NFN-Advanced Forensic Nursing

NFN 622. Advanced Forensic Nursing I. 3 Hours.

The purpose of this course is to prepare nurses to care for patients intersecting with legal systems, specifically as a member of an interprofessional team of forensic healthcare professionals. The course builds on philosophies, concepts, frameworks, and theories included in nursing, health, forensic, and legal sciences realizing an integrated model of forensic nursing care, focusing on specialized forensic nursing treatment of the individual and family to promote safety and health. Emphasis is on the care of the individual patient, intersecting with legal systems, and includes evaluation and treatment of wounds, the process of investigation, and the use of evidence in the discrimination between intentional and unintentional injury in the medical forensic setting.

NFN 623. Advanced Forensic Nursing II. 3 Hours.

The purpose of this course is to prepare nurses to care for populations and systems intersecting with legal systems, specifically as a member of an interprofessional team of forensic healthcare professionals. The course builds on philosophies, concepts, frameworks, and theories included in nursing, health, forensic, and legal sciences realizing an integrated model of forensic nursing care, focusing on specialized forensic nursing treatment of populations and systems to promote safety and health. Emphasis is placed on utilization of knowledge of public health evaluative science, historical research, and other current evidence to establish policy, resource utilization, and determine the future direction of forensic nursing as a specialty.