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Multidimensional Role of Forensic Nursing
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Forensic Nursing is a new, challenging and rapidly growing field of nursing which is a combination of medical training of a nurse, with the investigative powers of police detectives and legal training. A forensic nurse is a nurse with specialized training in tackling cases of sexual assaults, unnatural deaths, human rights abuse, child abuse, geriatric abuse, psychiatry, evidence collection, legal testimony and many more. In this paper author has tried to highlight different roles of forensic nursing.
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Forensic Nursing, Clinical Forensic Nurse, Death Investigator, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, Forensic Psychiatric Nurse.
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