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1 Chapter 32 Forensic Psychiatric Nursing Copyright © 2014, 2010, 2006 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.

2  Provide direct services to crime victims and perpetrators of crime  Consultation services to colleagues in nursing, medical, and law-related agencies  Expert court testimony  Offer input on policy changes in the corrections setting  Offer evaluation services for inmates Forensic Nursing 2 Copyright © 2014, 2010, 2006 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.

3  Forensic nurse generalist  Advanced practice forensic nurse Forensic Nursing 3 Copyright © 2014, 2010, 2006 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.

4  Identification of victims  Creation of appropriate treatment plans  Collection, documentation, and preservation of potential evidence Roles of the Forensic Nurse 4 Copyright © 2014, 2010, 2006 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.

5  Care of adult and pediatric victims of sexual assault  SANE training course is typically 5 days (40 contact hours) Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) 5 Copyright © 2014, 2010, 2006 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.

6  Public official charged with duty of determining how and why people die  Assessing the deceased through  Understanding the evidence  Discovery of evidence  Preservation of evidence  Use of evidence Nurse Coroner/Death Investigator 6 Copyright © 2014, 2010, 2006 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.

7  Evidence collection  Work as competency evaluators  Provide assessment data that can help make final diagnosis Forensic Psychiatric Nurses 7 Copyright © 2014, 2010, 2006 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.

8  Nurse psychotherapist  Forensic nurse examiner  Competency evaluator  Fact and expert witnesses  Consultant  Hostage negotiator  Criminal profiler Roles and Functions of the Forensic Psychiatric Nurse 8 Copyright © 2014, 2010, 2006 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.

9  Legal sanity—able to distinguish right from wrong  Legal insanity—presence of a major mental disorder  McNaughton Rules  Irresistible impulse—knew act was wrong but could not control behavior Terms 9 Copyright © 2014, 2010, 2006 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.

10  Guilty but mentally ill  Competence to proceed—defendant’s present thinking at time of trial Terms (Cont.) 10 Copyright © 2014, 2010, 2006 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.

11  Defined by location of the work or legal status of the patient  Significant part of job is providing treatment and services for inmates with chronic mental health diagnoses Correctional Nursing 11 Copyright © 2014, 2010, 2006 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.

12 1.Insanity is the medical term that applies to mental illness. A.True B.False C.Not sure Audience Response Questions 12 Copyright © 2014, 2010, 2006 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.

13 2.A person charged with murder was found guilty but mentally ill. This individual A.will spend the rest of his life in a psychiatric facility. B.will spend the rest of his life in a prison. C.may be eligible for parole. Audience Response Questions 13 Copyright © 2014, 2010, 2006 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.


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