Forensic Nursing

Explore the role of the forensic nurse in both the health care and criminal justice systems with this text written by experts in the field with contributions from well-known specialists. Inside you'll find an overview of the forensic nursing field as well as crucial coverage on specific issues of evidence collection, prison health care, human trafficking, sexual abuse, and domestic violence.Step-by-step, you will build a solid foundation in forensic nursing practice by developing competencies in deductive analysis, critical thinking, evaluation, application, and communication.

Unit 1. Introduction to Forensic Nursing Practice 1. Fundamentals of Contemporary Forensic Nursing Practice, Education, and Research 2. Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks and Models for Understanding Forensic Nursing 3. The Ethical, Legal, and Sociocultural Issues in Forensic Nursing 4. The Anatomy and Physiology of a Lawsuit for the Forensic Nurse 5. Informatics and Simulations in Forensic Nursing 6. Forensic Nursing Education Unit 2. Forensic Nursing in Interpersonal Violence 7. Typology of Violence: A Global Challenge Interpersonal 8. Intimate Partner, Child and Elder Violence, and the Three Levels of Prevention 9. Violence: Sexual Assault and the Forensic Nurse 10. Self-directed Violence and the Forensic Nurse 11. Death Investigation and the Forensic Nurse 12. Evidence: Collection, Preservation, Databases, and Cold Cases Unit 3. Forensic Nursing in Special Areas of Practice 13. Forensic Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 14. Correctional Nursing 15. The Forensic Nurse as a Legal Nurse Consultant 16. Evidence: Forensic Nursing in the Emergency and Acute Care Departments 17. Elder Abuse Unit 4. The Forensic Nurse in Collective Violence 18. The Forensic Nurse and Human Trafficking 19. Forensic Exploration of Global Human Rights Violations and Genocide 20. Disaster Forensic Nursing