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Legally Defensible Practice
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 academic nurse educators. Learn the most frequent risk areas and strategies that can be used to decrease your risk of legal liability.
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Legally Defensible Practice
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of students filing lawsuits against their colleges or academic programs. Nursing students are following this trend and litigation against academic nurse educators and nursing education programs 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 academic nurse educators. Learn the most frequent risk areas and strategies that can be used to decrease your risk of legal liability.
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Linda Christensen, EDD, JD, MSN, RN
Linda Christensen is a nurse-educator-administrator-lawyer. She has more than 35 years of experience in nursing education, ranging from teaching nursing assistant classes at a community college to teaching graduate nursing students. During her time as an education administrator, she served as program director (for various levels of nursing), dean of nursing, and vice president of academic affairs.
As a lawyer, she has served as a civil litigator, in-house attorney, and legal writing instructor. For the past 25 years, Linda has served as an expert witness on various health and education related lawsuits. Linda has authored various chapters on legal issues in nursing education and is is a frequent speaker on legal issues, with a focus on nursing education and the law.
As a lawyer, she has served as a civil litigator, in-house attorney, and legal writing instructor. For the past 25 years, Linda has served as an expert witness on various health and education related lawsuits. Linda has authored various chapters on legal issues in nursing education and is is a frequent speaker on legal issues, with a focus on nursing education and the law.
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