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NURSES RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE

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

TRAVEL NURSES: TRANSFERABLE AND PORTABLE

Many people would love to have a job that pays well and that allows them to see more of the country or maybe even the world. A job that ticks all those boxes is that of the travel nurse. These professionals fill certain alternative nurses who are on maternity leave, or on sick leave or absent for the other reason. Additionally, they are known as in whenever there is a large emergency or a shortage of employees. In order to become a travel nurse, the duties of your job will be in line with the specialty that you achieved. Indeed, the role is very similar to that of an RN, only that they need to travel often. Traveling nurses move between patient homes, hospitals, clinics, and other medical facilities. They perform the typical nurse duties, particularly administering medication and initiating routine medical tests. To become one, you must either be a licensed practical nurse or a registered nurse . A traveling nurse is a healthcare professional who assists chronically-ill or home b