As consultants, legal nurses serve as analysts, collaborators, strategists, researchers, and educators. With their in-depth knowledge of nursing, medicine, and the healthcare system, their contributions are recognized in all types of medical-legal cases or claims across all medical-legal settings. As such, LNCs are uniquely qualified and valuable members of the legal team.
Since the early 80s, legal nurse consultants have acted as collaborators and strategists, offering support in medically-related litigation and other medical-legal matters in a variety of practice areas including the following:
Medical malpractice
Personal injury
Long term care litigation/elder law
Product liability
Toxic tort
Workers' compensation
Risk Management
Life Care Planning
Regulatory compliance
Forensic/criminal
Civil Rights
Employment discrimination
Medicare set-aside
Knowledge. The legal nurse consultant has a thorough understanding of anatomy, physiology, medical treatment and disease processes. Experience. The legal nurse consultant has extensive clinical experience, which includes interpretation of medical records and medical literature. Resourcefulness. The legal nurse consultant possesses a network of medical and professional resources and contacts.