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Infant Death Scene Investigation

Infant Death Scene Investigation Downloaded from http://journals.lww.com/forensicnursing by BhDMf5ePHKbH4TTImqenVA5KvPVPZ0P5BEgU+IUTEfzO/GUWifn2IfwcEVVH9SSn on 06/02/2020 CE Test Instructions: Registration Deadline: March 31, 2017 This activity is also provider approved by the California  Read the article. The test for this CE activity can only Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP be taken online at www.nursingcenter.com/ce/JFN. 11749 for 2.0 contact hours. Lippincott Williams & Tests can no longer be mailed or faxed. Wilkins is also an approved provider of continuing nursing Disclosure Statement: education by the District of Columbia and Florida,  You will need to create (its free!) and login to your The authors and planners have disclosed that they have CE Broker #50-1223. Your certificate is valid in all states. personal CE Planner account before taking online no financial relationships related to this article. tests. Your planner will keep track of all your Lippincott Williams & Wilkins online CE activities for you. Payment and Discounts: Provider Accreditation:  There is only one correct answer for each question.  The registration fee for IAFN members is $14.95; for Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, publisher of Journal of A passing score for this test is 12 correct answers. nonmembers, $21.95. Forensic Nursing, will award 2.0 contact hours for this If you pass, you can print your certificate of earned  IAFN members — To obtain the discounted fee continuing nursing education activity. contact hours and access the answer key. If you fail, online, members can take the test by logging into the you have the option of taking the test again at no Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is accredited as a provider secure ‘‘Members Only’’ area of www.iafn.org additional cost. of continuing nursing education by the American to get the discount code. Use the code when  For questions, contact Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission payment is requested when taking the CE test 1-800-787-8985. on Accreditation. at NursingCenter.com/CE/JFN. JFN0115 CE TEST QUESTIONS GENERAL PURPOSE: To provide information on sudden unexpected infant death 8. Hargrove & Bowman (2007) report some cases that were investigations (SUIDI). ruled SIDS now may be identified as deaths due to a. poisoning. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After reading this article and taking this test, you should b. injury. be able to: c. asphyxia. 1. Select issues related to SUID classification related to cause of death (COD) and manner of death (MOD). 9. In the 2012 review by Randall et al., in what percent of 2. Identify steps to ensuring that the death scene investigation (DSI) is performed the cases did the death scene contribute to or cause properly. the infant’s death? a. 32–50% b. 55–69% 1. Approximately half of SUID cases are classified as c. 73–87% a. homicide. 10. The authors report the most prominent SUID movement b. unidentified manner and means. c. sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). was promoted by the a. World Health Organization. 2. Despite a decline over the past 40 years, the number of b. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. cases from what COD has plateaued? c. National Institutes of Health. a. preterm births 11. This SUID movement aims to develop b. SIDS a. training programs for forensic investigators. c. congenital defects b. prevention strategies for infant deaths. 3. Schnitzer et al. (2012) report a dramatic increase in c. separate licensing for pathologists who perform infant autopsies. what COD for infants since 1992? 12. As noted in the article, barriers to effective infant DSIs include a. accidental suffocation a. having the parents present at the death scene. b. shaken baby b. not removing the deceased infant before the DSI. c. poisonings c. lack of knowledge related to infant developmental capabilities. 4. SUID may stand for any of the following except 13. What do the authors suggest will increase accuracy in a. sudden unexpected infant death. determining and reporting the COD and MOD? b. sudden unexplained infant death. a. having dedicated clerical personnel report all deaths c. sudden unnatural infant death. b. standardizing infant DSIs c. requiring forensic nurses conduct all DSIs 5. The MOD in SIDS cases is a. natural. 14. As noted in the article, the chain of evidence log b. accidental. should be initiated by c. homicide. a. law enforcement. b. forensic nurses. 6. What word is used when one COD cannot be ascertained c. the medical examiner. to the exclusion of all others? a. obscure 15. In the event of obvious death, EMS personnel should b. unresolved a. attempt to determine the COD. c. undetermined b. avoid disturbing the patient and scene. c. interview witnesses and bystanders. 7. As noted in the article, a procedure that affects the 16. Which statement is true regarding a doll reenactment? reported number of deaths from various causes is the a. The doll should be handled like a real baby. a. coding of the deaths. b. The reenactment should always be performed by the DSI leader. b. reporting of the deaths by police. c. filing of the death certificates. c. Photographs should be taken of each position in which the doll is placed. Journal of Forensic Nursing www.journalforensicnursing.com E1 Copyright © 2015 International Association of Forensic Nurses. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. 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Downloaded from http://journals.lww.com/forensicnursing by BhDMf5ePHKbH4TTImqenVA5KvPVPZ0P5BEgU+IUTEfzO/GUWifn2IfwcEVVH9SSn on 06/02/2020 CE Test Instructions: Registration Deadline: March 31, 2017 This activity is also provider approved by the California  Read the article. The test for this CE activity can only Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP be taken online at www.nursingcenter.com/ce/JFN. 11749 for 2.0 contact hours. Lippincott Williams & Tests can no longer be mailed or faxed. Wilkins is also an approved provider of continuing nursing Disclosure Statement: education by the District of Columbia and Florida,  You will need to create (its free!) and login to your The authors and planners have disclosed that they have CE Broker #50-1223. Your certificate is valid in all states. personal CE Planner account before taking online no financial relationships related to this article. tests. Your planner will keep track of all your Lippincott Williams & Wilkins online CE activities for you. Payment and Discounts: Provider Accreditation:  There is only one correct answer for each question.  The registration fee for IAFN members is $14.95; for Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, publisher of Journal of A passing score for this test is 12 correct answers. nonmembers, $21.95. Forensic Nursing, will award 2.0 contact hours for this If you pass, you can print your certificate of earned  IAFN members — To obtain the discounted fee continuing nursing education activity. contact hours and access the answer key. If you fail, online, members can take the test by logging into the you have the option of taking the test again at no Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is accredited as a provider secure ‘‘Members Only’’ area of www.iafn.org additional cost. of continuing nursing education by the American to get the discount code. Use the code when  For questions, contact Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission payment is requested when taking the CE test 1-800-787-8985. on Accreditation. at NursingCenter.com/CE/JFN. JFN0115 CE TEST QUESTIONS GENERAL PURPOSE: To provide information on sudden unexpected infant death 8. Hargrove & Bowman (2007) report some cases that were investigations (SUIDI). ruled SIDS now may be identified as deaths due to a. poisoning. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After reading this article and taking this test, you should b. injury. be able to: c. asphyxia. 1. Select issues related to SUID classification related to cause of death (COD) and manner of death (MOD). 9. In the 2012 review by Randall et al., in what percent of 2. Identify steps to ensuring that the death scene investigation (DSI) is performed the cases did the death scene contribute to or cause properly. the infant’s death? a. 32–50% b. 55–69% 1. Approximately half of SUID cases are classified as c. 73–87% a. homicide. 10. The authors report the most prominent SUID movement b. unidentified manner and means. c. sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). was promoted by the a. World Health Organization. 2. Despite a decline over the past 40 years, the number of b. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. cases from what COD has plateaued? c. National Institutes of Health. a. preterm births 11. This SUID movement aims to develop b. SIDS a. training programs for forensic investigators. c. congenital defects b. prevention strategies for infant deaths. 3. Schnitzer et al. (2012) report a dramatic increase in c. separate licensing for pathologists who perform infant autopsies. what COD for infants since 1992? 12. As noted in the article, barriers to effective infant DSIs include a. accidental suffocation a. having the parents present at the death scene. b. shaken baby b. not removing the deceased infant before the DSI. c. poisonings c. lack of knowledge related to infant developmental capabilities. 4. SUID may stand for any of the following except 13. What do the authors suggest will increase accuracy in a. sudden unexpected infant death. determining and reporting the COD and MOD? b. sudden unexplained infant death. a. having dedicated clerical personnel report all deaths c. sudden unnatural infant death. b. standardizing infant DSIs c. requiring forensic nurses conduct all DSIs 5. The MOD in SIDS cases is a. natural. 14. As noted in the article, the chain of evidence log b. accidental. should be initiated by c. homicide. a. law enforcement. b. forensic nurses. 6. What word is used when one COD cannot be ascertained c. the medical examiner. to the exclusion of all others? a. obscure 15. In the event of obvious death, EMS personnel should b. unresolved a. attempt to determine the COD. c. undetermined b. avoid disturbing the patient and scene. c. interview witnesses and bystanders. 7. As noted in the article, a procedure that affects the 16. Which statement is true regarding a doll reenactment? reported number of deaths from various causes is the a. The doll should be handled like a real baby. a. coding of the deaths. b. The reenactment should always be performed by the DSI leader. b. reporting of the deaths by police. c. filing of the death certificates. c. Photographs should be taken of each position in which the doll is placed. Journal of Forensic Nursing www.journalforensicnursing.com E1 Copyright © 2015 International Association of Forensic Nurses. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. Downloaded from http://journals.lww.com/forensicnursing by BhDMf5ePHKbH4TTImqenVA5KvPVPZ0P5BEgU+IUTEfzO/GUWifn2IfwcEVVH9SSn on 06/02/2020

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