FNCB’s vision of the “Future of Forensic Nursing” is unlike the current landscape of today’s forensic nursing practices. Forensic nursing has flourished over the past 25 years with the development of many important, population-focused roles. However, role confusion and overreach have forensic nurses practicing outside their scope of practice according to their licensure. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing Essentials (2021) defines two levels of nursing preparation. The FNCB adopted this framework as it conducted research to define core forensic nursing knowledge, skills, and practices for forensic nursing specialty practice levels – generalist forensic nurse and advanced forensic nurse. The GFN and AFN certification examinations were developed and launched in 2022 to verify the competency of this core knowledge. Objectives: Analyze nurses’ scope of practice based on licensure levels – registered nurse and advanced practice nurse. Discuss the three pillars related to knowledge, skills, and practices standard to the specialty of forensic nursing, regardless of population-focused role. Explore the impact of forensic nursing expert consensus-derived curriculum for forensic nurses. Enduring Modules - This module originated on 03/26/2025 and will remain available for CE credit through 04/01/2027 Criteria for Successful Completion: Live attendees must join the zoom link via the LMS site, be logged in for a minimum of 90% of the session, and successfully complete the attestation and evaluation. Upon completion, a CE certificate for 1.25 contact hours will be awarded. Recordings of the live session will be made available within one week of the live date. Asynchronous attendees must utilize the LMS to obtain resource information (if available), view 100% of recording(s), complete all modules, and successfully complete the attestation and evaluation. Upon completion, a CE certificate for 1.25 contact hours will be awarded. No relevant financial relationships exist for any individuals in a position to control content of this educational activity. NOTE: The Academy of Forensic Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.