Davis, Christine2012-06-212012-06-2120112012-06-21http://hdl.handle.net/1828/4015This integrative literature review examines the nursing literature around the suitability of forensic psychiatry as a clinical placement for undergraduate nursing students with no previous clinical experience in psychiatric/mental health nursing. A search of the nursing literature using various databases, CINAHL, ERIC and Web of Science, that addressed the researcher’s area of interest finds there to be a paucity of literature. Four of the five retrieved articles address the clinical placement of undergraduate BScN students in forensic psychiatry. The fifth article describes a collaborative partnership between a School of Nursing and a forensic Psychiatric Unit. Further research is suggested to evaluate the suitability of forensic psychiatry as a suitable place of learning about mental health/illness for undergraduate BScN students.enforensic psychiatryliterature reviewundergraduateclinical placementprojectAvailable to the World Wide Web