Healthcare Law: Independent Nurse Consulting
Becoming an independent nurse consultant working in healthcare law is not an easy task. It takes hard work and dedication. The novice nurse consultant must be familiar with the law, nursing, and medicine. Laws are defined as the system of rules for which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties. Healthcare law is the federal, state, and local regulations among providers, payers, and vendors to the healthcare industry and its patients. Nursing is the profession or practice of providing care for the sick. Medicine is the science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. That knowledge along with the independent nurse consultant’s extensive education, analytical skills, and clinical experience are the necessary talents the nurse will need to perform the task of being an independent nurse consultant working in healthcare law.
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Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Define healthcare law and standards of care.
- Identify the four elements of negligence.
- Describe how to create a fee schedule.
- Describe how to create a work agreement.
- List the steps on how to organize medical records.
Curriculum
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Healthcare Law
- Negligence
Chapter 3: The Role of the Independent Nurse Consultant
- Organize and Review Medical Records
- Summarize and Analyze Medical Records
- Render an Informed Opinion of the Medical Record
Chapter 4: Fee Schedules, Contracts, Marketing, and Client Relationships
- Hourly Fees
- Value-Based-Rates
- Retainer
- Negotiating an Agreement
- Best Practices in Marketing
- Building Client Relationships
- Creating a Win-Win Situation
Chapter 6: Receiving and Analyzing Medical Records
- Identify Relevant Medical Records
- Examine and Summarize Medical Records
- Render an Informed Decision
- Invoicing
Chapter 6: References
- California Bill 241
- Implicit Bias in Healthcare
- What is Implicit Bias?
- Implications of Implicit Bias in Healthcare
- How to Reduce Implicit Bias
Price: $12.00
Contact Hour: 1
Course Author
Kendall Moore
Kendall is a 2022 Magna Cum Laude graduate from Tyler Junior College with an Associate Degree in Nursing and completed Pacific College of Health and Science’s RN-to-BSN in Holistic Nursing program in 2026, also graduating Magna Cum Laude.
In addition to her academic and professional accomplishments, Kendall serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Pedagogy Education, where she oversees the company’s day-to-day operations and contributes as an educational course author. Her combination of leadership experience, clinical knowledge, and passion for holistic health reflects her ongoing commitment to advancing both patient care and healthcare education.
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