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Published on: June 21, 2010
Legal issues in clinical nursing education
Carla Wheeler Patton1, Lynne Porter Lewallen
1Author Affiliations: Certified Lactation Consultant, Catawba Valley Medical Center Women's Center, Hickory, North Carolina, and Clinical Instructor, Nursing Department at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute, Hudson, North Carolina (Ms Patton); Professor of Family & Community Nursing, University of North Carolina, Greensboro (Dr Lewallen).
Abstract:
Nurse educators are concerned about legal implications of teaching students in clinical settings. Although literature is available about legal issues in working with students in the classroom, there is little recent information on clinical nursing faculty's legal liability when working with students and ways to reduce the risk of becoming involved in a lawsuit. This article discusses the major issues in clinical settings that contribute to lawsuits against faculty and offers suggestions to reduce legal liability with students in clinical settings.
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