Partner Violence (IPV) and their formalized GRADUATE CERTIFCATE FORENSIC NURSING 28 NR New Graduate Certificate Forensic Nursing 2013 V3 curriculum on elder maltreatment. This course examines the forensic nurse’s role when responding to and managing cases of IPV and child/elder maltreatment. The forensic nurse’s role includes but is not limited to: enhanced screening, completion of a forensic nursing evaluation, evidence collection, documentation of findings (including photography), treatment of injury, multidisciplinary collaboration, referral of services, and participation in legal proceedings. Forensic nurses work as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure that patients experiencing IPV or child/elder maltreatment receive quality care in the context of culture, age, sexuality, spirituality, and socioeconomic status. Students will learn to deliver care that is comprehensive, holistic, and patient-family centered to improve the health and safety of patients, families, and communities that have experienced IPV or child/elder maltreatment. The dynamics of IPV throughout the lifespan will be highlighted with emphasis placed on the unique challenges that specific vulnerable populations experience in relation to IPV and child/elder maltreatment. Importance will be placed on the ability to identify characteristics that increase patient vulnerability and the likelihood of violence and maltreatment. Focus is also placed on relevant laws, regulations, and policies that impact forensic nursing practice in cases of IPV and child/elder maltreatment. NRS XXX Forensic Nursing’s Role in Disaster Management and Global/Societal Crimes This course focuses on the role of the forensic nurse when caring for individuals, families, populations, and communities that have experienced trauma or violence as a result of manmade or natural disasters and global or societal crimes. Students will be trained as leaders and collaborators within a multidisciplinary team that implement best practice in all levels of disaster management, including: prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery at the global, federal, state, and local levels of government. Course content further examines the role and impact of the forensic nurse on prevention and management of global and societal crimes such as terrorism, bullying, and hate crimes. The psychological impact of disasters and global/societal crimes on survivors and responders will also be explored. GRADUATE CERTIFCATE FORENSIC NURSING 29 NR New Graduate Certificate Forensic Nursing 2013 V3 NRS XXX Forensic Nurse Death Investigation This course meets the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) Education Guidelines for the Forensic Nurse Death Investigator (FNDI). Course content will provide foundational knowledge to those new to the field of forensic nursing and the subspecialty of death investigation. This course focuses on forensic nursing evaluation and death scene investigation by a nurse who has received specialized education and training as a FNDI. Students will learn to utilize the nursing process to manage aspects of death investigation including assessment of the scene to collection, management, and evaluation of forensic evidence. FNDIs are one member of a multidisciplinary forensic team which collaborates together to provide competent, comprehensive services to the family and/or survivors of the decedents and the community during the death investigative process. The importance, roles, and responsibilities of the FNDI and other members of the multidisciplinary forensic team will be explored as well as the impact of the criminal justice and death investigative systems on FNDI practice. D. COURSES, COURSE DELIVERY METHOD, AND NEW COURSES All courses are new and have been developed specifically for the GCFN program. Course Title Credits Pre-requisite Co-requisite Delivery New NRS XXX Foundations of Forensic Nursing Science 3 Foundations of Clinical Forensic Nursing Assessment Hybrid New NRS XXX Foundations of Clinical Forensic Nursing Assessment 3 Foundations of Forensic Nursing Science Face-toface New NRS XXX Forensic Nursing’s Role in Sexual Assault/Abuse 3 Foundations of Forensic Nursing Science & Foundations of Clinical Forensic Nursing Assessment Forensic Nursing’s Role in Intimate Partner Violence and Child/Elder Maltreatment Hybrid New GRADUATE CERTIFCATE FORENSIC NURSING 30 NR New Graduate Certificate Forensic Nursing 2013 V3 NRS XXX Forensic Nursing’s Role in Intimate Partner Violence and Child/Elder Maltreatment 3 Foundations of Forensic Nursing Science & Foundations of Clinical Forensic Nursing Assessment Forensic Nursing’s Role in Sexual Assault/Abuse Hybrid New NRS XXX Forensic Nursing’s Role in Disaster Management and Global/Societal Crimes 3 Forensic Nursing’s Role in Sexual Assault/Abuse & Forensic Nursing’s Role in Intimate Partner Violence and Child/Elder Maltreatment Forensic Nurse Death Investigation Hybrid New NRS XXX Forensic Nurse Death Investigation 3 Forensic Nursing’s Role in Sexual Assault/Abuse & Forensic Nursing’s Role in Intimate Partner Violence and Child/Elder Maltreatment Forensic Nursing’s Role in Disaster Management and Global/Societal Crimes Hybrid New E. PLAN OF STUDY Plan of study for the GCFN program will consist of 3 consecutive