Legal Aspects of Nursing Education:
What every nursing program administrator and faculty need to know!
By: Dr. Linda Caputi and Dr. Sandra Walker
Nurse educators and administrators, ever ask yourself these questions?
- Is the syllabus a contract?
- Are my clinical students working under my nursing license?
- Do faculty own the work they produce when preparing for a class or writing an exam?
- Students are to receive due process, but what exactly is due process and how do I make sure I am providing it?
These are just some of the dozens of questions answered in this book. It is important to know the answers to these questions not just for yourself, but also for your students and school. As all nurses know, legal issues can affect nursing practice, but they also can affect nursing education. Faculty and administrators must be prepared to face the many legal situations that may arise in nursing education. It is our responsibility to be well informed about all aspects of the nursing education environment in which we work – including legalities!
This book takes a practical, straight-forward approach discussing legal issues in nursing education in a clear, understandable manner. This is an easy read that provides a powerful payoff. This is not a “read once” book, but a book you will want to keep close at hand as you work with students, write policies, and encounter new situations that arise across your career. This is a book every nursing administrator and faculty will want on their shelf.
Some of the topics covered in the book include:
And many more!
A clear understanding of the many legal aspects of nursing education should be included in the orientation of all faculty and administrators as well as in the curriculum of every graduate program in nursing education…and this source is just what you need to make that happen!
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