Forensic Notes
Connie Darnell BSN, RN
Christine Michel PhD, BSc, RN, DABFN
© 2012 Spiral Bound 200 pages
A DAVIS'S NOTES BOOK!
This spiral-bound, pocket guide is the perfect quick reference for healthcare providers who collect forensic evidence from patients in any setting.
You will find information about specific forensic topics, step-by-step procedures for retrieving and preserving evidence, and the best practices to follow to promote patient safety.
“I highly recommend this book for both the novice and seasoned forensic nurse and it would also make a great commencement gift for someone coming onto a forensic team. All of the vital, practical clinical forensic nursing information needed is at the reader’s fingertips in a size that can easily be placed in pocket, cart, locker, or drawer.
Each reader needs to clearly put their name on the book, as anyone with any forensic nursing interest that gets a chance to look through it will likely want to “borrow” the copy and no one would want to part with their Forensic Notes.”
— Forensic Nursing News, December 2012
The International Association of Forensic Nurses
Forensic Notes
Provides easy-to-follow, how-to directions for patient interviews, assessment, and retrieving and preserving evidence.
- Makes reference easy with charts, tables, and bulleted lists.
- Features a full-color photographic documentation section that demonstrates the process of evidence collection and shows you how to how to improve your technique.
- Includes sample documentation records for forensic scenes.
- Describes the best practices to follow, the pitfalls to avoid, and how to promote patient safety.
- Features full-color photographs that depict injuries, physical evidence, and forensic procedural steps, as well as illustrations of human body diagram templates.
- Incorporates principles and standards of practice that are applicable internationally.
- Discusses issues relevant to specific groups of forensic patients.
- Offers frequently used forms and reference materials, including forensic terms with definitions • body diagrams with anatomical terms • decision-making flow diagrams • sample chain of custody form • list of commonly used agencies that help care for forensic patients • sample photographic documentation and consent form • and examples of basic to advanced injury documentation.
- Uses waterproof, write-on/wipe off pages.