Nearly every 68 seconds, someone is sexually assaulted in this country, but just under 30% of those crimes are actually reported to police. During this Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we're trying to ...

REAL LIFE: Unlike in Hollywood where, "you get results in under an hour," crime labs can take six to nine months to test the DNA evidence in a rape kit, says Mission Health forensic nurse team ...

For nurses looking for a new way to work in nursing, forensic nursing is a unique role that has a lot to offer. Described by the International Association of Forensic Nurses as the “practice of ...

The author, a registered nurse and mystery writer (Bagels for Tea), does an excellent job of conveying the importance of an emerging medical specialty. Because forensic nurses—described by Stevens as ...

Care by a forensic nurse examiner differs from other types of medical intervention in that patients are empowered to have total control of their hospital visits. People who fall victim to ...

Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) play a vital role in providing compassionate healthcare and support to victims of sexual and domestic assault. SANEs conduct thorough forensic examinations while ...

What do you call a job that combines nursing with detective work—where you can examine rape victims for evidence of the crime or study corpses for clues to the killer's identity? It's called forensic ...

Steps away from the clamor of one of the country’s busiest emergency departments, a first-of-its-kind, 24-hour medical unit in Colorado Springs strives for serenity in the treatment of patients whose ...

The cases involving children are the hardest for Frederick Memorial Hospital nurse Tracy Montgomery. Montgomery has been a nurse for more than 30 years, the majority of which she has spent at FMH. And ...

Dave Holmes, PhD, RN; AmE9lie Perron, BScN, RN; and Gabrielle Michaud, BScN, RN, examine correctional nursing, one component of forensic nursing practice, in Canadian and French correctional ...

HARTSVILLE, S.C. (WMBF) - A young girl walked into her mother’s room just before 5 a.m. and said she was raped while in her bed. The Hartsville Police Department described the incident in their report ...

A leading forensic nurse researcher has developed new approaches to detecting bruises in patients with darker skin tones – thus helping to overcome barriers to diagnosing injuries in patients of color ...