Forensic nursing and death investigation: will the vision be co-opted?
1. When entering allied fields, nurses must hold fast to their unique skills as nurses. 2. Nurses investigating deaths must be cooperative with other disciplines, but must not be co-opted by them. 3. Caring and empathy are integral and significant parts of the nursing profession that fulfills an important human need in death investigation.
D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D016495:Police; D013041:Specialties, Nursing; D014481:United States