Amar, Angela,
A practical guide to forensic nursing : incorporating forensic principles into nursing practice Angela Amar, L. Kathleen Sekula. - Indianapolis, IN : Sigma Theta Tau International, 2016. - xxx, 360 pages, 15 pages of plates ; 23 cm Paperbound book
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"...An evidence-based guide to understanding and applying forensic nursing science...introduce[s] practical and theoretical perspectives on violence and provide[s] valuable resources, including injury assessment and violence prevention strategies as well as an overview of relevant legal, ethical, societal, and policy issues..."--back cover.
9781940446349 1940446341
2015033597
101667100 DNLM
Forensic nursing.
Forensic nursing--United States.
Forensic psychiatric nursing.
Forensic psychiatric nursing--United States.
RA1053 / .A43 2016
614.1 Ama
A practical guide to forensic nursing : incorporating forensic principles into nursing practice Angela Amar, L. Kathleen Sekula. - Indianapolis, IN : Sigma Theta Tau International, 2016. - xxx, 360 pages, 15 pages of plates ; 23 cm Paperbound book
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"...An evidence-based guide to understanding and applying forensic nursing science...introduce[s] practical and theoretical perspectives on violence and provide[s] valuable resources, including injury assessment and violence prevention strategies as well as an overview of relevant legal, ethical, societal, and policy issues..."--back cover.
9781940446349 1940446341
2015033597
101667100 DNLM
Forensic nursing.
Forensic nursing--United States.
Forensic psychiatric nursing.
Forensic psychiatric nursing--United States.
RA1053 / .A43 2016
614.1 Ama