Forensic nurses at UCHealth are shining a light on the rise in violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. The healthcare system is one of the first to offer an outpatient clinic to victims of violence as well as specialized care.
Forensic nurses say the severity of violence during the pandemic is both evident and alarming. To put that in perspective, when the program started in 2017, the clinic was seeing about 20 patients a month. Now in 2022, they're seeing about 200 victims a month.
