Forensic nurses provide compassionate care to victims of violent crime, abuse, or neglect while gathering evidence to support law enforcement. By doing this, they play a vital role in both our healthcare and criminal justice systems. Forensic nurses may also facilitate their communities by operating side by side with pathologists and coroners to spot correct causes of death and ensure correct reporting of vital statistics and medicine trends. Legal Nurse Consultant? Many people wouldn't think of legal nurse consulting as a forensic specialty, but then again, it is the combination of nursing and the law, which fits the description of nursing forensics in any legal case where medical problems are involved, nurse consultants could be considered to be practicing forensics. Some forensic nurses work more directly as personal consultants for law firms or victim support teams. By working as a legal consultant, you will help treat the patient, but also help the law firm bu...