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Overview
Overview
Whenever a crime occurs, evidence can be transferred among the perpetrator, victim, and the crime scene. It is also possible for the perpetrator to retain evidence from the victim and crime scene. Law enforcement personnel collect and preserve evidence from the crime scene and from the suspect. Healthcare professionals can simultaneously assist with a crime investigation and provide good healthcare to patients by collecting and preserving evidence from the patient’s body. It is imperative to understand that the forensic work of collecting and preserving evidence from a patient should never compromise the safety, autonomy, or legal rights of a patient. This course provides an overview about interviewing, collecting, and preserving forensic evidence, toxicology, and documentation.
Goals and Outcomes
Goals and Learning Outcomes
The goal of this continuing education module is to provide nurses with an overview of how to identify, collect, and preserve evidence in a healthcare setting. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to:
  • Relate how a patient history can guide collection of forensic evidence
  • Discuss how to document information regarding collection of evidence and forensic findings while providing patient-centered, high-quality healthcare 
  • List the measures necessary to preserve forensic evidence and maintain the proper chain of custody
Details
Course Details

Course Originally Released on : 10/21/2002

CE296-60

Course Author

Ledray Linda E

PhD, RN, SANE-A, LP, FAAN

Trisha Sheridan

DNP, MSN, RN, WHNP-BC, SANE-A, SANE-P

Accreditations
Accreditations

NURSES
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791

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Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.

CEBroker
Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Examiners For Registered Professional Nurses
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Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.