Job Duties

• Forensic nurses perform clinical evidence collection, assess victims' injuries and determine circumstance or cause of trauma.
  
  

Work Environment

• Forensic nurses are employed in hospitals, law firms, public health departments, psychiatric facilities, community health centers and correctional facilities.
  
  

Education

• Certification is available through the International Association of Forensic Nurses. The two types of certification offered are sexual-assault nurse examiner-adult/adolescent, also know as SANE-A, and sexual-assault nurse examiner-pediatric, also known as SANE-P.
  
  

Salary

• According to the May 2008 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, the mean annual wage for a registered nurse is $65,130.
  
  

Warning

• Forensic nurses may be exposed to violent criminals. Working with victims and their families can be stressful and emotionally taxing.