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What does a Legal Nurse Consultant Do?
Combine nursing expertise with legal knowledge to assist attorneys and their clients in
understanding the health care issues related to medical malpractice and personal injury lawsuits.
Legal nurse consultants perform legal and medical research, identify standards of care, review medical records, interview witnesses, and assist attorneys in all aspects
of litigation.
Legal nurse consultants assume diverse roles, ranging from reviewing medical records and performing medical and legal research, to dealing with expert witnesses and assisting attorneys with pretrial and trial activities. They may also provide health care risk management support and education,
or open their own consulting practices.
Where are Legal Nurse Consultants Employed?
Legal nurse consultants are in high demand at law firms, insurance companies, government agencies, and health care risk management departments.
What are the Legal Nurse Consultant Role and Responsibilities?
Legal nurse consultants work with attorneys and other legal and health care professionals
to provide insight into the medically related aspects of cases.
Diverse areas of employment
include:
•Insurance defense
•Risk management
• Medical malpractice, personal injury, and product liability
• Government agency regulation and compliance work.
What is the Career Outlook / Job Diversity of an LNC?
If you are a registered nurse interested in the law, legal procedure, and working
with legal professionals, consider the challenging and diverse field of legal nurse consulting.
Legal nurse consultants are in high demand at law firms, insurance companies, government agencies, and health care risk management departments.
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