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OverviewHelps nurses to enhance their forensic skills and apply them to their practice in all settings This is a succinct yet comprehensive guide to the rapidly expanding specialty of forensics nursing. Exploring the forensic nurse’s role in the gamut of patient care settings, the book is distinguished by its easy-to-read content comprised of bulleted lists, tables, and figures; short chapters; and convenient pocket size. This up-to-date, evidence-based resource addresses all facets of forensics nursing, including legal and ethical issues, conducting interviews, trauma-informed care, delivering expert testimony, documenting injuries, and collecting and preserving evidentiary substances for Medico-Legal purposes. The book encompasses the wide range of injury and assault cases requiring the collection of forensic evidence in preparation for a legal case. This includes different types of sexual assault and violence, child maltreatment, elder maltreatment, bullying, interpersonal violence, gunshot wounds, community violence, human trafficking, terrorist acts, and mass disasters. With supporting case scenarios, the book describes step-by-step how to collect evidence and the proper procedure for handing over evidence once it is collected. Also included are verbatim descriptions of actual experiences forensic nurses have had while testifying. Key Features: Delivers broad content related to forensic nursing in easy-access Fast Facts style Helps users to retrieve information at a moment’s notice with short chapters, bulleted lists, tables, and figures, all packaged in a portable, pocket size Examines the forensic nurse’s role in all patient care settings Explores the legalities and ethics surrounding provision of health care to and collecting evidence from patients injured due to criminal activity. Covers the range of injury and assault cases requiring the collection of forensic evidence in preparation for a legal case Full Product DetailsAuthor: Meredith Scannell, PhD, MSN, MPH, CNM, SANEPublisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc Imprint: Springer Publishing Co Inc Weight: 0.525kg ISBN: 9780826138668ISBN 10: 0826138667 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 13 December 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsContents Contributors Preface Part I OVERVIEW OF FORENSIC NURSING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE 1. History of Forensic Nursing Meredith J. Scannell 2. Medical Examiner Investigator Meredith J. Scannell 3. Principles of Evidence Collection and Preservation Meredith J. Scannell 4. Providing Testimony in Forensic Cases Barbara P. Madden 5. Trauma-Informed Care: Treating the Whole Person Diane L. Miller Part II ISSUES OF SEXUAL AND INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE 6. Sexual Assault Meredith J. Scannell 7. Military Sexual Trauma Meredith J. Scannell 8. Campus Sexual Assault Meredith J. Scannell 9. Interpersonal Violence Meredith J. Scannell and Patricia A. Normandin Part III AGE-RELATED VIOLENCE 10. Child Maltreatment Kristine Ruggiero 11. Elder Maltreatment Stacy Brady 12. Bullying Meredith J. Scannell Part IV COMMUNITY AND GLOBAL VIOLENCE 13. Community Violence Meredith J. Scannell 14. Strangulation Andrea MacDonald 15. Human Trafficking Andrea MacDonald 16. Gunshot Wounds Meredith J. Scannell 17. Acts of Terrorism: Healthcare in the Age of Modern Terrorism Yaeko Marie Karantonis 18. Mass Disasters Corrine Foster and George E. Flores IndexReviewsAuthor InformationMeredith J. Scannell, PhD, MSN, MPH, CNM, SANE-A, CEN, is currently an assistant professor at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Institute of Health Professions and a staff nurse in the Center for Clinical Investigation and the Emergency Department at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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