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Forensic nurse tells Streator audience about clinic for assault survivors · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Forensic Nurse tells Streeter audience about Clinic for Assault Survivors. Written
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  by Michael Urbineck. This article is being read by an automated voice,
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  brought to you by Everlet. Survivors of sexual assault can seem fine
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  for weeks or months before a physical or emotional reaction hits, and
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  a clinic serving the I-80 corridor is built for that stretch forensic
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  nurse Tasha Artyaga told a streator audience. Artiaga spoke at a domestic
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  violence awareness program hosted by the Xonta Club of Striator at Park
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  Church. The club held the program to remember victims and survivors of
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  domestic violence and sexual assault. Club President Linda Over welcomed participants and
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  introduced Artiaga. Arteaga is the IAD Region Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Coordinator
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  for OSF Healthcare. She is a family and psychiatric nurse practitioner and
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  forensic nurse who treats adult, adolescent, and pediatric patients. She created the
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  OSF Resilient Healing Follow Up Clinic, where she provides ongoing medical, psychiatric,
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  forensic, and psychosocial care to people after sexual assault and other forms
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  of interpersonal violence. The clinic is designed to help survivors in the
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  weeks and months after the initial trauma. Many survivors experience trauma in
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  a nonlinear way, Artiaga explained. The
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  may be fine for a time, the have a reaction to what
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  happened. Arteaga said her own childhood experiences with abuses and neglect shape
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  her work and her commitment to making sure survivors are heard, believed,
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  and supported. The Zonta Club described the clinic as the only program
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  of its kind in Illinois. Arteaga hopes to help bring it to
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  other communities across the state, according to the club. OSF Resilient Healing
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  has offices in Ottawa and Mendo. People of any age who need
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  follow-up care can call 815-434-4382. Safe Journeys also provides
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  services for people affected by domestic violence and sexual assault. Its office
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  number is 815-672-2353 and its 24-hour hotline is 800-892-3375.