32 Services Provided BY a
Legal Nurse Consultant
Tip! Other areas
in which registered nurse
jobs are expected to
increase is home healthcare
and outpatient care
centers. The growth for
these registered nurse jobs
may be due to technological
advances and pressure from
insurance companies to
avoid in-patient
hospitalization.
Legal nurse consultants
apply their knowledge and
understanding of medical,
nursing and health-related
issues to make the attorney's
job easier, more efficient and
more effective.
Legal nurse consultants are
medical insiders who know the
inner workings of our
complicated healthcare system
firsthand. Their professional
expertise as an RN and a legal
nurse consultant qualifies them
to provide the following
services:
Assessing Medical Records
and Analyzing the Case
* Identify, locate, review
and interpret relevant medical
records, hospital policies and
procedures, other documents and
tangible items. * Organize, tab
and paginate medical records
for easy reference. * Prepare
chronologies of the medical
events involved in a case. *
Summarize, translate and
interpret medical records. *
Identify issues of tampering
with the medical records. *
Screen medical malpractice
cases for merit. * Identify,
locate, summarize and interpret
applicable standards of care. *
Identify adherences to and
deviations from these
standards. * Identify causation
issues, assess damages/injuries
and identify contributing
factors. * Identify and
recommend potential defendants.
* Develop written reports for
the attorney's use as study
tools.
Supporting the Attorney's
Case
* Search and summarize
medical and nursing literature
and integrate results of your
search into case analysis. *
Analyze the validity of
research studies relied on by
all parties. * Coordinate and
attend independent medical
examinations. * Help in
developing life care plans. *
Expand the attorney's medical
library.
Serving as the Attorney's
Liaison
* Interview plaintiff and
defense clients, key witnesses
and experts. * Consult with
healthcare providers. * Meet
with other consultants and
service providers on the
attorney's behalf.
Working with Experts and
Other Witnesses
* Identify types of
testifying experts needed for
the case. * Find and
communicate with appropriate
expert witnesses for deposition
and trial. * Analyze potential
experts' reports and other work
product. * Help prepare
witnesses and experts for
deposition and trial. * Serve
as an expert witness and
testify to the nursing standard
of care.
Assisting with Discovery
and Preparing for Court
* Prepare questions for
deposition or trial examination
(direct or cross). * Prepare
interrogatories and requests
for production. * Review and
draft responses to various
legal documents and
correspondence for the
attorney's signature. * Analyze
and summarize depositions and
past testimony. * Assist with
exhibit preparation and other
demonstrative evidence. *
Attend courtroom proceedings
when relevant. * Coordinate and
assist with facilitating focus
groups and mock trials. *
Assist in resolution of cases
through alternative dispute
resolution, such as arbitration
and mediation.
Tip! Let's see,
your options are leaching
off your parents till
you're 30 and then trying
to find a career when
you're way too old and
nobody wants to deal with
you. That's stupid! Or, if
you like people,and you
want to help people then
you can find out how to
become a Nurse.
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