Closing the gap between the legal and medical arenas:
One case at a time
F'NES! & Irma Groot, R.N., CNOR, DABFN, fellow ACFEI
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Expert adviser at http://allexperts.com (2008 - 2011)
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from RN.com Nursing Organization News (2007)
"More than Science to this Specialty"
http://w3.rn.com/organizational_news.asp?articleID=16510
or
http://w3.rn.com/news/organizational_news_details.aspx?Id=9384
.....Anyone interested in forensic nursing should try to "shadow" a nurse on the local sexual assault response team, suggested Irma A. Groot, RN, who operates FNES (Forensic Nurse Examinations & Services), a San Diego-area consultancy with a global clientele.
"An opportunity came up for the specialized training, and I thought I would be good at the meticulous attention to detail and preservation of evidence the job requires," Groot said of her foray into the field in the late 1990s.
Now, she and her colleagues are venturing into the area of homicide, where sexual assault or domestic violence has occurred. They are breaking into many territories that open up constantly in forensic consulting and examinations....
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From International Health Management, Inc.
http://www.ihminc.com/our_people.htm
Irma Groot, R.N., CNOR, SANE, DABFN. Irma is a "super nurse". She is an operating room, critical care and forensic nurse in a major US Medical Center. She is also a military Trained Flight Nurse. Her analytical skill, clinical judgement and management decision-making are exceptional. She has the ability to teach, supervise and mentor, most often in highly critical and death threatening situations.
Her one specialty, forensic nursing, is a rarity and expands on her expertise in quality assurance as well as the evaluation of treatment and patient events that can do patients harm. Irma's understanding of the essential attributes for quality nursing permit her to evaluate as well as develop procedures, assess quality of care, develop interventions to best serve patients and support physician patient management.
Irma reviews standards of practice, develops policies and protocols, and revises as well as creates educational programs for forensic, infection control, surgical and critical care areas. She also assists International Health Management, Inc. in a variety of other clinical and management areas.
Irma is a Diplomate of The American Board of Forensic Nurses, a Certified Operating Nurse and a Member of The International Association of Forensic Nurses.
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Irma A. Groot, RN, CNOR(E), DABFN, fellow, ACFEI
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