Forensic Nurses Must Pay Attention to Every Detail

How familiar does the following scene sound to those of who you regularly watch television crime dramas such as Law and Order: Special Victims Unit? The detectives are assigned to a new rape case and rush to the hospital at which the victim is unconscious and clinging to life. One of the officers grabs the nearest doctor or nurse and asks, "Did you complete a rape kit?" If other examinations or cleaning of the patient was allowed to occur before any possible evidence of a rape or other violent