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JOURNAL OF FORENSIC NURSING
Volume 18, Issue 2, Pages 85-90Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/JFN.0000000000000359
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Forensic nursing; medicolegal death investigator; sudden unexpected death; trauma; trauma-informed care
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Forensic nurses involved in medicolegal death investigations often experience trauma, which can lead to decreased performance and burnout. The principles of trauma-informed care can be applied to alleviate distress and enhance communication in this context.
Forensic nurses engaged in medicolegal death investigations experience trauma-induced responses in responding to, investigating, and documenting sudden unexpected deaths. The trauma of these repeated experiences often results in diminished performance, job dissatisfaction, and burnout. The principles of trauma-informed care are not new but have not been incorporated into death investigation practices. When coupled with medicolegal death investigation procedures, application of these principles can help to alleviate distress for forensic nurses, colleagues, and decedents of concerned families. This case series illustrates how the principles of trauma-informed care can be implemented to enhance communication, deescalate emotional or threatening situations, and prevent retraumatization in the context of medicolegal death investigations.
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