{"id":18645,"date":"2025-08-11T15:53:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T19:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=18645"},"modified":"2025-08-11T15:53:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T19:53:51","slug":"a-national-leader-in-forensic-nursing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2025\/08\/11\/a-national-leader-in-forensic-nursing\/","title":{"rendered":"A National Leader in Forensic Nursing"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column18645_190334-58 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column18645_190334-58 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column18645_190334-58 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column18645_190334-58 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column18645_190334-58 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column18645_190334-58 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column18645_190334-58 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column18645_190334-58{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column18645_190334-58 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column18645_190334-58 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column18645_190334-58\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p><strong>Dr. Paul Thomas Clements<\/strong>, an internationally recognized expert in gang violence and danger assessment, is the new president of the American Academy of Forensic Nursing (AFN).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He says his long, successful career in nursing and academia is rooted in his studies at Wilmington University, where he earned his B.S.N. in 1992.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWilmU\u2019s BSN program was the foundation of everything that followed in my nursing career,\u201d he says. \u201cThe support, flexibility, and real-world focus of the program not only gave me the confidence to pursue graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania but also shaped my identity as a nurse, scholar, and educator. What I learned at WilmU stayed with me \u2014 guiding me as I earned my MSN and PhD, and continuing to influence how I teach, mentor, and lead in academic nursing today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Clements is the coordinator and clinical professor for the DNP program at Texas A&amp;M University. His work includes vulnerability risk assessment, workplace violence prevention, and trauma-informed care. He has done extensive consulting on reducing violence, assessing threats, and mitigating the psychological impact of interpersonal violence. 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