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“Don't Destroy the Evidence!”
Author(s) -
Wick Jane M.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)62013-9
Subject(s) - psychology , nursing , outcome (game theory) , criminology , medicine , mathematical economics , mathematics
As nurses, we interact with both victims and perpetrators of violence. Our goal is to save the patient; however, we also play a role in the legal outcome of that violence. What we do in caring for these patients is important. Means of preserving and documenting evidence while caring for the victims of violence are discussed and guidelines for the nurse s legal role are given. AORN J 72 (Nov 2000) 807–827.