REAL LIFE: Unlike in Hollywood where, "you get results in under an hour," crime labs can take six to nine months to test the DNA evidence in a rape kit, says Mission Health forensic nurse team ...

The author, a registered nurse and mystery writer (Bagels for Tea), does an excellent job of conveying the importance of an emerging medical specialty. Because forensic nurses—described by Stevens as ...

Like a lot of nurses interested in this field, I found the combination of the medical and forensic worlds fascinating. Always one to try to figure out "why" or "how," this field of nursing seemed to ...

What do you call a nurse who combines the compassion of Mother Teresa with the coolness of a CSI investigator? You can call these nurses saints or you can call them detectives, but the double-barreled ...

Care by a forensic nurse examiner differs from other types of medical intervention in that patients are empowered to have total control of their hospital visits. People who fall victim to ...

The cases involving children are the hardest for Frederick Memorial Hospital nurse Tracy Montgomery. Montgomery has been a nurse for more than 30 years, the majority of which she has spent at FMH. And ...

On August 18, 2021, Dr. Sean Dugan sent out a letter to his colleagues. He practices medicine in Redding, which had just reported its highest rates of COVID hospitalizations yet. His message began ...

A Lampasas man has been working for nearly two years to bring his daughter, who is a U.S. citizen, and wife back home to the states from Nigeria. Over the last few years the Texas Restaurant ...

TROY, N.Y. — The International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) honored Nancy A. Harris, NP-C, NYSAFE, SANE-A, SANE-P, with its prestigious Distinguished Fellow Award at a presentation held July ...

CLEVELAND — For years, we've told you about the backlog of untested rape kits in Ohio. While that number is slowly lowering, 3News Investigates has uncovered another pitfall: a shortage of ...

NEW ORLEANS - The 78th Annual Scientific Conference of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) is taking place Feb.

A leading forensic nurse researcher has developed new approaches to detecting bruises in patients with darker skin tones – thus helping to overcome barriers to diagnosing injuries in patients of color ...