What does a Forensic Nurse do?
Are you one? If so, message me. The new and evolving specialty of forensic nursing encompasses providing care to victims of crime, collecting evidence, and providing health care services within the prison system. The International Association of Forensic Nurses is the professional organization for the field. Specialty areas within forensic nursing include Forensic Clinical Nurse Specialist, Forensic Nurse Investigator, Nurse Coroner/Death Investigator, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, Legal Nurse Consultant, Forensic Gerontology Specialist, Forensic Psychiatric Nurse, and Correctional Nursing Specialist. What Is Forensic Nursing? Forensic Nursing is the application of nursing science to public or legal proceedings; the application of the forensic aspects of health care combined with the bio-psycho-social education of the registered nurse in the scientific investigation and treatment of trauma and/or death of victims and perpetrators of abuse, violence, criminal activity and traumatic accidents. The forensic nurse provides direct services to individual clients, consultation services to nursing, medical and law related agencies, and expert court testimony in areas dealing with trauma and/or questioned death investigative processes, adequacy of services delivery, and specialized diagnoses of specific conditions as related to nursing.
What sort of careers can i have if i take criminal justice and forensic science...?
You need a degree in CRIMINALISTICS--those are the people who do finger print, trace evidence, hair, bullet comparison, blood spatters etc. The actual degree is a masters and many have a bio or a chem or even a med tech (lab scientist) background. There are criminal justice classes you take, but you do not get that as a degree. Also, nursing is NOT a degree that would be something for this. Forensic nursing is to do rape kit collection. My degree was from Cal State Los Angeles, John Jay has one as well & I am sure with the correct title above you can find more.
If you like criminal justice and biology, but your best at history, what should you major in?
Wow - biology & criminal justice are my 2 main interests, too! Neither of these are my best areas either, rather English is my best. I don't enjoy English as much, though, so I am deciding to stick mostly with biology & criminal justice. I figure that one day when I have a career I would rather that it be an interesting challenge than a boring routine that I'm good at.I would go with the areas that you're interested in. :) Plus, all majors have some amount of history involved. I am considering possibly majoring in biology or pre-med, which would allow me to get a master's in medicine & forensic science, or in public health. One major that you may enjoy which involves biology, criminal justice, & history is paleontology. You may also enjoy going to med school for forensic science or to be a detective. Hope this helps & good luck in the future!
Smaller colleges with criminal justice degrees?
Switch. Don't major in criminal justice. It is not the same as forensic science. Criminal justice is for cops, paralegals, pre-law students, etc. (although I'm not sure it is even useful to them). Junior college advisors push students into criminal justice either because they are trying to fill the classes or just don't know any better. Forensic scientists take science. Chemistry (general, quantitative analysis, organic, physical, instrumental analysis), genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry (previous three are the DNA classes), statistics. These are the classes you want to take. For your undergraduate degree, just major in a science program (chemistry, biology, biochemistry, etc.). A lot of the forensic science programs for undergraduate studies are just pandering to the current trends and aren't that good or do not differ from your basic chemistry and biology degrees. If you go on to get a masters degree, than go for Davis' or Fresno's Masters of Science in Forensic Science. I know a grad and a current student of the Davis program and I know the program head and a couple of the students at Fresno. Davis is well established and a good program. Fresno is up and coming, but already very nice.
Is forensic nurse in demand ?
Forensic nursing isn't a new specialty, but it does provide plenty of challenge and opportunity as both the criminal justice and nursing fields grows through technological advances. A Forensic Nurse must hold a BSN and have passed the NCLEX-RN examination, and can even be certified in forensics through various certificate programs. As a liaison between legal and medical fields, Forensic Nurses can work in research, as consultants, or as nurses that collect evidence in the case of sexual assault, abuse or physical assault cases. The average salary for a Forensic Nurse is $20 - $40/hour, depending on location and the time spent within the entire field of nursing. The career field of nursing is currently experiencing a shortage, and that includes Forensic Nurses. If you have an interest in nursing and medicine, and how such things affect the criminal justice field, then Forensic Nursing could be a great fit for your career goals.
How do you become a Crime Scene Investigator?
Most crime scene investigators are Forensic Anthropologists. A good community college can get you the required clases of Physical Anthro, Cultural Anthro, and Archaeology. Some will even have a Forensic Anthropology class. You'll also probably want to take photography, and anatomy. Depending on your schedule and specific interest, you might also be well served by physics, chemistry (for lab work,) statistics (for investigators,) Drawing (for sketch artists,) geology, and geography (for search and rescue.) After that, you'll need a real four year university to get your BA in Anthropology, sociology, or psychology. Psychology, or Anthro are your best bets. In a school that has a forensic anthropology emphasis, you'll want to do anthro, and emphasize in that. If the school has a forensic anthro minor, you might instead want to major in psychology, and take course in developmental, abnormal, criminal, and marriage/family counselling type psychology classes. Depending on your options, you might also consider an emphasis, or minor in archaeology or physical anthro. Arch is best for investigating the crime scene. Physical is best for working with human remains. In schools that aren't so great for this particular carreer, you can continue some of the classes I mentioned for community colleges. Photography, and chemistry classes will almost always have one or two new things to teach at higher levels. It is also possible to go through a nursing program, and become a Coroner that way. This is usually the long way in though.
BIG NO. (read below)I should not say that but in India, there is no respect of forensic degree as it supposed to be. No doubt loads of cases are still pending but no one cares. Indian government hires people from pure science at that time, forensic degree seems useless. There is big demand of forensic scientists but; i felt that forensic science degree only seems worthy when it belongs to core forensic course (i.e. Ballistics, Fingerprints, Toxicology etc.). Otherwise UG or PG forensic science degree is no different than other UG or PG.For instance: One is post graduate with Forensic Biology and Serology and applied for a post related same. Here comes the main challenge! In most of the cases recruiter prefers person who studied Biology for 5 years not the person who is post graduate in Forensic Biology.I do not mean there is 0 demand of Forensic Science degree India needs more and more forensic experts but I want to Show the reality what is happening with us.