The required readings for this unit are:

Australia	Required Reading(s)

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Canada	Required Reading(s)

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International	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:
  • legal and nurse and consultant
  • forensic* and

 

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

Australia	Recommended Reading(s)

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Canada	Recommended Reading(s)

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• This reading notes

International	Recommended Reading(s)

International Association of Forensic Nurses & American Nurses Association. (1997). Standards of Practice for Forensic Nursing. (Publication # ST-4). Author, Washington, DC.

 

United Kingdom	Recommended Reading(s)

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• This reading notes

United States	Recommended Reading(s)

AALNC Greater Detroit Chapter. (1998). Overcoming isolation in independent practice. Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting, 9(1), 24.

• Note the independent practice nature of legal nurse consulting.

AALNC Greater District Chapter. (1997). Selecting computer equipment for a legal nurse consulting practice, Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting, 8 (3), 13.

• Note the importance of databases and programs.

Anonymous. (2001). Where's the demand? Nursing, 31(3), 77-79. Retrieved July 1, 2002 from ProQuest database.

• Advisory board members of Nursing 2001 and Nursing Management journals identified the following specialty areas as increasing in popularity and necessity in the coming year.
• Legal nurse consultant (LNC). The United States Justice System has a place for nurses... and it's growing. If this sounds interesting, you'll want to visit the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants' Web site at http://www.aalnc.org.
  

Wetther, K.L. (1993). Forensic responsibilities of the legal nurse consultant. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, 31 (11), 21-25.

• Note the roles and responsibilities of the legal nurse consultant cited throughout this article, as well as the characteristics of a successful legal nurse consultant (Wetther, 1993, p. 21)

Wetther, K. (1997). Creating a resume for the legal field, Part 1. Journal of Legal Nurse Consultants, 8 (3), 14-15.

• Note the importance of having and updating a resume.

Wetther, K. (1997). Creating a resume for the legal field, Part II: The anatomy of a resume. Journal of Legal Nurse Consultants, 8 (4), 18-20.

• Note the areas to focus on for your resume.

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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 - consultant - legal - nurse

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:

	Resources (Video)

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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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• Note in this website

International	Resources (Web)

International Association of Forensic Nurses & American Nurses Association. (1997). Standards of Practice for Forensic Nursing. (Publication # ST-4). Author, Washington, DC. Retrieved December 7, 2002, from http://www.forensicnurse.org/shop/default.html

 

United Kingdom	Resources (Web)

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• Note in this website

United States	Resources (Web)

Courson S. (1999).Legal Nurse Consultant. Pennylsvania State Nurses Association. Retrieved June 14m 2002 from: http://www.psna.org/Career/legalnurse.htm

• Note the elements of practice of legal nurse consulting.

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

• forensic legal nurse consultant

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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