Forensic mental health nurses are independent professionals who have individual professional responsibilities, but also share responsibility with medicine, hospitals, incarceration staff, and community teams. These nurses can be found in a variety of practice settings and are important members on a variety of mental health teams. Much has changed—for the better—in the evolution of the forensic mental health nurse in recent decades.
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