Category Archives: Legal nurse consulting

Breaking Down the Nursing Home Chart

Nurses without long term care experience may be very hesitant to review one of these cases due to their lack of knowledge of these industry specific records. Once you understand where important information is located within these medical records you … Continue reading

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Legal nurse consultants: How to lose a client in one report

Want repeat business? Here are some report “don’ts”. 1. Striking the wrong key Relying on the computer to function as the only proof reader of your LNC report is sure to miss a few common typographical or grammatical errors. An … Continue reading

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Legal Nurse Consultants: Tips for Improving Writing Skills

Today, people are using very different writing styles, not just what you learned in school from your English teacher. Informal writing has changed. Text messaging, in particular, has caused us to think in terms of brevity of communication. But the … Continue reading

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Are You Writing in Geek?

Imagine you are an attorney who has hired a legal nurse consultant to summarize and analyze complex obstetrical medical records. You don’t understand medical terminology and you know that the information in the record is crucial to understanding the case. … Continue reading

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Expert Witnesses: Supporting Your Nursing Opinion

As an independent legal nurse consultant, with over a decade of experience who has reviewed dozens of expert cases and thousands of “behind the scenes” cases and provided deposition and trial testimony, I believe that one of the most important … Continue reading

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10 Qualities of a Successful Legal Nurse Consultant

Lots of nurses are aware of legal nurse consulting. Many have taken a course to prepare for this field. Few are successful. Here are some tips for identifying a legal nurse consultant who will be able to effectively assist you … Continue reading

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How do you evaluate a legal nurse consultant?

Every attorney uses criteria to judge the quality of the work provided by a support person such as a LNC. Here are some questions to ask as the attorney progresses in the relationship with the LNC: * Was the LNC … Continue reading

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Do legal nurse consultants and paralegals understand each other?

Pat Iyer performed research that showed some surprising information about the functions of legal nurse consultants (LNCs) and paralegals. She collected data from paralegals, LNCs, and attorneys in order to define the most common activities performed by paralegals and LNCs. … Continue reading

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What are legal nurse consultants?

Legal nurse consulting is the evaluation and analysis of facts and the rendering of informed opinions related to the delivery of healthcare services and outcomes. With a strong foundation based on education and experience, the LNC is qualified to assess … Continue reading

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Med League’s video – meet the staff

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