Kaplan University offers the Legal Nurse Consulting Certificate Program in the online format through Kaplan Continuing Education (KCE). This program is designed specifically for registered nurses who wish to embark on a field beyond medicine, particularly in the legal setting. Legal Nurse Consulting combines healthcare expertise and legal know-how. Professionals are much in demand in law firms, government agencies, insurance companies, and healthcare risk management departments.

Registered nurses who choose this career path can either open their own consulting practice or work as providers of healthcare risk management support and education. Some of the typical duties performed by legal nurse consultants include conducting legal research and reviewing medical records, assisting attorneys with pre-trial and trial activities, working with key witnesses for purposes of documentation, as well as ensuring and monitoring compliance with regulations. The knowledge and skills of legal nurse consultants are needed by lawyers and their clients particularly in understanding the relation between healthcare issues and medical malpractice and personal injury lawsuits.

Program length is twelve (12) months. Required Courses include Introduction to Legal Nurse Consulting, Civil Litigation for the Legal Nurse Consultant, Principles of Tort Law and Medical Liability, Medical Records Summary and Review, and Healthcare Risk Management. Prospective students must possess an RN license. The university is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Tuition cost excludes textbooks, course packs, and materials. Upon successful completion of the program, graduates are expected to understand the civil litigation process, research legal problems, analyze medical record, prepare and write informed opinions, understand the healthcare industry, and understand what role the legal nurse consulting field plays in the system.