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What is Forensic Nursing?

Forensic Nursing is the cutting edge issue in education, practice, and research as we prepare for critical issues in health care in the 21st century. Forensic Nursing is the application of nursing science to public or legal proceedings; the application of the forensic aspects of health care combined with the bio-psychosocial education of the registered nurse in the scientific investigation and treatment of trauma and/or death of victims and perpetrators of abuse, violence, criminal activity, and traumatic accidents.

The Forensic Nurse provides direct services to individual clients, consultation services to nursing, medical and law related agencies as well as providing expert court testimony in areas dealing with trauma and/or questioned death investigation processes, adequacy of services delivery and specialized diagnoses of specific conditions related to nursing.
[The International Association of Forensic Nurses]

Forensic nurses:

• Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners
• Nurse Attorneys
• Interpersonal Violence Nurses
• Critical Care Nurses
• Legal Nurse Consultants
• Correctional Nurses
• Nurse Death Investigators
• Transplant Nurses
• Emergency/Trauma Nurses
• Forensic Psych Nurses
• Forensic Pediatric Nurses
• Forensic Geriatric Nurses
• Forensic Nurse Investigators
• Clinical Forensic Nurses
• Forensic Nurse Educators
• RN/EMTs
• School Nurses*