Healthcare Personnel's Knowledge and Management of Frequently Encountered Forensic Cases in Emergency Departments in Turkey

dc.contributor.authorTopcu, Emine Tugba
dc.contributor.authorErek Kazan, Ebru
dc.contributor.authorBuken, Erhan
dc.contributor.orcID0000-0002-4779-0623en_US
dc.contributor.pubmedID32068677en_US
dc.contributor.researcherIDAAL-6847-2021en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-30T17:35:00Z
dc.date.available2021-06-30T17:35:00Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractBackground Emergency department (ED) personnel frequently encounter incidents related to crime, violence, and suspicious injuries. The aim of this descriptive study was to determine the knowledge levels of ED healthcare personnel in their handling of frequently encountered forensic cases. Methods A cross-sectional descriptive study composed of ED healthcare personnel at all state, education and research, and university hospitals with EDs, located in Ankara, Turkey, was completed. Participants at the 15 hospitals in question were interviewed via a questionnaire developed by the researchers. Results Three hundred fifty healthcare personnel who worked agreed to participate in the study. The results show that ED healthcare personnel have less knowledge than expected of the right way to handle frequently encountered forensic cases. Very few of the healthcare professionals who participated in the study had received any training or education in the field of forensic nursing. Among participants, postgraduates, health professionals educated in forensic nursing, and healthcare staff who used additional resources to understand forensic cases, and those who had evaluated cases that presented to the ED as forensic cases, had significantly higher levels of knowledge.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage35en_US
dc.identifier.issn1556-3693en_US
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85079658240en_US
dc.identifier.startpage29en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11727/6220
dc.identifier.volume16en_US
dc.identifier.wos000518677500007en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.1097/JFN.0000000000000275en_US
dc.relation.journalJOURNAL OF FORENSIC NURSINGen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergien_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectEmergency departmenten_US
dc.subjectforensic casesen_US
dc.subjectforensic nursingen_US
dc.subjectlevel of knowledgeen_US
dc.titleHealthcare Personnel's Knowledge and Management of Frequently Encountered Forensic Cases in Emergency Departments in Turkeyen_US
dc.typearticleen_US

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