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Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim To develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Forensic Nursing Competency Scale‐Short Form (FNCS‐SF) for hospital nurses. Background Nurses who care for victims of sexual abuse, domestic violence and elder or child abuse require forensic nursing competencies.
Youn‐Jung Son +3 more
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Assistance to victims of violence in Emergency services from the Forensic Nursing perspective [PDF]
Revista Latino-Americana de EnfermagemObjective: to analyze nurses’ role in collecting, identifying and preserving traces in Emergency care for victims of violence, from the perspective of these professionals. Method: a qualitative study with an exploratory and descriptive approach. It was
Morgana Oliveira Citolin +5 more
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Reporting Sexual Assault Victimizations to Law Enforcement [PDF]
, 2007 As part of a larger study examining the characteristics of sexual assault victimizations in Alaska as observed and recorded by sexual assault nurse examiners, 101 patients in Bethel, Fairbanks, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Nome, and Soldotna provided information ...
Central Peninsula General Hospital +7 more
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Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Efforts to reduce restrictive practices in acute mental health units require more than operational reform; they also need to give voice to clinicians who implement these changes. Aim This paper forms part of a broader evaluation of the Safe Steps for De‐escalation, which was aimed at investigating the impact of the Safe Steps ...
Esario IV Daguman +3 more
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Positive practice positive outcomes: a handbook for professionals in the criminal justice system working with offenders with learning disabilities (2011 ed.) [PDF]
, 2011 Updated version of the handbook by the same name published by CSIP in 2007. "This handbook is intended as an introduction to working with offenders with learning disabilities. This group includes police suspects and defendants in court.
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Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article draws on four years of ethnographic fieldwork in Los Angeles’ (LA) jail mental health facility to describe the interrelated crises of rising numbers of people declared incompetent to stand trial and the recurrent failure of managing madness in jail.
Jeremy Levenson
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European PsychiatryIntroduction The Finnish forensic psychiatric service system lacks the standards and criteria guiding the quality and contents of patient care. Ensuring best recovery-oriented practices in forensic psychiatric services need to be developed at several ...
R. Askola +3 more
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Use of the HCR-20 for violence risk assessment:views of clinicians working in a secure inpatient mental health setting [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose: To explore how raters combine constituent components of HCR-20 risk assessment for inpatient aggression, and how relevant they rate the tool for different diagnostic and demographic groups.Design/methodology/approach: A cross-sectional survey ...
Dickens, Geoffrey L., O'Shea, Laura E.
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Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, EarlyView.Abstract Objectives Current evidence on the impact of personal trauma on health care professionals is mixed. Some studies suggest a personal history of trauma can be a risk factor for secondary traumatisation. Other research suggests that personal experiences of trauma can help professionals to better recognise their patients' trauma symptoms.
Bethan Owen +3 more
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