Fast Facts About Forensic Nursing: What You Need To Know

Editor/Author Scannell, Meredith J.
Publication Year: 2019
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Single-User Purchase Price: $35.00
Unlimited-User Purchase Price: $52.50
ISBN: 978-0-82-613866-8
Category: Health & Medicine - Nursing
Book Status: Available
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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.

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Table of Contents

    • Contributors
    • Preface
    • 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
    • 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
    • III. AGE-RELATED VIOLENCE
    • 10. Child Maltreatment - Kristine Ruggiero
    • 11. Elder Maltreatment - Stacy Brady
    • 12. Bullying - Meredith J. Scannell
    • 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