The Knowledge Levels of Health Personnel in Turkey Regarding Forensic Evidence*

M.Sc., R.N. Nurcan Çalışkan; M.Sc., R.N. Dilek Özden

doi:10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02148.x

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“…Healthcare practitioners are to be knowledgeable with and skilled in adequate forensic evidence recognition, gathering, and preservation, otherwise, they may accidentally ignore, lose, or destroy the evidence and legal consequences may result (Çalışkan and Özden, 2012;Henderson, Harada, and Amar, 2012). Although most physicians in this study understood the correct definition of a medico-legal evidence and had positive attitude towards its importance, the greater proportion of them did not realize that collecting and preserving this evidence for a probable forensic investigation is under their responsibility.…”

Section: Ii5 Ethical Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 80%

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of an Egyptian Physicians Sample towards Dealing with Medico-legal Cases and Forensic Evidence

Mostafa

Awny

Siam

et al. 2022

Zagazig Journal of Forensic Medicine

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Introduction: A medico-legal case (MLC) is one of the most challenging clinical cases encountered by physicians during their daily work. Handling violence, poisonings, and multiple injury cases indicate the important role of physicians in examining such injuries before changing their features through surgical intervention or recovery. Aim of the work: to assess knowledge, attitude, and practice of an Egyptian physicians' sample towards dealing with MLC and forensic evidence. Participants and methods: A cross-sectional study using an anonymous electronic questionnaire was conducted on a convenience sample. The questionnaire included demographic and training characteristics, knowledge, attitude, and practice in dealing with MLC and forensic evidence and common challenges. Results: The respondents were 145 Egyptian physicians and 83% of them did not receive any postgraduate forensic training.Based on Bloom's cutoff score, the participants had fair knowledge (50.3%), a positive attitude (67.6 %) and 80% had poor practice. No significant associations were found between the knowledge and the attitude scores with all studied variables. Age group >50 was found to be associated with positive attitude better than other age groups while poor practice was observed in age group (20-30 years). Physicians with previous postgraduate forensic training had better knowledge, more positive attitude, and better practice scores than those without such training.There were considerable challenges faced by physicians during dealing with MLCs, such as pressure from relatives (92.4%), psychological stress (89.7%), and proper dealing with forensic evidence (89%). Conclusion: Despite that most of the participants in this study had positive attitude score towards dealing with MLCs, only half of them had fair knowledge and 80% had poor practice. Recommendations: To integrate forensic education at the postgraduate level and take measures to ensure proper handling, documentation, and reporting of MLCs and forensic evidence at medical institutes to protect patient rights.

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Section: Ii5 Ethical Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 80%

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of an Egyptian Physicians Sample towards Dealing with Medico-legal Cases and Forensic Evidence

Mostafa

Awny

Siam

et al. 2022

Zagazig Journal of Forensic Medicine

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“…However, the results of the two above-mentioned studies indicated that nurses rated 84% and 97% of the role behaviors as very important respectively. The proper practice of nurses depends on their knowledge and skills (19), and insu cient ED nurses' knowledge and skills on forensic issues cause them to lack the required competence to provide quality care in forensic cases ( 16). In the current study, the distance between the value of importance that ED nurses placed on the FN role behaviors and their current performance of behaviors may result from insu cient ED nurses' knowledge of FN, as ED nurses' demographic information, indicated that 93.4% of them received no education about FN.…”

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Forensic nursing in the emergency department The distance between performed role behaviors by nurses and their perception of behaviors’ importance

Emami

Lynch

Banazadeh

2023

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Background Emergency department nurses often deal with victims of violence and trauma. Lifesaving and stabilizing the patients’ conditions often is a priority and protecting the chain of valuable evidence is the next priority. It is important to describe how nurses currently practice in ED and perceive their role in caring for forensic patients. Objective To investigate the performed frequency and perceived importance of forensic nursing role behaviors by ED nurses and the difference between performed behaviors and perceived behaviors’ importance. Method A questionnaire was used to investigate the performed frequency and perceived importance of forensic nursing role behaviors among 274 ED nurses. Results The total mean score of performed frequency and perceived importance of behaviors was 2.36 ± 0.65 and 4.23 ± 0.64 respectively. The total mean difference score between performed frequency and perceived importance was 1.86. The highest mean difference scores belonged to the role behaviors of forensic nurse specialists including educating the staff on forensic matters (3.1), acting as an expert witness in court (3.09), and operating in the ED (3.08). The items with the lowest mean difference scores were: informing forensic physicians about admitting a dead patient on arrival (0.93), assisting police investigators in their mission (0.99), and assuring documentation for investigation/legal protection of the nurse/patient (1.01). Performed frequency of behaviors positively correlated with participants’ type of shift worked and their personal experiences of legal and judicial claims. The female gender of respondents positively correlated with behaviors’ perceived importance. Conclusion The gap between role behaviors enacted by ED nurses and their expectations to perform those behaviors reflects an urgent need to train nurses by integrating forensic nursing topics into graduate and undergraduate nursing curricula, nursing programs, and in-service education. Forensic nurses should be available in ED to facilitate the conviction of criminals and support the victims of trauma and innocents. To meet society’s changing needs and demands ED nurses should be encouraged to expand their. Interventions should be undertaken to specialize nursing roles and recognize forensic nursing specialty. It is required to develop and apply forensic nursing protocols in caring for victims of trauma and violence and facilitate the cooperation of healthcare system with law enforcement and forensic investigators.

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“…should be included in the curriculum of all nursing education programs and graduate programs should impart the necessary knowledge and skills to the nurses [17]. In a study assessing the knowledge level of the healthcare personnel on forensic cases, Çalışkan and Özden reported that 73% of the health personnel did not receive training, and 17.5% of the trained ones did not find the training sufficient [22]. In the literature, we did not find any study examining the effect of a training program on forensic nursing.…”

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The Effects of a Structured Training Program on the Identification and Evaluation of Judicial Cases by Nurses

Güleroğlu

Akbuğa

Arslan³

et al. 2021

International Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

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This study was conducted to determine the effect of a structured education program on the ability of nurses to identify and evaluate forensic cases. The study is an intervention study with a pretest, post-test, and follow-up test design. The population of the study is composed of 130 nurses working in a University Research and Application Hospital in Central Anatolia in Turkey. The sample size was not calculated as the aim was to reach the whole population. The study was completed with 42 nurses who agreed to participate in the study. The data of the study were collected by using the Nurse Information form and Forensic Cases Identification and Evaluation Knowledge form. The pre-test was done one week earlier than the training, the post-test was done just after the training, and follow-up was done one month later after the training. The average age of the nurses was found to be 30.11±4.87, 69% of the participants were married, and 59.5% hold a bachelor's degree. When nurses' Forensic Case Identification and Evaluation Information Form mean scores were compared, the mean score was 4. 57±1.98 in the pre-test, 11.73±4.09 in post-test, and 9.88±3.40 in follow-up done one month later. It was determined that there was a significant increase in nurses' average of the post-test and follow-up scores according to pre-test (p<0.05). It was found that the number of the nurses' correct answers regarding the collection of evidence increased significantly after training and in the follow-up. It has been determined that education has a positive effect on the level of knowledge about the identification and assessment of forensic cases. It is recommended that nurses be given in-service training on the evaluation of forensic cases and evidence identification, collection, and recording. Also, forensic nursing certificate programs can be made more common.

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The Knowledge Levels of Health Personnel in Turkey Regarding Forensic Evidence*

Cited by 14 publications

References 4 publications

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of an Egyptian Physicians Sample towards Dealing with Medico-legal Cases and Forensic Evidence

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of an Egyptian Physicians Sample towards Dealing with Medico-legal Cases and Forensic Evidence

Forensic nursing in the emergency department The distance between performed role behaviors by nurses and their perception of behaviors’ importance

The Effects of a Structured Training Program on the Identification and Evaluation of Judicial Cases by Nurses

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