Professional Bio

Degrees

Ph.D., University of Colorado

M.S., Regis University

M.A., Webster University

BSN, Graceland University

Professional Memberships

  • CNA (Co-chair Continueing Education)
  • FON 1st (Vice President)
  • SPN (Board Member at Large)
  • CIAFN (Member at Large)
  • Indo-Pacific Acadamy of Forensic Nurses (Vice President)

Clinical Expertise & Certifications

  • Forensic and Emergency Nursing/CFN, CEN, CPHQ, SANE

Research & Scholarship

Research Interests

Child abuse, Violence, Community Health Prevention, SA, IPV

Presentations

Finn, C. (2012, Oct), Strangulation: Are We Assessing?  International Association of Forensic Nurses Scientific Assembly, Puerto Rico.

Finn, C. (2012, Oct) Sexual Health in the Adolescent: What Can Go Wrong, What Not to Miss. The Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine and CHC, Denver Colorado.

Finn, C. (2012, Aug) Educating Culturally Diverse Patients. Rose Medical Center, Denver Colorado.

Finn, C. ( 2012 May) Effective Feedback and Coaching. Kaiser Permanente Colorado Nursing Education.

Finn, C. (2011 Oct). Forensic Nurses’ Experience of Receiving Child Abuse Disclosures. International Association of Forensic Nurses Scientific Assembly, Montreal, Canada.

Finn, C. & Finn R. (2010 Oct). Identification and Treatment of Burns in Child Abuse Cases. International Association of Forensic Nurses Scientific Assembly, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Finn, C. (2008 Oct). Forensic Nurses' Experience of Receiving Child Abuse Disclosure. International Association of Forensic Nurses Scientific Assembly Dallas, TX.

Finn, C. (2007 Oct). The Role of Disclosure in Intrafamilial Sexual Abuse. International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Scientific Assembly, Lisbon, Portugal.

Finn, C. (2007 Sept). Poster: The Experience of the Sandwich Generation. International Association of Forensic Nurses Scientific Assembly, Salt Lake City, UT.

Finn, C. (2007 Sept). The Role of Disclosure in Intrafamilial Sexual Abuse. International Association of Forensic Nurses Scientific Assembly, Salt Lake City, UT.

Publications

Finn, C. (2011). Forensic nurses’ experience of receiving child abuse disclosure. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 16(4), 252-262. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2011.00296.x

Finn, C. (2010) Child maltreatment forensic biomarkers. In Lynch, V. (Ed), Forensic Nursing, 2nd ed, (pp. 341- 354). Chapter 29. St Louis: Elsevier.

Finn, C. (2010) Relationship crimes. In Lynch, V. (Ed), Forensic Nursing, 2nd ed, (pp. 370- 379). Chapter 31. St Louis: Elsevier.

Finn, C. (2008). Forensic nurses’ experience of receiving child abuse disclosure. (Doctoral dissertation). Denver: University of Colorado Denver.