The Forensic Nurse

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation  has published a document for the requirements needed to submit evidence collection kits for processing.

 http://www.ganet.org/gbi/labmanual.html 

Law enforcement agencies (local, state and federal)
Judicial systems
Medicolegal community
Other government laboratories
Regulatory and public service governmental agencies
Non-law enforcement security departments (for criminal cases only)

HOURS OF OPERATION

Laboratory hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Evidence receiving hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. , Monday through Friday .

The Crime Laboratory observes the State of Georgia official holiday schedule.

Most forensic nurses, work out of an emergency room setting or in a freestanding clinic. The Emergency Nurses Association, or ENA published an official statement on their stance of forensic evidence collection by nurses in the emergency room setting for Victims of sexual assault, child maltreatment, elder abuse and other violent incidents are often brought to the emergency department (ED) for care.

· ENA believes that it is the emergency nurse’s role not only to provide physical and emotional

· ENA supports collaboration with emergency physicians, social service, and law enforcement

· ENA encourages emergency nurses to become familiar with the concepts and skills of