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Nursing Careers
Clinical
Practice Areas
What kind of nurse
do you want to be? Medical-surgical, trauma or intensive care? Rehabilitation,
pediatrics or long-term acute care? These and
many exciting practice areas are available at Memorial Hermann, where
you can find virtually all clinical specialties. One of those careers is in
forensic nursing, where specially trained forensic nurse examiners
(FNE) gather evidence from and provide care
to patients who may have been involved in violence. Memorial Hermann
has just introduced the nation’s first mobile forensic nursing
unit to
facilitate rapid response to crime scenes and to better protect DNA evidence,
while getting care to the patient more quickly.
An FNE is a registered
nurse (RN) with specialized training who:
- Provides comprehensive
care to patients with interpersonal violence issues (sexual assault,
intimate
partner violence, child sexual and/or physical
abuse, and random violence)
- Demonstrates competency
in conducting a medical/ forensic exam
- Has the ability to
testify as an expert witness in a court of law
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