title: An outline of the forensic nursing role.
abstract: Nurses working within secure institutions are agents for both therapy and custody. With its distinctive client group, predominantly institution-based care, exceptional knowledge base and clinical focus on mental disorder and deviance, forensic nursing can justifiably claim the status of a specialty.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burrow
mesh_terms: D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011330:Prisons; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012380:Role