CLS - LegalNurse Consultant Training Course

LegalNurse Consultant Training Course TM

Achieving Excellence in Legal Education Since 1980

About Course

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.

42 Contact Hours will be awarded on your certificate upon successful completion of this course

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.

Continuing Education units for nurses will be available to successful graduates if needed. The curriculum of this course is designed to comply with the educational guidelines specified by the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants. 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.

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:

Live Lecture
Online

Live Lecture Format

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.
42 Contact Hours will be awarded on your certificate upon successful completion of this course
Professional certificate awarded by a college or university
Three or Four Weekends
42 hours of instruction
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
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Online Format

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.

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.
42 Contact Hours will be awarded on your certificate upon successful completion of this course
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.
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Course Books

Required Text for both the Live Lecture and Online formats is:

Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practices, 2nd Edition, edited by Patricia W. Lyer, MSN, RN, LNCC and published by the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants which is available from The Center for Legal Studies Bookstore for $115. Please call 1-800-522-7737 or visit our online store.

Recommended Text for both the Live Lecture and Online formats:

Marketing for the Legal Nurse Consultant, by Betty Joos and John Joos, and published by Skylake Publishing which is available from The Center for Legal Studies Bookstore for $40. Please call 1-800-522-7737 or visit our online store.
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