This exciting program prepares medical professionals for a career in the
legal field as legal nurse consultants. Building on your medical education
and possible clinical experience, this course provides the RN and PA with
fundamental skills necessary to advise law firms, health care providers,
insurance companies, and governmental agencies regarding medically related
issues and to appear in court as expert witnesses. The course teaches
legal concepts related to the health care industry, as well as the role
a legal nurse consultant might play in litigation areas such as medical
malpractice, toxic torts, products liability, personal injury, wrongful
death, criminal law, and workers' compensation. Any RN or PA interested
in entering the legal field can benefit from the education provided by
this course. The course is also open to anyone interested in the field
of forensic testimony and medical-legal issues, but participants without
an RN or PA background might not be able to take the LNCC exam after graduation.
Legal Nurse Consultant Certified (LNCC) is a discretionary test separate
from this training course that experienced registered nurses graduating
from this course may decide to sit for. LNCC test eligibility requirements
are discussed during this training course; however, RNs graduating from
this course need not take the LNCC in order to practice as legal nurse
consultants.
A registered nurse can work as a legal nurse consultant
in a variety of different capacities:
- Full or part-time
as an employee of a law firm;
- Full or part-time
as an independent contractor to a law firm;
- Full or part-time
in the clinical setting and consulting with a law firm, and/or
testifying as an expert witness on a part time basis; and
- Full or part-time
as an employee with an insurance company or hospital in risk management.
This continuing nursing education activity
was approved by the Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver
by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Students will receive 42 hours of instruction and will
be required to prepare assignments and pass weekly quizzes. Successful
graduates will be awarded a Certificate of Course Completion from a sponsoring
university. Successful graduates will also receive a certificate for 42
contact hours of continuing nursing education from The Center for Legal
Studies that they may be able to use to fulfill continuing education requirements.
This certificate does not carry academic credit and will not show
on transcripts. Students or employers may request records from the participating
university upon completion of the course.
Formats available:
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The Center for Legal Studies features
in an online format the same LegalNurse Consultant Training Course
TM that has been offered for over 15 years at colleges and universities
throughout the nation. Through your computer, this course is available to
students who, because of location or schedule conflicts, are unable to attend
the popular live lectures.
- View the
Course Syllabus
- Review the material as many times as necessary for
full retention of the information.
- Students benefit from direct interaction with the
instructor and other students by way of email and a discussion board.
- This course focuses on Legal Theory and Terminology,
Ethics, Litigation Process, Employment Areas, Fundamentals of Legal
Writing.
- Specific attention will be given to Legal Nurse Consultant
Practice in Torts, Crimes, and Contract Breaches
- Students have 7 weeks to complete the online
course.
- Students e-mail assignments and exams
- Schools
offering the Online format - Schedule
- Financial Aid Information
- Once registered, your password and access information
will be sent in time for the start of class.
- Order
Books Online
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