Topic E - Forensic (ER) Emergency > Section E.2.0. Forensic Roles> Unit.E.2.4. Forensic ER (Clinical) Nurse
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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
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International
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United Kingdom
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United States
Required Reading(s)
Goll-McGee, B. (1999). The role of the clinical forensic

nurse in critical care. Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 22(1), 8-18. Retrieved December 19, 2002, from EPSCO Database - Academic Search Premier: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6822495&db=aph

  • Forensic nursing deals with the population of people whose lives have been affected by societal violence. The clinical forensic nurse (CFN) is seen as a means of coping with the resultant increased complexity of nursing practice, society, and the law (Goll-McGee, 1999).

 

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 ER and nurse and role,
    forensic and clinical and nurse and role

 

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

Australia
Recommended Reading(s)

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Canada
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International
Recommended Reading(s)
International Association of Forensic Nurses. (2001).

Standards of Intimate Partner Violence Nursing Practice. IAFN: Pitman, NJ.

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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United States
Recommended Reading(s)
Winfrey, M., & Smith, A.R. (1999).The suspiciousness

factor: Critical care nursing and forensics.
Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 22(1), 1-7. Retrieved December 12, 2002, from EPSCO Database - Academic Search Premier: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6822489&db=aph

  • Ways of knowing in nursing and expert nursing practice are described to identify the role of intuition in nursing practice (Winfrey & Smith, 1999).

 

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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 - ER - nurse - role
    • forensic - clinical - nurse - role
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. (2001).

Standards of Intimate Partner Violence Nursing Practice. IAFN: Pitman, NJ. Retrieved December 7, 2002, from
http://www.forensicnurse.org/shop/default.html

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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United States
Resources (Web)

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

  • forensic - ER - nurse - role
  • forensic - clinical - nurse - role
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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