Forensic nursing - Global scenario and Indian perspective.
Sexual violence is a significant cause of physical and psychological harm and suffering for women and children. Although sexual violence mostly affects women and girls, boys are also subject to child sexual abuse. Nurse is the person who attends the victim first. In order to meet the rigid and ever-changing demands of providing care to the victim and complying with our confusing system of laws, the nursing should has been forced to expand into a Forensic nursing, specialty of its own. Nursing roles in the criminal justice service known by many names worldwide-Custody nursing, Prison/Correctional nursing, Immigration centre nursing, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) or Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE), SARTs (Sexual assault response team), SARCs (Sexual assault referral centre) and FNDIs (Forensic nurse death investigator). In India the premier institutes like AIIMS New Delhi and The PGI Chandigarh, do not have forensic content in their nursing curriculum manuals. The WHO and IAFN have urged inclusion of forensic content in both undergraduate and postgraduate nursing programs. Forensic Nurse Specialist can provide direct services to individual clients, consultation services to nursing, medical and law-related agencies, as well as providing expert court testimony in areas dealing with trauma and/or questioned death investigative processes, adequacy of services delivered, and specialized diagnoses of specific medical conditions. Research Findings on the Effectiveness of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Programs suggests various improvements in each and every step in care of victim of sexual assault.
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, 492099, India. Electronic address: kumardash2005@gmail.com.
Shreemanta Kumar
SK
Dash
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, 492099, India. Electronic address: medicare2002@gmail.com.
Shailendra
S
Patel
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, 492099, India. Electronic address: drkhchavali@gmail.com.
Krishnadutt
K
Chavali
D019548:Crime Victims / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003416:Criminal Law; D005104:Expert Testimony; D053604:Forensic Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000451:nursing; D011902:Rape / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence
Forensic nurse; Sexual assault