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58390238383 |
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ESSAY |
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PHD VERIFIED |
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APA |
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In a county jail in Michigan in 2014, a nurse was attacked by an inmate who was pretending to be sick. Deputies on duty became aware of the possible problem. The nurse was leaving the inmate’s cell when he attacked.
The nurse was not seriously injured; however, this incidence illustrates the risk within the environment and the need to be alert (http://www.wnem.com/story/23782972/surveillance-video-shows-nurse-being-attacked-by-inmate).
Spend a few hours working with a forensic nurse in a clinical setting. Observe the nurse’s interventions and processes related to assessment, evidence collection and preservation, documentation, and collaboration with, for example, police officers. Take note of the techniques used for interviewing and counseling.[Order Now]
A home health care nurse has received a referral from the hospital for a 80-year-old female residing at her home with her son. The patient had been discharged from the hospital with the diagnosis of urinary tract infection and pneumonia. Her son reports she was confused and coughing for 2 months before he took her to the hospital.
Her past medical history includes dementia, impaired mobility, and dysphasia from a prior stroke. Upon arrival at the residence, the nurse greets the patient, who is lying in bed. The home is cluttered and dirty, with visible roaches, and the refrigerator/freezer is filled with meat, cheese, milk, and beer.
The nurse’s assessment findings include the following: clothing is loose fitting and adult brief is soiled, strong body and urine odor present, body is emaciated with upper and lower extremity contractures, contusions of various coloring are located on the upper thighs and posterior torso, stage II decubitus ulcers are present on the right hip and sacral areas (both are covered with soiled dressing), and dentition is poor.
The son explains that the patient obtained the contusions because at times she becomes confused and strikes out, hitting things. Furthermore, this happens during times that he attempts to bathe and turn the patient.
Upon leaving the residence, the nurse contacts her supervisor to discuss the findings and her concerns about physical and sexual abuse and neglect. The supervisor agrees, and the patient is returned to the ED for a forensic nurse examination, at which time the forensic nurse places a call to Adult Protective Services for further evaluation and investigation. The hospital is also contacted to discuss why the patient was discharged back into this environment.[Order Now]
A 27-year-old woman arrived at the ED with a gunshot wound of the head. Emergency medical technicians reported to the ED nurse and doctor that the client was found by her boyfriend barely breathing. The boyfriend called 911, and the client was transported to the hospital.
The client arrived at the hospital in asystole and was pronounced dead within 10 minutes of arrival. The ED nurse applied her forensic knowledge and placed brown paper bags on the client’s hands, securing them with tape. This procedure is performed to preserve gunpowder or primer residue.
Gunpowder or primer residue aids in the identification of the shooter and distance of the gun. When a gun is fired, residue is released and lands on the items close to the gun, specifically the hands and clothing of the person firing it.
The police agency investigated the death. The nurse’s intervention, placing paper bags over the client’s hands, preserved the presence or absence of gunshot or primer residue.
The police agency performed a scanning electron microscope examination for gunpowder residue and did not find any on the client’s hands. This finding led police to further investigate the incident and discover that the boyfriend had shot the client, rather than the first presumption, that the gunshot wound was self-inflicted[Order Now]