A night with a sexual assault nurse examiner

Towarnicki cleans and prepares the examination room after her patient leaves First Step, in case she gets a call that someone else needs to see a sexual assault nurse examiner. — Photos: TNS

Jacqueline Towarnicki got a text as she finished her day shift at a local clinic.

She had a new case, a patient covered in bruises who couldn’t remember how the injuries got there.