forensic nursing

Fitchburg State University has a MSN program for it.

That is about all I know. I think some work for Medical Examiners and as SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners).

A friend of mine did this for a while but never finished her certification. All she did was rape kit-rapekit-rape kit.... She got so burnt out in a few mos that she was ready to leave nursing. Not to mention she had a progressively lower and lower opinion of men in general. Talk about a depressing job!

I had a nursing book that talked about nurses being forensic examiners, criminalists, profilers, and hostage negotiaters as if they could do this rather easily. Sure, a nurse could do that, but so could a trash man. What I'm saying is it's just something you're going to have to have a lot of further training and/or education for...to the point you're not a nurse anymore you're a examiner, criminalist, profiler, or HRT member all of which people are lined up to do.

I just laugh at this field and think it's so far out there that why even consider it nursing? I've got nothing against it. I'm a police officer.

I'm not judging. If there are nurses here that do those things then a big pat on the back. That's cool. I admire it. I really do...well not criminalistics. Getting sperm off an oven it doesn't do it for me. No way in the world would I be a CSI member, which in real life is Nothing like the show.