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AALNC continues to strive to meet the needs of our members and legal nurse consultant constituents alike by providing a forum for education, research, and the exchange of information between peers. Find the path you are looking for below and begin your professional development journey.

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The modules in the LNC Professional Course are the result of collaborative efforts of volunteer subject matter experts and professional editors. Each module has been developed by an experienced legal nurse consultant with expertise in the specific area. The LNC Professional Course offers the combined knowledge of LNCs at the forefront of the specialty practice.

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Why Obtain Legal Nurse Consulting Education from AALNC?

  • AALNC recognizes the importance of high-quality Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD).
  • ANCC (American Nurses Credentialing Center) NCPD recognizes organizations that have met established standards to provide NCPD that has a positive impact on nursing practice and/or patient outcomes.
  • The ANCC NCPD Accreditation Program is committed to ensuring the integrity of the accreditation process through systematic, evidence-based evaluation of application materials submitted by qualified applicants for the Accredited Provider status.
  • AALNC’s Accredited Provider Program Director (AP-PD, Director of Programs) meets or exceeds the ANCC licensure and educational requirements. They have the authority within AALNC to ensure adherence to the ANCC NCPD Accreditation Program criteria in the provision of NCPD.
  • AALNC has proudly been recognized as a ANCC NCPD Accredited Provider of Continuing Nurse Education (CNE) contact hours since 2012.

AALNC’s Educational Framework Follows the Donabedian’s Triad Framework: Structure, Process, and Outcome.

Donabedian’s Model is a well-accepted strategy for evaluation of healthcare quality and AALNC utilizes it for the design, implementation, and evaluation of excellence in nursing continuing professional development within all our CNE contact hour educational activities:

  • Identify professional practice gap(s) to address a problem in practice or an opportunity for improvement/enhancement.
  • Determine underlying knowledge, skill, and/or practice educational needs that will contribute to filling the professional practice gap(s) within our LNC community
  • Recognize what competencies align with the identified professional practice gap and underlying educational needs.
  • Create learning outcomes that are aligned to the professional practice gap, underlying educational needs and identified competencies.
  • Select an assessment method that measures changes in the learner’s knowledge, skills, and/or practice from participating in the AALNC educational activity.
  • Promote appropriate dynamic learning strategies that facilitate learning and actively engaged learners in the educational activity.
  • Choose vetted speakers, faculty, and presenters who utilize valid, evidence-based content, that is free of bias and relevant financial relationships.
  • Encourage learners to complete session evaluations to ensure we have met or exceeded expectations.
  • Analyze session summative evaluation data both quantitatively and qualitatively, to guide future educational activities.

What’s the Difference Between a CEU (Continuing Education Unit) and a CNE (Continuing Nurse Education) Credit or Contact Hour?

A CEU is a specific credit designation used by organizations accredited by International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). According to the IACET website (2025) disciplines typically authorized by IACET to distribute official CEU’s are:

  • engineering
  • architecture
  • childcare
  • food protection
  • project management
  • online education companies

The Joint Commission (2025) declares the CEU as “perhaps the most confusing misused term in continuing education and is primarily used in college/university settings.” The conversion of 1 CEU into hours (time) is different than a contact hour and is often unclear or completely incorrect in both advertising/marketing of CEU offered courses, and when reporting the acquisition of them to regulatory bodies. A single CEU in not the same as a single contact hour. AALNC does not offer CEU’s.

ANCC Accredited Providers, like AALNC, refer to contact hours as:

  • ANCC contact hours
  • ANCC CNE credit (Continuing Nurse Education)
  • ANCC NCPD contact hours (Nursing Continuing Professional Development).

The CNE credit or Contact Hour is awarded to participants for those portions of the educational activity devoted to the learning experience and time spent evaluating the activity. The ANCC Accredited Provider must provide official accreditation statements to the learners prior to the start of each educational activity and on each certificate of completion. The American Nurses Association (ANA), ANCC, American Legal Nurse Consultant Certification Board (ALNCCB), U.S. State Boards of Nursing, and most nursing professional/specialty organizations recognize the ANCC CNE or contact hour as a credible, defensible, and reputable source of high-quality nursing education, and are fully accustomed to receiving, reviewing, and approving these activities when determining licensure/certification applications or renewals.