Online Legal Nurse Consulting Certificate

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Legal Nurse consultants find employment with insurance companies, government agencies, private corporations, and hospitals. In fact, legal nurse consultants are in high demand at all of these locations as well as attorneys offices. HMOs and other agencies are constantly seeking medical experts with legal experience. According to Payscale.com, the median national salary of an RN is around $50,000 annually. When an RN becomes a legal nurse consultant this salary becomes considerably higher up to $80,000.

With Post University Online, you can earn your certificate in Legal Nurse Consulting entirely online, with no commuting or interruptions in your current career.

The online Legal Nurse Consulting Certificate program is designed for experienced registered nurses who are interested in combining their clinical experience with specialized legal knowledge enabling them to serve as liaisons between the legal and health care fields. The online legal nurse program will provide the legal knowledge required to evaluate, analyze, and offer informed opinions on the delivery of health care and resulting outcomes. The legal nurse certificate program of study combines business and legal theory and analysis with a practical field experience that meets the following objectives:

  • Understand the civil litigation process
  • Research legal problems using primary and secondary sources
  • Analyze medical records and related materials for use in legal matters
  • Prepare and write informed opinions using medical and legal knowledge
  • Understand the health care industry, the insurance industry, and related government regulations
  • Understand the role and ethical responsibilities of the field of legal nurse consulting

Accelerate your career with an online Legal Nurse Consulting Certificate from Post University Online
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ACCELERATED LEGAL NURSE CONSULTING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM FAST FACTS
     
STUDENTS IN THIS ACCELERATED PROGRAM
8  
     
OCCUPATIONS
This degree will prepare you for careers including, but not limited to, the ones listed below.
Legal Support Workers, All Other
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/23-2099.00
     
2010-2011 PROGRAM COMPLETERS
1
 
2010-2011 PROGRAM COMPLETERS IN NORMAL TIME
100%
 
     
     
     
 
ACCREDITATION
Post University is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc., (NEASC) through its Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.

Post University's Business School also is a candidate for Accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)
 
TUITION & FEES 2011-2012
Program Cost: $14,700*
Approximate Program Text Book Cost: $1,000*

* This is the tuition cost using current tuition rates for the entire 30-credit certificate program. Program costs will vary depending on transfer credits and financial aid amounts.
   
UNIVERSITY FINANCIAL AID
70% of ADP undergraduate students receive some form of Financial Aid
   
MEDIAN LOAN DEBT
Number of Borrowers: 7
Federal Private Loans Institutional Loans
(Amount Borrowed) (Amount Borrowed) (Amount
Owed)
$9,454 $0 $0
   
ADP PERSISTENCE RATES
The percentage of students who took a class in one MOD and then took a class in the next MOD in the 2009-2010 academic year was 84% among undergraduate students and 95% among graduate students.
 
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE
16 students  
   
UNIVERSITY FACULTY
Full-time: 35  
Part-time: 298
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