When Elmhurst Hospital nurse Kerry O’Connor meets a victim of sexual assault, she begins by introducing herself as a SANE nurse. Then, the two simply talk. They might talk for an hour, if that’s how long it takes for the patient to become comfortable with a procedure that is intrusive. She says they can pause at any point. She explains it’s up to the victim to do a rape kit or not, and to provide it to police or not. She explains evidence — fingernail scrapings, vaginal swabs, collecting clothing.