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{"title":"Forensic Nurses' Understanding of Emergency Contraception Mechanisms: Implications for Access to Emergency Contraception.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000447","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000447","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51324,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forensic Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10021048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"International Association of Forensic Nurses President's Message for 2023.","authors":"Ashley N Stewart","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000448","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000448","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51324,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forensic Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10406246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Forensic Nurses' Understanding of Emergency Contraception Mechanisms: Implications for Access to Emergency Contraception.","authors":"Nancy R Downing,&nbsp;Elaine Avshman,&nbsp;Julie L Valentine,&nbsp;Luke M Johnson,&nbsp;Hector Chapa","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000430","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000430","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>An estimated 25,000 pregnancies result from sexual assault in the United States annually. Numerous professional healthcare organizations endorse offering emergency contraception (EC) as an integrated aspect of post-sexual-assault care. Lack of knowledge surrounding EC's mechanism of action, including misinterpreting ECs as abortifacients, might restrict patient access to this important healthcare option.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>We evaluated sexual assault nurse examiners' understanding of the mechanism of action of oral ECs levonorgestrel (LNG) and ulipristal acetate (UPA).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional survey of practicing sexual assault nurse examiners was conducted through the International Association of Forensic Nurses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 173 respondents, 96.53% reported they prescribed/dispensed EC at the time of medical forensic examinations. LNG was prescribed more frequently than UPA (57.80% vs. 38.2%, respectively). When asked if they agreed or disagreed if LNG and UPA can disrupt an established pregnancy, 83.2% selected disagree/strongly disagree for LNG versus 78.6% for UPA, which were not significantly different. When asked whether the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade would change their EC prescribing, 79.77% reported it will have no change, 6.94% said it would increase, and 12.72% reported they were unsure. Several commented they were concerned whether state laws would prohibit EC and at least one program stopped prescribing EC because of their state laws.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>Addressing misinformation regarding EC's mechanism of action and increasing access to oral EC options after sexual assault have the potential to reduce the incidence of rape-related pregnancy.</p>","PeriodicalId":51324,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forensic Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10076992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Clinical Decision Making in Forensic Nursing: A Cross-Sectional Study From an Emergency Nursing Perspective.","authors":"Samira Farzadfar,&nbsp;Fateme Jafaraghaee,&nbsp;Samad Karkhah,&nbsp;Nazila Javadi-Pashaki,&nbsp;Ehsan Kazemnezhad Leyli,&nbsp;Mitra Sedghi Sabet","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000443","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000443","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Appropriate clinical decision making (CDM) is very important for emergency nurses when working with forensic patients with violence-related injuries and can improve patient outcomes. Therefore, it is essential for emergency nurses to have the basic skills to make the right clinical decisions when working with forensic patients.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of this study was to evaluate the CDM of emergency nurses when caring for forensic patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study was conducted using a cross-sectional design. Nurses working in the seven emergency departments of Rasht hospitals, Guilan Province, Iran, were recruited to take part in the study. Data collection was performed via census sampling from September to November 2019. Data were collected via a two-part questionnaire developed by the researcher(s) that addressed (a) demographic characteristics and (b) simulated scenarios that assessed their CDM in caring for forensic patients.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>One hundred ninety-two emergency nurses participated in this study. The mean score of CDM in forensic nursing was moderate (56.46; 95% CI [54.49, 58.43]). Of the participants, 60.42% of the emergency nurses had moderate CDM knowledge related to forensic nursing, whereas only 2.8% had desirable knowledge of CDM. There was a statistically significant relationship between CDM in forensic nursing and the history of encountering forensic patients ( p = 0.008).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>CDM scores regarding emergency nurses' knowledge of forensic nursing were moderate. Knowledge of and CDM in forensic nursing is very important and provides high-quality safe care for forensic patients.</p><p><strong>Implications for clinical forensic nursing practice: </strong>This study highlights the importance of additional education and professional development in forensic nursing, for emergency nurses, and should be considered further by nursing administrators and nursing educators.</p>","PeriodicalId":51324,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forensic Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10021044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Getting to Know the Journal of Forensic Nursing Editorial Board.","authors":"Cindy Peternelj-Taylor","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000449","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000449","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51324,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forensic Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10076991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Do Personal Nurse-Initiated Medication Boxes Work in Prison? A Cross-Sectional Study Involving Incarcerated Persons and Prison Officers in a Swiss Prison.","authors":"Dominique Pralong, Nguyen Toan Tran, Gérard Mary, Audrey Renaud, Francesco Meach, Hans Wolff","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000392","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000392","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Daily in-hand medication dispensing in prisons and jails is resource intensive, disempowering, and nonconfidential. This research aimed to assess a nurse-initiated, low-frequency medication dispensing system using personal lockable boxes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was carried out in a Swiss prison involving 47 box users and 19 custodial officers.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Box users agreed or strongly agreed about the perceived advantages of the box system, including user-friendliness, lower theft risk, and increased dignity, confidentiality, compliance, and autonomy to self-manage medication. Officers, who must accompany nurses during dispensing rounds, concurred that medication boxes were more time-efficient and improved role differentiation between custodial and clinical staff. Patients and officers were overall satisfied with the system and would recommend scaling it up in other facilities.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>This study suggests that medication boxes are feasible, acceptable, easy to use, and secure. Boxes could promote patients' autonomy, protect confidentiality, and allow nurses to dedicate more time to individual visits and health promotion and prevention activities.</p>","PeriodicalId":51324,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forensic Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/0b/e9/jfn-19-179.PMC10453344.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10134863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impacts of Culture on Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence Among Fijian Indian Women in the United States.","authors":"Shayal S Prasad,&nbsp;Julie T Bidwell,&nbsp;Jann L Murray-García","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JFN.0000000000000440","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>South Asian women are at a higher risk for experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) in the United States. Fijian Indian (FI) women are part of the diverse South Asian diaspora; however, there are no published data on their experience with IPV. This phenomenological study (a) examined if FI culture influences how women define, experience, and seek help for IPV and (b) identified impacts these themes have on FI women's IPV-related help-seeking, behaviors in regard to U.S. health systems and law enforcement.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Ten FI women in California, 18 years and older, who either were born in Fiji or had parents born in Fiji, were recruited through convenience and snowball sampling. Semistructured interviews took place either face-to-face or via Zoom. Transcribed interview data underwent reflective thematic analysis by two members of the research team.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Normalizing and silencing of IPV events are bolstered by cultural practices of (a) familism/collectivism that ask women to prioritize family intactness over their own emotional and physical safety, (b) traditional patriarchal gender roles, (c) threats of shame and judgment within the community, and (d) the gendered hierarchy tenets of some forms of Hinduism. FI women are more inclined to seek help for IPV from within versus outside the family, with healthcare providers and law enforcement described as women's last choices for assistance.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although a small and regionalized immigrant community, this study of FI women reflects the importance of health and human service providers' understanding of the histories and cultural nuances of the local immigrant populations they serve.</p>","PeriodicalId":51324,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forensic Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9872526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Canada's Aging Federal Prison Population: Health Disparity, Risk, and Compassionate Release for Persons Convicted of Sexual Offenses.","authors":"Jim A Johansson,&nbsp;Dave Holmes,&nbsp;Etienne Paradis-Gagné","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JFN.0000000000000434","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>The Canadian federal prison population is increasingly aging within institutions that were never intended or designed to meet the complex medical and mental health needs of older incarcerated persons. Increasing numbers of incarcerated persons are \"aging in place,\" and many are dying within federal correctional institutions. Persons convicted of sexual offenses comprise a large-and growing-proportion of this aging population. The Correctional Investigator Canada has recently called for an expansion of access to compassionate release for the aging federal prison population, yet little progress has been made. In this article, we explore the significant challenges faced by the aging population in federal institutions, including insufficient access to appropriate care, challenges in application for compassionate release, and how questions of risk may affect the potential for community transfer. Questions of risk overshadow decisions on early release of incarcerated persons, especially those convicted of sexual offenses. Nurses play a central role in the provision of care to aging incarcerated persons and in advocacy for better access to services when a patient's needs cannot be met within the institution. This article presents a call to action for forensic nurses in Canada (and beyond) to advocate for both improved services within federal correctional institutions and for expedited access to compassionate release of aging incarcerated persons, especially those nearing end of life. The significant disparity in access to health care for aging incarcerated persons compared with their nonincarcerated counterparts represents a significant concern.</p>","PeriodicalId":51324,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forensic Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10052447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An Account From a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner on Caring for a Transgender Survivor: A Case Report.","authors":"Mallory Alcock,&nbsp;Carla T Hilario,&nbsp;D Stewart MacLennan","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JFN.0000000000000412","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Transgender individuals represent a gender minority population that has been underserved within the healthcare system and underrepresented in population health and sexuality research, specifically as it pertains to sexual assault. This case report aims to explore how sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) approach the care of transgender people who have survived sexual assault. Key components and findings related to the SANE's encounter will be examined including an evaluation of the biases and assumptions held by the SANE and other healthcare providers. Concepts such as cisnormativity, heteronormativity, and intersectionality will be examined in terms of how these can shape the experience of the survivor, influence the care provided by SANEs, and interact with gender stereotypes and nonaffirming practices faced by transgender people. This case report highlights the importance of acknowledging and undermining nursing approaches that can (re)traumatize sexual assault survivors and explores ways in which SANEs can help to shift views of gender and bodies with the goal of providing better care for gender minority populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":51324,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forensic Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10052448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychosocial Health Factors Among Men Reporting Recent Sexual Assault.","authors":"Jessica Draughon Moret, Lina Choe, Jocelyn C Anderson","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000428","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000428","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of this study was to describe psychosocial health factors in a community sample of men who sought care for sexual assault in the previous 3 months and who were recruited using Internet-based methods.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The cross-sectional survey assessed factors related to HIV postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) uptake and adherence postsexual assault: HIV risk perception, HIV PEP self-efficacy, mental health symptoms, social responses to sexual assault disclosure, PEP costs, negative health habits, and social support.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 69 men in the sample. Participants reported high levels of perceived social support. A high proportion reported symptoms of depression ( n = 44, 64%) and posttraumatic stress disorder ( n = 48, 70%) consistent with cutoffs for clinical diagnoses. Just over a quarter of participants reported past 30-day illicit substance use ( n = 20, 29%), and 45 people (65%) reported weekly binge drinking (six or more drinks on one occasion).</p><p><strong>Potential impact of this work on health equity and forensic nursing: </strong>Men are underrepresented in sexual assault research and clinical care. We highlight similarities and differences between our sample and prior clinical samples and also outline needs for future research and interventions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Men in our sample were highly fearful of acquiring HIV, initiated HIV PEP, and completed or were actively taking HIV PEP at the time of data collection despite high rates of mental health symptoms and physical side effects. These findings suggest that forensic nurses need not only to be prepared to provide comprehensive counseling and care to patients about HIV risk and prevention options but also to address the unique follow-up needs of this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":51324,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forensic Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10220287/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10052444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}