Hey there,
was wondering if there were any forensic nurses from a level one trauma available to speak with the trauma coordinator at the facility in which I work. We are one of only 3 programs in the state of Ohio that have full time forensics. Program one is building and program 2 is not a level one trauma center. Though I can't speak for these facilities I don't feel as though they represent the forensic nursing lens as well as our program is working towards.
I asked to be added to trauma pages so that forensics could be available to determine if the patient is appropriate for forensics rather than to wait to be consulted- which often gets missed. According to our data it takes providers ~ 63 minutes to consult a forensic nurse and I would like to do better.
Our focus forensically is sexual assault, simple assault, IPV, GSW, Burns, Stab wounds, HT, Elder Abuse, and Bites. We are a relatively new program and been providing care for about a year.
Please and thank you! :)
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Mindy Lause
Oct 11, 2022
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Mindy,
Natalie and I work at a Level 1 trauma center and have 7 nurses and we cover 24/7. We se all victims of violence. We get our pages through our diagnotes system of paging.
We also self-refer, so when we get in an interpersonal violence patient and we see their chief complaint is 'assault' we just go see the patient without waiting on a consult.
The patient can decline our services and then we just write a declination note and provide resources.
I or Natalie can speak with whoever you need us to speak to.
Regards,
Barb Bachmeier