Table 1 Students’ knowledge about forensic nursing (N = 95)
From: The opinions of senior nursing students about forensic nursing
Knowledge on forensic nursing | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Knowledge on forensic nursing | ||
Present | 21 | 22.1 |
None | 74 | 77.9 |
Any training in forensic nursing | ||
Taking | 1 | 1.1 |
Not taking | 94 | 98.9 |
Definition of forensic nursing according to students | ||
S/He is the person who identifies, collects, stores, examines, records, provides the evidence delivery chain, and analyzes the evidence. | 6 | 6.3 |
It is about crime, justice and criminal nursing. | 5 | 5.3 |
They are nurses who work in judicial cases, conduct research and follow up. | 17 | 17.9 |
Nurses working with the police in criminals and courts. | 4 | 4.2 |
S/He is the person who identifies and reports suspicious deaths and dangerous situations. | 3 | 3.2 |
It is the department that helps the nurse to defend her/his rights in problems s/he is experiencing. | 1 | 1.1 |
S/He is the person who took part in the autopsy examination. | 8 | 8.4 |
S/He is the person who helps in the resolution of the forensic cases. | 3 | 3.2 |
I do not know | 48 | 50.4 |
Duties of forensic nurses according to students (N = 95)b | ||
Collecting evidences | 30 | 31.6 |
Conserving evidences | 25 | 26.3 |
Identifying evidences | 35 | 36.8 |
Recording of the evidences | 38 | 40.0 |
Provision of evidence delivery chain | 32 | 33.7 |
I do not know | 40 | 42.1 |
Subjects that forensic nurses should know according to the students (N = 95)b | ||
Basic Health Sciences | 67 | 70.5 |
Law | 56 | 58.9 |
Forensic science | 71 | 74.7 |
I do not know | 22 | 23.2 |
Areas where the judicial nurses take part according to the students (N = 95)b | ||
Hospitals | 52 | 54.7 |
Jails | 14 | 14.7 |
Prisons | 24 | 25.3 |
Forensic medicine institutes | 78 | 82.1 |
Courts | 33 | 34.7 |
Crime scene investigation | 39 | 41.1 |
I do not know | 12 | 12.6 |
The Case of encountering a forensic event before. | ||
Encountering | 6 | 6.3 |
Not encountering | 89 | 93.7 |
Forensic events according to students (N = 95)b | ||
Traffic accidents | 43 | 45.3 |
Malpractice | 36 | 37.9 |
Poisoning | 52 | 54.7 |
Suicide | 75 | 78.9 |
Sex crime | 77 | 81.1 |
Domestic violence | 66 | 69.5 |
Gunshot injuries | 75 | 78.9 |
Drill-cut tool injuries | 67 | 70.5 |