Nurses and Medicolegal Death Investigation
| Autor: | Pamela D. Tabor, Annette Cannon, Stacy A. Drake, Harriet Hamilton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Medical education
Nursing (miscellaneous) 030504 nursing 05 social sciences MEDLINE General Medicine Forensic Medicine Nurse's Role Death Certificates United States Pathology and Forensic Medicine Coroner Officer 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health Issues ethics and legal aspects Agency (sociology) 050501 criminology Humans Pshychiatric Mental Health 0305 other medical science Psychology Law Coroners and Medical Examiners 0505 law |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Forensic Nursing. 16:207-214 |
| ISSN: | 1939-3938 1556-3693 |
| Popis: | Forensic nurses currently serve in medicolegal death investigation settings nationwide, yet registered nurses seldom recognize death investigation as a career option. The purpose of this article is to describe medicolegal death investigation in the United States and the roles nurses can achieve, depending upon state and agency job requirements. Duties and qualifications for job positions, whether filled by election, appointment, or staff hiring, are described to provide examples of nurses' roles within the medicolegal death investigation setting and to present career options. Forensic nurses have the educational preparation, medical skills, and forensic knowledge to serve within death investigation systems as a chief officer (e.g., coroner), deputy officer, or staff investigator. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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