What is the benefit of this course?

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of students filing a lawsuit against their college or academic program. Nursing students are following this trend and litigation against academic nurse educators and nursing education program is increasing. Academic nurse educators must be skilled health care professionals who are aware of the legal issues surrounding their health care practice, as well as skilled educators who are aware of the legal issues surrounding their role as an academic nurse educator.

What you will learn

Learner should expect to:

1. Briefly review the legal framework applicable to higher education law. 

2. Analyze the role of the Academic Nurse Educator as it relates to common legal issues encountered.                                         

3. Examine best practices in student evaluation, to include both theory and clinical evaluation.                               

4. Apply the elements of malpractice within both the clinical and educational settings. 

5. Examine emerging issues with eLearning and Distant Learning delivering modalities.