The required readings for this unit are:

Australia	Required Reading(s)

Saunders, L. (2000). Forensic nursing. Australian Nursing Journal, 8(3), 49-50. Retrieved December 12, 2002, from EPSCO Database - Academic Search Premier: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=3565852&db=aph Discusses the nature of forensic nursing and its role in clinical practice in Australia. Definition of clinical forensic nursing; Involvement of nurses in the practice; Importance of forensic skills in criminal investigations; Development of the field in the country.

 

Canada	Required Reading(s)

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United Kingdom	Required Reading(s)

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United States	Required Reading(s)

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Databases
For the full text article online, sleuth the 'University of Calgary/ Library/ Article Indexes':

Directions:

• Select - Indexes and abstracts with links to full text articles
• Select - Academic Search Premier or Expanded Academic ASAP
• Select - Connect
• Fill in User ID and Pin
• Fill in search words: forensic* and nursing and history

 

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The 'recommended only' readings for this unit are the following:

Australia	Recommended Reading(s)

Evans, A. M. & Wells, D. (2001). Scope of practice issues in forensic nursing. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services, 39(1), 38-45. Forensic nursing has developed in Australia, as in most Western nations, largely in isolation from the mainstream of nursing and in an ad hoc fashion. In some Western countries, forensic nursing historically has been practiced in secure psychiatric hospitals, prison settings, and forensic wards of general hospitals (i.e., facilities that treat offenders/alleged offenders). Yet, in other Western countries (largely the United States) forensic nursing appears to be a specialty focused mainly on the care of victims of crime. Although a comprehensive international history of forensic nursing is not yet available, at an international level there is considerable diversity in forensic nursing roles

 

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United States	Recommended Reading(s)

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Additional references for this unit can be found in 'forensic references' of the forensic sourcebooks.

• Sleuth 'forensic reference' database for:

  forensic - nursing - history

Kent-Wilkinson, A. (2002). Forensic Sourcebooks: Forensic References.

Retrieved May 28, 2002, from the Forensic Education Website: http://www.forensiceducation.com/sourcebooks/experts/Experts_database.html/refs

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Video's recommended for this unit are:

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The required websites to sleuth for this unit are the following:

Australia	Resources (Web)

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Canada	Resources (Web)

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International	Resources (Web)

International Association of Forensic Nurses. (2000). IAFN History: About IAFN. Retrieved July 1, 2002 from the IAFN Website: http://www.forensicnurse.org/about/history.htm Note the history of the IAFN which formed in 1992. Kent-Wilkinson, A. (1998, April). History of IAFN Conferences. Retrieved July 1, 2002 from the Forensic Education Website: http://www.forensiceducation.com/forensic_files/conferences2.htm Note where the next IAFN conference will be held.

 

United Kingdom	Resources (Web)

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United States	Resources (Web)

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For additional websites on this unit, sleuth 'forensic websites' in the forensic sourcebooks.

• forensic - nursing - history

Kent-Wilkinson, A. (2002). Forensic Sourcebooks: Forensic Websites.

Retrieved May 28, 2002, from the Forensic Education Website: http://www.forensiceducation.com/sourcebooks/experts/Experts_database.html/websites

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