Enfermagem forense : uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

Introduction: Forensic nursing is the fusion of the health system and the judicial system, which enables the interaction of nursing with the forensic sciences, making the field of nursing adapt to the problems arising from situations of violence. Forensic Nursing is initially directed to provide assistance to patients and victims of violence, working on gathering information, collecting evidence that may be related to a crime, abuse and violence, negligence that may have been committed on a patient or victim. In this way, we bring as a guiding question: What is the importance of the role of the Nurse in Forensic Nursing? Method: The research is an extensive study of integrative literature review, the time frame established for the research were scientific articles selected and published from 2019 to 2023, using the SciELO, LILACS and BDENF databases. The descriptors in science used were "nursing" and " forensics”, “criminal expert” and “investigation” in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Results: Of the 65 articles selected, 10 met the predisposed inclusion criteria and 8 were chosen for the study. Conclusion: The purpose of describing the characteristics of Forensic Nursing was to present the specialty to nursing professionals who still lack knowledge about this area, as well as to enrich the pre-existing knowledge that some already have. The advancement of this area of professional activity in Brazil is interconnected and dependent on the elaboration of laws to regulate the practices of forensic nurses. Finally, we can conclude that nurses have a fundamental role/performance in forensic specialization, as they carry out essential investigation procedures.