Demand for qualified Legal Nurse Consultants on the rise!

By: Continuing Education
ORLANDO, Fla. - Sept. 4, 2013 - PRLog -- Legal nurse consultant is one of the top ten hottest careers today according to CareerBuilder.com.  It is highly exciting and rewarding.  Legal Nurse Consultants are registered nurses who use their expertise as healthcare professionals along with the specialized training gained in a Legal Nurse Consultant program. They can earn up to $150/hr.  Consultants partner with attorneys, paralegals and legal experts on a wide variety of cases pertaining to medically-related issues of the law.    Among these issues are medical malpractice, products liability, worker’s compensation, nursing liability, personal injury, wrongful death and criminal defense cases.

For more than 7 years, University of Central Florida Continuing Education has been educating RNs who have expressed the desire to learn about the specialty of legal nurse consulting.  The cost of the program is $1,099 or $1,049 for UCF alumni.  Taught by attorneys and credentialed legal nurse consultants from the Central Florida area, this interactive program delivers over 30 hours of video instruction focusing on nursing sciences and common practice areas of legal nurse consulting.  Students work on an actual case during the 10 extensive modules and interact with instructors as they work their way toward completion.  This “active” program also requires participants to perform work outside of class time and to submit their work product in order to complete the program.  Registered nurses with 5 years of experience may enroll in the program and upon completion are ready to begin a career as a Legal Nurse Consultant.

For complete information for this exciting opportunity, please view the UCF Continuing Education website at www.ce.ucf.edu/lnc.

The healthcare industry is one of the few career fields that continues to grow despite the economic climate.  As the second largest university in the U.S. and a leading educational institution, the University of Central Florida is here to help start your new career in healthcare or assist in the advancement of your current one.  UCF Continuing Education is proud to offer graduate programs, certificates and professional/personal development programs.  Visit www.ce.ucf.edu for more information.
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