A practical guide to forensic nursing [electronic resource] : incorporating forensic principles into nursing practice / [edited by] Angela Amar, L. Kathleen Sekula
Published
Indianapolis, IN : Sigma Theta Tau International, [2016]
What is forensic nursing? -- Forensic science 101 -- Neurobiology of trauma -- Response to victimization -- Theories of violence : victimization and perpetration -- Assessment of wounds and injury -- Theories of crime perpetration and the U.S. response to crime -- Murder, assault, and battery, stranger danger -- Intimate partner violence -- Sexual violence -- Child maltreatment -- Elder abuse -- Forensic mental health nursing -- Death investigation -- Correctional care concepts for nursing practice -- Forensic documentation and testimony -- Trauma-informed care -- Community violence intervention programs.