Levels of Knowledge of Emergency Nurses Regarding Forensic Cases and Approaches to Evidence

dc.authoridAslan, Manar/0000-0003-0932-5816
dc.authoridsakallı, dilek/0000-0002-9034-2244
dc.authorwosidAslan, Manar/AFF-1861-2022
dc.authorwosidsakallı, dilek/ABF-4314-2020
dc.contributor.authorSakalli, Dilek
dc.contributor.authorAslan, Manar
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T11:02:08Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T11:02:08Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: This descriptive research was conducted to determine the level of knowledge of nurses working in emergency - services regarding their approach to forensic cases and evidence. Method: The universe was nurses working in the emergency services of state and university hospitals located within the borders of a province. The study group consisted of 175 nurses who agreed to participate and were working in the emergency departments of 15 hospitals (14 state hospitals and one university hospital).The data were collected with a questionnaire developed with reference to the literature to determine the characteristics of the nurses and their approaches to forensic cases and evidence. The data were evaluated using mean. frequency. percentage distributions, t test and ANOVA in the SPSS 21.0 program. Results: From the research, it was concluded that nurses had knowledge deficiencies in the identification and reporting of forensic cases. identification of forensic evidence, and collection, storage and delivery of evidence to the competent authorities. The proposition to which most respondents gave the correct answer was 'Evidence should be placed in a separate paper package/envelope' (99.4%). and the most incorrect was 'When taking the story, the questions should be distracting to reveal inconsistencies (6.3%)'. 57.1% responded correctly to the propositions. Conclusion: Nurses working in emergency departments have a low level of knowledge about approaches to forensic cases and evidence.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.22514/sv.2020.16.0009
dc.identifier.endpage72en_US
dc.identifier.issn1334-5605
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85087375909en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage65en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.22514/sv.2020.16.0009
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/21168
dc.identifier.volume16en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000551519100009en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMre Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSigna Vitaeen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectForensic Nursingen_US
dc.subjectEmergency Nursingen_US
dc.subjectHealth Services Researchen_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectDepartmentsen_US
dc.titleLevels of Knowledge of Emergency Nurses Regarding Forensic Cases and Approaches to Evidenceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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