Overview
What
is a Legal Nurse Consultant?
A Legal Nurse Consultant (LNC) is a
Registered Nurse with broad clinical
nursing practice and training in the
legal field.
What Does a LNC
Do?
A LNC is trained in the health care
field. Below is a non-inclusive list
of some of the functions of a LNC.
- Reviews and analyzes medical records.
- Prepares chronology of events and
summaries of patients’ medical histories.
- Researches damages and injuries.
- Identifies and locates standards
of care.
- Identifies the (4) four elements
of negligence – duty, breach, proximate
cause and damages.
- Locates and works with expert witnesses.
- Locates and provides legal and medical
research pertinent to the case.
- Assists in preparation of depositions,
discovery, and trial.
- Attends medical review panels, depositions,
trials, mediations, and arbitrations.
- Drafts correspondence and legal
documents.
- Assists with creating settlement
packages and demand.
Where Does a
LNC Work?
- Home
- Law Office
- Hospital/Ambulatory Care Centers/Clinics
– Legal Department, Risk Management,
Human Resources
- Insurance Company/HMO
- State Boards of Nursing
- State Agencies – Medicaid, Medicare,
Fraud Control Units
- Office of Social Security
- Forensic Settings
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