Nursing Roles : Forensic Nurse – Flashcards

care for individuals and families who experience emotional reactions to trauma collab work w community -body of knowledge & skills (working w victims/ -practice areas & population -standards of practice

Delineated as followings: scientific process, quality of practice, education, professional practice, eval, collab, ethics, research, resource utilization, leadership evidence based practice needs to be based on nursing & criminal justice MAJOR COMPETENCY = ASSESSMENT A unique competency of forensic nursing is collection of true evidence to be used in clinical investigation. This competency is related to which standard of practice? --SCIENTIFIC PROCESS

Theoretical framework for Forensic Nursing -Maslow's Hierarcy of Human Needs ***Safety & Security -Justice, equity, presence Education: certificate, APN, few DNP Roles: sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs), Clinical FN; FN Investigator, Forensic Psychiatric & Correctional Nurses, Legal Nurse Consultant, Nurse Coroner

Emergency departments & urgent care clinics medical examiners, coroner office law enforcement & criminal justice agencies gov agencies Prevention: primary = develop programs that promote safety, prevent injury (ex. sexual assault/abuse prevention) Secondary = provision of direct care for victims & perpetrators of crime & violent behavior Tertiary = post-injury, linkage of client to community services for follow up & rehab

**mostly dealing with respect of person beneficience nonmaleficience respectful of human rights

EPB practice & Research = forensic science research is just beginning Certification -SANE is available through forensic nurse certification board -certification for legal nurse consultant, corrections nurse, death investigators, forensic examiners -American Nurses Credential Center - advanced forensic nurse (AFN)

scientific process

law enforcement

maslows hierarchy