Department of Health Programs, Vocational School of Health Services, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey.
Department of Emergency Faculty of Medicine, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey.
Int Emerg Nurs. 2024 Jun;74:101440. doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2024.101440. Epub 2024 Apr 9.
Emergency services are the first places where victims and/or perpetrators of different types of violence are brought for medical treatment. Emergency service nurses are the first health workers who first encounter with the forensic case, first communicate and are in an important position in the rapid and accurate continuation of the forensic process. In this study, it was aimed to determine the level of knowledge of emergency department nurses regarding the management of forensic cases.
The study was a cross-sectional, descriptive. Ninety-eight emergency nurses working in the emergency departments of three different public hospitals in the same province participated in the study. Study data were collected with the "Nurse Personal Information Form" and the "Knowledge Levels of Nurses related to the Approaches to Forensic Cases Questionnaire".
70.4 % of the nurses participating in the study were women, their mean age was (X ± SD = 27.36 ± 5.21). It is seen that 87.8 % of the nurses have a total working time in the emergency unit between 1 and 5 years and 11.2 % have received training on forensic nursing. "Total Knowledge Score" of undergraduate graduate nurses The mean score was higher and there was a significant difference between the groups (p > 0.05). The nurses who received in-service training and forensically evaluated all cases admitted to the emergency department had a higher mean score in the "Knowledge Score Regarding the Duties of Nurses Regarding Forensic Cases" mean was higher and there was a significant difference between the groups (p > 0.05).
We recommend the use of institutional guides/protocols together with in-service training for emergency nurses to provide medically and legally correct forensic care and to have sufficient knowledge.
急救服务是为各种类型暴力的受害者和/或加害者提供医疗的第一场所。急救服务护士是最先接触法医案例的一线卫生工作者，他们最先与案例相关人员进行沟通，并在快速准确地延续法医流程方面处于重要地位。在这项研究中，旨在确定急诊护士在法医案例管理方面的知识水平。
这是一项横断面描述性研究。来自同一省内 3 家不同公立医院的 98 名急诊护士参与了这项研究。研究数据是通过“护士个人信息表”和“护士与法医案例处理方法相关的知识水平问卷”收集的。
参与研究的护士中 70.4%为女性，平均年龄为（X ± SD=27.36 ± 5.21）。可见，87.8%的护士在急诊科室的总工作时间在 1 至 5 年之间，11.2%的护士接受过法医护理培训。本科毕业护士的“总知识得分”较高，组间差异有统计学意义（p＞0.05）。接受在职培训和对所有收入急诊部的案例进行法医评估的护士，在“护士在法医案例方面的职责知识得分”中平均得分更高，组间差异有统计学意义（p＞0.05）。
我们建议为急诊护士使用机构指南/方案，并提供在职培训，以提供医学和法律上正确的法医护理，并确保他们具备足够的知识。
