What do Forensics Nurses actually do?
“Forensic Nurses work with patients who are in some way involved in the criminal justice system. That is, patients who have allegedly committed or who have been convicted of a criminal offence, or alleged victims of crime. The word “forensic” comes from the Latin word forensis meaning public debate. The word forensic is used now to describe the debates that occur in courts of law and is even more broadly defined as any matter that is “pertaining to the law.” (Evans, Wells, 1999) “The forensic nurse provides direct services to individual clients, consultation services to nursing, medical and law-related agencies, as well as providing expert court testimony in areas dealing with trauma and/or questioned death investigative processes, adequacy of services delivery and specialized diagnoses of specific conditions as related to nursing.” (IAFN 1998) The services provided by forensic nurses can include examination of victims of abuse, sexual assault, violence, trauma or death, with documenta
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