What is a Legal Nurse Consultant?
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Legal nurse consultants are collaborators, strategists, and
educators by offering support in medically related litigation and
other medical-legal matters
The field of Legal Nurse Consulting emerged over the past 20 years
as a specialty of professional nursing practice. It is a recognized
field where nurses bring their health science education and clinical
expertise to medical or health care-related issues in the litigation
process.
Unlike a paralegal or a legal assistant, th primary role of a legal
nurse consultant is to evaluate, analyze, and render informed
opinions on the delivery of health care and its outcomes.
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What are the Benefits of utilizing a Legal Nurse
Consultant?
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The Legal Nurse Consultant is a unique and valuable member of
the litigation team and is an attorney’s number one secret weapon
for winning medical related cases. The LNC will save you time,
money and resources, while assisting you in presenting your best
case. This is possible when utilizing the expertise of a Professional
Legal Nurse Consultant, who knows the inner workings of the
health care environment.
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Who does a Legal Nurse Consultant work
for?
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- Attorneys (plaintiff and defense)
- Health care facilities
- Other medical-legal consultants (plaintiff and defense)
- Government agencies
- Private corporations (e.g., for developing corporate strategies for
quality assurance, risk identification and management, evaluation
and control of loss exposure)
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What medical -legal areas does the Legal
Nurse Consultant practice?
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- health care licensure investigation
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