A Practical Guide to Forensic Nursing: Incorporating Forensic Principles Into Nursing Practice - Softcover

Amar, Angela F.; Sekula, L. Kathleen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1940446341 ISBN 13: 9781940446349

Verlag: Nursing Knowledge International, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Victims of violence are unfortunately ever-present in healthcare today. Regardless of the setting, nurses are often the first to interact with victims and regularly must step into uncomfortable or difficult situations. To ensure patient and provider safety and enable the best possible outcomes, every nurse should be well-versed in forensic and theoretical issues of violence.A Practical Guide to Forensic Nursing is an evidence-based guide to understanding and applying forensic nursing science. Authors Angela F. Amar and L. Kathleen Sekula introduce practical and theoretical perspectives on violence and provide valuable resources, including injury assessment and violence prevention strategies as well as an overview of relevant legal, ethical, societal, and policy issues. Whether you are a student, new nurse, or experienced clinician, you will find the right tools and strategies to broaden your understanding of violence and help you integrate forensic science into your patient care. 1st Place 2016 AJN Book of the Year A Practical Guide to Forensic Nursing: Incorporating Forensic Principles into Nursing Practice Awarded first place in the 2016 AJN Book of the year Awards in the Critical Care-Emergency Nursing category. 3rd Place 2016 AJN Book of the Year A Practical Guide to Forensic Nursing: Incorporating Forensic Principles into Nursing Practice Awarded third place in the 2016 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Medical-Surgical Nursing Category.

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Angela F. Amar, PhD, RN, FAAN, is an associate professor and assistant dean for BSN education in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University. She conducts research on dating violence, mental health responses to trauma, and strategies to increase help-seeking behavior. Her research consistently focuses on African-American women. She has conducted funded research, published more than 45 articles and book chapters on dating violence and sexual assault, and is active in university service related to violence and diversity. Amar is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, member of the Expert Panel on Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Care, and co-chair of its Expert Panel on Violence. Amar also serves on the Institute of Medicine Committee on the Biological and Psychosocial Effects of Peer Victimization: Lessons for Bullying Prevention.She is a distinguished fellow with the International Association of Forensic Nurses and received the 2015 Excellence in Practice and Policy award from the Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International. Amar is on the National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Future of Nursing Scholars program, a public voices fellow with the Op-Ed project, and an associate editor for the Journal of Forensic Nursing. Amar is certified as a clinical nurse specialist in advanced practice adult psychiatric and mental health and as an advanced forensic nurse. In her faculty role at Boston College, she developed a graduate program in forensic nursing and secured funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration for the program.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Nursing Knowledge International
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1940446341
• ISBN 13: 9781940446349
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 410
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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