Forensic+Nursing

Category : Nursing Career : Forensic Nursing

Job Description : Forensic Nursing job is to provide the best nursing care for the victims of sexual assault and violence. They need to have the skills in injury identification, evaluation of nature and scope of injuries, documentation of the patient’s incident, and the proper storage of biological and physical evidence. Another skill needed is the ability to interface with the law and attorneys. One of the most important duties in forensic nursing is assisting in the physical and emotional recovery of patients while protecting their rights. A forensic nurse examiner also works beside hospital staff collecting and documenting evidence while treating patients.

Education : The education needed to become a forensic nurse is to start as an RN and enroll in the program for forensic nursing. Most of the programs require a person to have the RN as a pre-requisite. There are schools with a forensic nursing degree program which will help you obtain a Master of Science in Forensic Nursing in as little as two years. Now that technology is advance you’re able to earn the forensic nursing degree online and you can fix your degree to best fit you.

Salary : The salary ranges $26 to $100 per hour depending on experience and geographic area. Since the first point of contact is usually a hospital, that is where most forensic nurses are found. Thus the hospital often determines the salary which can be as little as 1 ½ times that of a regular RN. In bigger hospitals the salary is most likely to be higher due to more activity there.

Colleges : Kaplan University