We are excited to announce that Virginia Lynch will be our Guest Speaker at the Annual March Chapter Meeting
Virginia A. Lynch, MSN, RN, FAAFS, FAAN, has been recognized as one of the American pioneers in forensic science and founder of forensic nursing as a scientific discipline. Since 1993, Virginia has served on the faculty of Forensic Nursing and Forensic Health Science, Beth El College of Nursing, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS) and as adjunct faculty at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. She also serves as a visiting scholar in forensic science and nursing programs worldwide.
Ms. Lynch is Editor of the first medico-legal textbook for nurses, titled Forensic Nursing published by Elsevier in 2006. This book was recently acclaimed as the Most Significant Scholarly/Professional Contribution to Nursing and Allied Health for the year 2006 by the American Association of Publishers, Inc. The second edition, titled Forensic Nursing Science was released in August 2010. She was also the first Fulbright Scholar to be awarded a fellowship in forensic nursing science in 2005/2006.