The Academy of Forensic Nursing
The Academy of Forensic Nursing links research to practice through dissemination of scholarship, education and service to those affected by and responding to trauma. Forensic nurses influence standards of practice globally through consensus documents, research, and professional practice, in areas as wide-ranging as the military, domestic abuse, child abuse, elder abuse, human trafficking, sexual assault, death investigation, and beyond. Specifically, forensic nurses are the primary medical provider needed when rape kits are necessary.