Evaluation of Awareness for Emergency Unit Workers in Collecting, Keeping and Transferring of Biological Evidences from Forensic Cases [Adli Olgularda Biyolojik Delil Alinmasi, Saklanmasi Ve Gonderilmesinde Acil Servis Calisanlarinin Farkindaliklarinin Degerlendirilmesi]

Kolusayin, Melek Özlem; Karadayı, Beytullah; Kaya, Ahsen; Doğan, Muzaffer Berna; Karadayı, Şükriye; Daştan, Kadir; Zorlu, Tolga; Islek, Dilek Salkim; Ozar, Engin; Erkan, Itir; Yükseloğlu, Emel Hülya

doi:10.5455/medscience.2014.03.8188

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“…Bahar (2008) reported most nurses had limited knowledge of the collection, protection, and preservation of evidence and the reporting of the forensic case. Similarly, Kolusayın et al (2015) found that 80.4% of the respondents did not receive any training on the handling of biological evidence, underscoring an urgent unmet need in this field. In a study of nurses working in the ED of military hospitals operated by the Turkish Armed Forces, Saral (2008) found 86.5% and 95.4% reported receiving no education or training on forensic nursing as part of their vocational training and postgraduate education, respectively, whereas 64.4% of these nurses did not receive any in-service training.…”

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Awareness of Forensic Cases Among Nurses: A Descriptive, Cross-Sectional Study

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2021

Journal of Forensic Nursing

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Purpose This study reports the knowledge, experience, and attitudes of nurses toward forensic cases in Turkey; critically evaluates the appropriateness of current practices in the collection and preservation of evidence; and assesses nurses' level of awareness on the law enforcement perspective of forensic cases. The study, thereby, seeks to offer solutions to some practical difficulties faced by nurses in clinical practice in Turkey. Methods The study involved 178 nurses of 202 employed in three healthcare centers operated by the same private healthcare group located in Istanbul, Turkey. The primary method of data collection was a questionnaire composed of three sections. The first section recorded data concerning the participants' age, gender, number of years spent in the profession, number of years spent in current workplace, department in which they worked, and their job title. The second section sought to assess the participants' academic background and, specifically, the extent of their educational training on forensic cases at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Finally, the third section aimed to assess the participants' knowledge of and approach toward the management of forensic cases in real-life time setting by collecting data on their previous experience with forensic cases. Results Of 178 nurses, 139 (78.1%) were female and 39 (21.9%) were male. The mean age was 28.6 years, ranging from 18 to 51 years. The participants expressed that they experienced difficulties in medicolegal procedures (21.9%), evidence collection (14.0%), history taking and preparation of the patient (10.1%), forensic case reporting (10.1%), registry (9.0%), and physical examination (7.9%). The level of knowledge of the collection of forensic evidence and the protection of wet evidence was statistically higher among the participants who previously received training on the collection, preservation, and transfer of forensic evidence versus those who were not previously trained (p < 0.001 for both). Conclusion Our study results highlight the need for medicolegal regulations and legislation allowing for the creation of specific positions for forensic nurses in Turkey. We also concluded that these nurses should be trained and equipped with necessary knowledge and skills in forensic nursing.

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Awareness of Forensic Cases Among Nurses: A Descriptive, Cross-Sectional Study

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2021

Journal of Forensic Nursing

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The Effect of Training on the Knowledge Level of Emergency Nurses on Collecting, Keeping and Transferring Biological Evidence in Forensic Cases

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2021

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This study was carried out to determine the effect of training on the knowledge level of emergency nurses on collecting, keeping, and transferring biological evidence in forensic cases. The research was designed in a single group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental model. The sample group of this study consisted of 61 nurses working at the emergency service in a training and research hospital in one of the metropolitan cities of Turkey. While the mean score obtained from the questionnaire administrated to nurses before training (pre-test) was 57.81 ± 16.70, the mean score achieved after training (post-test) was 85.56 ± 12.34. When comparing the mean scores of nurses before and after the forensic nursing training, a statistically significant difference was found. It was concluded that the training on collecting, keeping, and transferring biological evidence had a positive effect on the knowledge level of emergency nurses. Therefore, it can be suggested that such in-service training programs should be organized so that emergency nurses can manage forensic cases properly.

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Evaluation of Awareness for Emergency Unit Workers in Collecting, Keeping and Transferring of Biological Evidences from Forensic Cases [Adli Olgularda Biyolojik Delil Alinmasi, Saklanmasi Ve Gonderilmesinde Acil Servis Calisanlarinin Farkindaliklarinin Degerlendirilmesi]

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Awareness of Forensic Cases Among Nurses: A Descriptive, Cross-Sectional Study

Awareness of Forensic Cases Among Nurses: A Descriptive, Cross-Sectional Study

The Effect of Training on the Knowledge Level of Emergency Nurses on Collecting, Keeping and Transferring Biological Evidence in Forensic Cases

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