B6185 - Infermieristica Forense

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 5908)

Learning outcomes


At the end of the module, the student possesses basic knowledge to identify the figure of the forensic nurse in the social-health sector, acquiring cognitive mastery relating to the civil and criminal expert areas specific to the nursing profession; legal assistance to nurses for disputes; assistance to victims of violence; collaboration with the medical examiner and drafting of protocols related to risk management.

Course contents

Criminal, civil, administrative, disciplinary and disciplinary liability: general aspects:
Gelli-Bianco law: sharing of salient points in relation to some articles;
Concept of risk management and clinical governance;
The figure and role of the forensic nurse and expert aspects.

Simulation of a criminal trial in the courtroom.

Readings/Bibliography

- Criminal and civil codes;
- “Legal and forensic nurse”; Lawyer V.Zeppilli, Studio Cataldi (www.studiocataldi.it;
- Law 24/2017 Gelli-Bianco;
-FNOPI Circular n. 77/2018-Prot. P-10279/III.01 “CNF/FNOPI/CSM Protocol”;

Teaching methods

Interactive frontal lessons with projection of content in slides.

Assessment methods

Written test with 10 multiple choice questions. There is no ongoing evaluation.
Not admitted to exams if absences > 25% (6 hours). If the absence exceeds six hours, you will be asked to complete an additional essay.

Teaching tools

slides copy

Office hours

See the website of Luca Venturini