title: The nurse educator and the legal implications.
abstract: This paper considers the liability of the nurse educator in her professional work. It begins by exploring the law for liability in giving negligent instructions and advice and the possibility of being liable for harm caused to a patient as a result of negligent teaching. The possibility of being liable if an incompetent student becomes registered and causes harm is also discussed. Liability for giving references on students is also considered and differences in outcomes between true but unsupportive references as against false but supportive ones are analysed.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dimond
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D006113:United Kingdom