NIP3331 Nursing Practice Enquiry

What key differences do you see in this evolution as compared with developed APN specialties? Describe the future vision and goals each role and relate to emerging healthcare trends and needs.

Introduction

This paper will highlight identify a different aspect of nursing that has taken a different path compared to advance practice nursing. The different type that will be addressed is forensic nursing. Recent and past research has showed its unique growth as this paper will further highlight. The paper will cover issues that include administration, health policy and critically highlight aspects of education that arise in nursing. Forensic nursing is thus one of the ongoing types of legal science, and it is the utilization of legal science, joined with clinical nursing practice in the logical examination of death and damage coming about because of criminal movement and mishaps (Connor, Nouer, Speck, Mackey, & Tipton, 2013)

Forensic Nursing

The job of a forensic nurse in medico legal cases has been perceived since the mid-1970s when Dr. John Butt, the Chief Medical Examiner, Alberta, Canada, first settled the job of a scientific attendant inspector in death examinations, speaking to the criminological pathologist at the scene of wrongdoing. Afterwards, legal nursing began as a claim to fame in the United States and afterwards to different parts of the world like Sweden, South Africa, Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia (Simmons & Grandfield, 2013). In such manner, Virginia A. Lynch, a scientific clinical medical attendant expert, is perceived as the originator of criminological nursing as a formal control in the United States and the whole way across the world. In this particular write up, we are going to delve much deeper into how the profession of forensic nursing has evolved over the past few years and how it is a vital tool in the prevention and investigation of crime (Doyle & Jones, 2013).

Differences between forensic nurses and APN

It is important to note the differences between a forensic nurse and advanced practicing nurses. A forensic nurse is a medical attendant who gives specific consideration to patients who are unfortunate casualties as well as culprits in medico legal cases. Measurable attendants can assume an imperative job in overcoming any issues between the law and prescription (Hamric, Hanson, Tracy & O’Grady, 2014). Medical attendants prepared in this field can archive wounds, gather organic liquids, and safeguard attire with proof of strike. In medico legal practice, it isn’t unprecedented for some huge proof in harming cases, in particular, gastric suction, vomitus, pee test, dirtied fabric, and so on, to be disposed of in crisis divisions. Prepared legal attendants know about the significance of these confirmations, and they may help in gathering, conservation, and support of the chain of authority of these examples.

Then again, criminological medical attendants may assume a huge job in managing cases including dysfunctional behavior, particularly when such individuals end up engaged with criminal cases or when offenders are faking psychological sickness (Lynch & Duval, 2011).

The future and role of nursing in emerging healthcare trends

The future of nursing is highly dependent on the customization of nursing courses and practical’s in order to address current and future issues that arise from nursing. A forensic nurse can give an exhaustive criminological assessment while watching for particular indications identified with such a case. Besides, wrongdoing unfortunate casualties confront a higher danger of posttraumatic stretch issue, melancholy, suicide, and therapeutic entanglements than different patients; legal medical caretakers enhance both legitimate results and personal satisfaction for these patients (Amar & Sekula, 2015).

Conversely, in the field of death examination both at the wrongdoing scene and amid after death examination, scientific medical caretakers can likewise assume an essential job. In the funeral home, they may help in accepting dead bodies, policy papers and in addition in support of records and administration of legitimate conventions, recording of the state of the body, and so on. A forensic nurse may likewise fill in as a forensic pathology associate amid dismemberment and also in the gathering of organic examples and follow confirmations (Hamric, et al, 2014). In present occasions, “demise” has turned into a decent field of the request, requesting answers to fulfil general society need, and request to decide the reason and way of death. Medical attendants can bring sympathy and empathy and also incredible perception, clinical, and correspondences aptitudes to death examination (Lynch & Duval, 2011).

Conclusion

In conclusion, forensic nursing is an advancing specialty that has experienced substantive advancement over the years. Shockingly, in this piece of India, the majority of the human services experts are not in any case mindful of the presence of such a claim to fame. Despite the fact that endeavors are still on, measurable nursing is yet to locate an appropriate place in the nursing education programs manuals in India. Forensic nursing is quite important in our daily lives and as such, ought to be further exploited.

References

Amar, A. F., & Sekula, L. K. (2015). A practical guide to forensic nursing: Incorporating forensic principles into nursing practice.

Connor, P. D., Nouer, S. S., Speck, P. M., Mackey, S. N., & Tipton, N. G. (2013). Nursing students and intimate partner violence education: improving and integrating knowledge into health care curricula. Journal of Professional Nursing, 29(4), 233-239.

Doyle, M., & Jones, P. (2013). Hodges’ Health Career Model and its role and potential application in forensic mental health nursing. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 20(7), 631-640.

Hamric, A. B., Hanson, C. M., Tracy, M. F., & O’Grady, E. T. (2014). Advanced practice nursing: An integrative approach. London Publishers.

Lynch, V. A., & Duval, J. B. (2011). Forensic nursing science. St. Louis: Mosby/Elsevier.

Simmons, B., & Grandfield, K. (2013). Focus on forensic nursing education. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 39(6), 633-634.