Forensic Aspects Pop Health

Catalog description

The CJUS 609, Forensic Aspects in Population Health course provides a review of forensic nursing science, forensic science/criminalistics, forensic anthropology, and the criminal justice system through the lens of interprofessional collaboration, and population-health. Forensic nursing concepts addressed in the course will include a review of the expanded and collaborative roles in working with forensic scientists, criminalists, and the criminal justice system. The specific areas for this course related to forensic science/criminalistics include: the crime scene, death investigation, physical evidence, drugs, and DNA. The introduction of population-health concepts will allow graduate MSN/MSCJ students to identify a population of interest (aggregate) related to forensic nursing, while using evidence-based practices to develop effective approaches to care for victims of trauma, violence and crime. This course is intended to prepare graduate MSN/MSCJ dual degree nurses the opportunity to \201Capply the nursing process to public or legal proceedings, and apply forensic health care in the scientific investigation of trauma and/or death to abuse, violence, criminal activity, liability, and accidents\201D (Lynch, 2004 as cited in Hammer, Moynihan, & Pagliaro, 2013). Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate College of Health and Human Sciences Criminal Justice