is in the middle of a nurse shortage, and that includes a lack of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, or SANEs. These are specially trained nurses who can provide high-quality and compassionate care for sexual assault victims.

Local perspective:

Lauren Easter is a survivor. The 35-year-old mother remembers the day her partner attacked her inside their apartment while their two-year-old son sat in his crib, just a few feet away.

"Just in a split second, I remember being pushed onto our bed and him attacking me," Easter said. "Once I kind of got him off, I just remember being on the floor at one point and he started attacking me again."

Easter recalls briefly losing consciousness during the attack.

"That's where things kind of get blurry from during the attack into wakin

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