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 Course Descriptions 

  • LN 321: Introduction to Legal Nurse Consulting

  • The first section of this course offers a comprehensive introduction to the profession of legal nurse consulting and a basis for future legal nurse consultant courses in the certificate program. An overview of the issues, trends, and career options in legal nurse consulting will be addressed. Information is presented concerning the wide variety of work environments in which legal nurse consultants employ their unique abilities and training. Networking and marketing strategies are also introduced in this course. The second section of this course presents a general overview of the American legal system, which assists students in understanding the organizational structure of state and federal government and the historical development.

  • LN 325: Civil Litigation for the Legal Nurse Consultant

  • This course introduces the legal nurse consultant to elements of civil litigation, including case management and strategy, informal fact gathering and investigation, identification of jurisdictions, and drafting of pleadings and motions practice. Students will learn about the civil litigation process with emphasis on preparing for trial, trial procedures, and post-trial procedures. The discovery process will be reviewed in detail, including the purpose of discovery, discovery of expert materials, independent medical examinations, and the legal nurse consultant's critical role in the discovery process. Trial preparation, including the assembling of trial exhibits, gathering witness testimony, and selecting jurors will be examined.

  • LN 327: Principles of Tort Law and Medical Liability

  • In the area of tort law and medical liability, the attorney and legal nurse consultant work as an inseparable team. This course will review the principles of tort law as applied to personal injury practice, discuss the current standards of tort law, and outline some issues of reform facing tort litigation. Special emphasis will be placed on methods for evaluating professional negligence cases, informed consent, and treatment decisions. Additionally, defenses available in negligence suits will be fully reviewed along with issues related to product liability actions. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to effectively and efficiently apply their health care knowledge to the appropriate legal framework.

  • LN 329: Medical Records Summary and Review

  • This course provides an overview of the area of medical records. Theories and strategies of medical record procurement and analysis are discussed, and various methods of medical record summary preparation are presented. Topics include reading a medical record for legal purposes, areas of the law where medical records are used, sources of medical records, issues related to the acquisition of medical records, medical record analysis, problems encountered with medical records, and the use of expert testimony.

  • LN 331: Health Care Risk Management

  • This course provides an overview of health care risk management. Various areas of risk management will be introduced, including risk management theories and strategies, identification and review of specific high-risk areas in the practice environment, risk management in the managed care setting, and ethical issues associated with risk management.