Introduction to forensic nursing -- Forensic nursing as part of the nursing process -- The mandate for forensic nursing -- Forensic issues in the clinical setting -- Forensic nurses' medico-legal skill sets: observation, documentation, photography, and evidence collection -- Sexual assault -- Interpersonal violence -- Vulnerable populations -- Sexual violence in the military -- Sexual violence on campus -- Forensic psychiatric nursing and corrections nursing --

Medico-legal death investigation -- Legal nurse consulting and nursing jurisprudence -- DNA evidence and medico-legal issues -- Professional issues: forensic nursing education and training -- Professional issues: forensic nurses as entrepreneurs -- The future of forensic nursing.