Preferred Label : forensic nursing;
MeSH definition : The application of NURSING knowledge to questions of law. It is a specialty of nursing
practice involving victims of crime which includes not only attending to the physical
and emotional distress of victims, but also the identifying, collecting, and preserving
evidence for law enforcement and the criminal justice system.;
MeSH synonym : forensic nursings; nursing, forensic;
Wikipedia link supervised : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic nursing;
Origin ID : D053604;
UMLS CUI : C1721027;
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The application of NURSING knowledge to questions of law. It is a specialty of nursing
practice involving victims of crime which includes not only attending to the physical
and emotional distress of victims, but also the identifying, collecting, and preserving
evidence for law enforcement and the criminal justice system.
