title: Graduate forensic nursing education: how to better educate nurses to care for this patient population.
abstract: Nurses are often the first healthcare contact for those affected by violence. Despite the impact of violence on healthcare across specialties and ages, forensic nursing content is limited in undergraduate and graduate curricula. The purpose of this article is to provide background on forensic nursing and present a model of a graduate forensic nursing program that can be used as a curriculum guide.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliation: Clinical Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Department of Biobehavioral Health Science, University of Illinois at Chicago.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Simmons
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D053604:Forensic Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D014754:Violence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing