Beth Maeker is a Registered Nurse with specialized training in the assessment and treatment of patients of physical and sexual assault and abuse. Beth received her certification as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) in March of 2013. She is certified by the Texas Office of the Attorney General in both the Pediatric and the Adolescent / Adult patient of sexual assault. In 2018, she received her IAFN certification as an Adult / Adolescent Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and in 2019, she received her IAFN certification as a Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. Beth also works with Texas A&M Health Center of Excellence in Forensic Nursing as a Forensic Nurse Coach. 

Her education includes a BA in psychology, with minors in sociology and addiction recovery studies from Texas Tech University. She returned to school and received her BSN / RN from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing in 2010. 

As a staff nurse, Beth worked in the surgical intensive care unit for 5 years. She left bedside nursing in 2015 to pursue a full-time career in forensic nursing. Beth began her career in forensic nursing in 2013 with Forensic Nurse Staffing of West Texas where she remained until 2022. After calling Lubbock, Texas her home for 43 years, Beth said ‘goodbye’ to Lubbock and headed east on I-20 to Fort Worth, where she accepted a position with Texas Health Resources Forensic Healthcare & Violence Intervention Department as the SW Division Forensic Nurse Manager

Beth has received extensive training in non-fatal strangulation, human trafficking, and domestic violence. She has conducted numerous trainings on the subject of sexual assault, non-fatal strangulation, human trafficking, and domestic violence.  She has also co-authored articles on the care of patients of sexual assault / abuse.  These articles have been published in Nursing2023 and the Journal of Forensic Nursing.

Beth also serves on the Texas Governor’s Sexual Assault Survivor’s Task Force and TAASA Board.  Beth is also active in multiple SART and MDT teams across the DFW area.