Clinically Relevant Identification of Intentional vs Unintentional Injuries
- Intentional injuries
- Unintentional injures
- Blunt and sharp force trauma and gunshot wounds
- Diagrams, photos, and documentation
Investigating Infant Deaths
- Five cardinal rules of bruising
- Abusive head trauma
- Differentiate between types of sudden unexplained infant death
- Case study demonstration: Using an infant death investigation kit
Child Maltreatment: The Death of Innocence
- Mechanisms of trauma
- Neglect and the difficulty of substantiating
- Identification and documentation
- Photos and case study
Sexual Assault: Comprehensive Assessment and Evidence Collection
- Obtaining history
- Forensic exam demonstration with chart examples
- Evidence collection process
- Demonstration of alternative light source, collection techniques, sexual assault collection kit, and body maps
Stalking: Lethal Hide and Seek
- Categories of stalking and case study
- Stalker typologies
- Stalking, intimate partner violence and femicide
- Stalking of healthcare workers
- Interactive use of the Stalking and Harassment Assessment Risk Profile (SHARP) Tool
Strangulation: Snuffing Out Lights and Lives
- Types of strangulation
- Symptoms and health consequences of strangulation
- Case study with photos
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Love Turned Violent
- Direct and indirect indicators of IPV
- Behaviors of abusers
- Walker’s Cycle of Violence
- Demonstration of IPV screening tools
Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery
- Scope of human trafficking
- Types of human trafficking with case examples
- Human trafficking vs. human smuggling
- Actus Reus requirements
Forensic Mental Health Nurse (FMHN): Therapeutic Alliance
- Consulting with defense, prosecution, and law enforcement
- Suicide and case study
- Critical stress debriefing
Elder Abuse: Caring for Those Who Cared for Us
- Vulnerability
- Seven categories of elder abuse
- Resources for investigation
- Case study with photos
Medicolegal Death Investigation: Be an Investigator or Nurse Coroner
- Manners and causes of death
- Signs of impending death
- Postmortem changes and decomposition
- Case study with photos
Testifying as an Expert Witness or Serving as a Consultant
- Factors in the judicial process
- Testifying for the defense or prosecution
- Mock trial and techniques for testifying
- Building a consulting practice
Healthcare Serial Killers (HSK): Killers Instead of Healers
- Case studies
- HSK behaviors, methods, and motivations
- Victimology
- Strategic positioning for the forensic nurse in interventions, identification, and investigations
Correctional Forensic Nursing: Behind the Bars
- Correctional settings
- Role and practice issues
- Geriatric and female offenders
Vicarious Trauma (VT): Fortifying Forensic Nurses
- Case study utilizing a personal story of VT
- Terminology associated with VT
- Symptoms and progression of VT