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FORENSIC

NURSING
Definition..

One of the new Nursing specialties developing in


recent years. The word forensic means the
application of scientific methods and techniques to
crime investigation. When applied to nursing
science, forensic nursing occurs at the intersection
of health and legal systems
Forensic nurses have many roles
and responsibilities in the legal and
medical systems. They treat victims,
collect evidence, and give
testimony in court
Job
Job
description
description
The first role of the forensic nurse is to care
for victims of crime. They must meet the
physical and emotional needs of victims
who come to the ER after experiencing a
crime. Forensic nurses are often placed in
emergency departments and care for
people who are victims of sexual violence,
domestic violence, child abuse and neglect,
abuse of old age, and victims of mass and
disaster casualties.
In nursing
In nursing career
career development,
development, forensic
forensic
science is
science is in
in great
great demand
demand by by American
American
nurses, because
nurses, because of of their
their part-time
part-time workwork or or
on call.
on call. Then
Then thethe salary
salary is
is large
large which
which
reaches 26-100
reaches 26-100 dollars
dollars per
per hour,
hour, ifif the
the
location and
location and situation
situation are
are difficult
difficult the
the
forensic nurse
forensic nurse salaries
salaries reach
reach 400400 dollars
dollars
per hour.
per hour.

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