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Forensic Nursing PDF
Forensic Nursing PDF
Forensic Nursing PDF
INTRODUCTION
Thus the nurses trained as forensic Nurse specialist can provide 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 investigative
processes, adequacy of services delivered, and specialized diagnoses of
specific medical conditions. This would help in establishing a caring
relationship with the victims
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PHILOSOPHY
PURPOSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
RECOGNITION PROCEDURE
STAFFING
BUDGET
These should have budgetary provision for staff salary, honorariums for
guest faculty, and part time teachers, clerical assistance, library and
contingency expenditure for the programme in the overall budget of the
institution.
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PHYSICAL FACILITIES
1. Class Room – 1
4. Official facilities
Services of typist, peon, Safai Karmachari
Facilities for office, equipment and supplies such as
- Stationery
- Computer with printer
- Xerox machine/Risograph
- Telephone and Fax
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CLINICAL FACILITIES
C. Course objectives:
General Objective
At the end of the course the student will be able to develop an
understanding of philosophy, principles, methods and issues,
management, education and research in Forensic nursing.
Specific Objectives:
1. Apply knowledge and skills of nursing and forensic science to
identify and collect forensic evidence within the health care setting
to ensure it will with stand legal scrutiny
2. Determine treatment for triage and emergency intervention for
patients who exhibit potential forensic issues
3. Identify basic policies and procedures required for conducting
sexual assault examination for children and adults
4. Perform the Forensic/Medical examination and evaluation of sexual
trauma
5. Collect and preserve biological, trace/physical evidences with
least/without physical and emotional trauma to the victim
6. Collect and preserve other evidences involving various other
trauma/Accidents/Assaults
7. Collect, preserve and forward the evidences to the concerned
organisations/laboratories for further examination
8. Maintain necessary documentation with legal implications
9. Assist medical examiners in assessing and evaluating psychiatric
morbidity
10. Assist medical examiners in assessing the various causes of death
in unnatural circumstances
11. Assist in Assessing the manner and time since death
12. Provide nursing care in poisoning cases
13. Apply the nursing process to public or legal proceedings and
psychological profiling in the risk groups
14. Analyse the criminal profile using various psychological tests
15. Provide psychiatric counselling to the risk groups
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D. Course of Studies:
E. Clinical Experience
Total 1280 hours will be distributed on the following clinical areas.
Clinical rotation: Students will spend 5 hours per day in clinical area.
EXAMINATION SCHEME
The Student:
1. Has attended not less than 75% of the theoretical instruction hours
in each subject during the year.
2. Has done not less than 75% of the clinical practical hours.
However, students should make up 100% of attendance for
integrated practice experience and internship in term of hours and
activities before awarding the certificate.
EXAMINATION
Standard of Passing
1 In order to pass a candidate should obtain at least 50%
marks separately in internal Assessment and external
examination in each of the theory practical and papers.
2 a) Less than 60% is Second division,
b) 60 % and above and below 75% is First division,
c) 75 % and above is Distinction.
3. Students will be given opportunity of maximum of 3 attempts
for passing
CERTIFICATION
DESCRIPTION OF CURRICULUM
care
Crimes against women – in various forms
– dowry harassment, sexual
harassment, domestic violence,
Consequences of Altered sex ratio,
forensic importance
Abortion – legal and criminal – methods
of procuring evidences of criminal
abortion – medico legal aspects – Signs of
recent delivery
Impotency and sterility – causes –
medico legal aspects
Legitimacy and Paternity – evidence
collection – forensic importance –
Surrogate mother – legal implications
Infanticide – still born and killing
newborn after birth, medico legal aspects
10 UNIT VII Asphyxia types and their
medico legal importance. Collection of
evidences. Death from starvation, cold,
heat their medico legal importance
20 UNIT VIII Injuries – Types and medico
legal aspects, injuries due to vehicular
accidents, burns, electrical injuries and
their medico legal aspects
10 UNIT IX Organ Transplant – Organ
Transplant Issues Concerning Donor and
cadaver transplant, counselling,
consent, Documentation, Videography
20 UNIT X Death - signs of death – modes
of death – presumption of death –
postmortem changes – time since death –
disposal of the dead body, collecting
necessary evidences before cremation.
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Hours 90
Subject Hours Content
30 SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT
Management: Definition & Principles,
Elements of management of victim care:-
planning, organisation, reporting and
recording.
Clinical Supervision: Introduction,
Definition and objectives of Supervision,
Principles and Functions of supervision,
Qualities of supervisors, Responsibilities of
clinical supervisor, Practice standards of
various units: Policies and Procedures,
Establishing Standing orders and Protocols,
Orientation programme for new recruits,
Quality assurance Programme in various
units, Performance appraisal.
Staff development – introduction, purposes,
in-service education and continuing
education. Medico legal aspects – legislation
and regulations related to psychiatric care
and other victims, consumer protection acts
– negligence and malpractice.
Legal responsibilities of nurses – case
studies of judgment with regard to
negligence of services in the psychiatric care
services and other areas
Role of nurses in legal issues
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