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Pat Speck
Patricia M. "Pat" Speck, DNSc, APRN-BC, FAAN, DF-IAFN, SANE-A, graduated from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Nursing with her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Nursing in 1982 and 1985 respectfully; she earned the Doctor in Nursing Science in Public Health Nursing with a Forensic Nursing Emphasis in December 2005 and she joined the faculty in January 2006. She holds national certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner; she is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and is a Distinguished Fellow in the International Association of Forensic Nurses. She has received awards and recognition on a local, national and international scale for her work with forensic nursing programs serving communities and patients of all ages who are victims of violence, particularly sexual and domestic violence. Dr. Speck continues to serve her community as a board member in a number of local, state and national organizations and currently she teaches at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in the College of Nursing, Forensic Nursing Option at the doctorate level.
Dr. Speck has held a variety of clinical, administrative and academic positions. She volunteered at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Nursing and the College of Medicine as adjunct faculty (1988 -2002). She began her career in public health as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 1984; she also served in the Primus Unit of the U. S. Naval Reserves during Desert Storm (1990-3). As a Family Nurse Practitioner and researcher, Dr. Speck has focused her efforts on developing the role of the forensic nurse and identifying the clinical forensic nursing issues facing victims of violent crime in all population groups. She pioneered the development of data bases for victims of sexually violent crime in the 1980s and began researching the practice and program issues facing the forensic nurse as well as the types of injury in victims and the tools to communicate the information to the interprofessional team members. She has served as an expert advisor to the Department of Justice, Office of Victims of Crime and the Office on Violence Against Women in projects that include protocols, training and treatment standards for health care professionals, to the Center for Disease Control and Violence Prevention as an identified expert in projects related to primary and secondary prevention of violence, and has served as an expert on panels ranging from DNA initiatives, Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Protocol to Sexual Assault Response Team training projects and web forums on victim services program development and evaluation. Dr. Speck's forensic nursing practice, education, program and policy activities culminated in an invitation from the President of the United States for the signing of the Domestic Violence initiative in October, 2003 in the East Room and an invitation in November 2005 to serve as Forensic Nursing Ambassador Leader to South Africa by the Eisenhower Foundation at People to People International.
