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Brachial
Plexus Injury:
A
Case Study and the Legal Nurse Consultant's Role
Jane
E. Barone, BS RN LNCC and Patricia
Iyer RN MSN LNCC (Editor)
23
pages, softbound
2001,
AALNC
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Also for sale
as part of our LNC Works
Package.
Written by experienced
LNCs, this case study contains valuable information that help
you conserve your time, money, and energy as an LNC, and enhance
your value. The LNC who actually handled the case takes you through
the entire process, from the initial client interview through
the final report. She provides definitive guidelines you can use
in your own practice, including:
• evaluating
the case's merit
• communicating with the attorney and plaintiff
• researching the medical literature preparing
the deposition
• reviewing medical records and other documents
• using experts
• developing timelines and other trial exhibits
• creating the final report
Brachial Plexus
Injury demonstrates the in-house legal nurse consultant's
role working for a plaintiff attorney on a BPI negligence case.
The author discusses the key elements of the case, including liability,
causation, and damages, and the role of the LNC. Also included
are sample standardized forms for fact gathering.
Table
of Contents
I.
Case History: Meet Baby Doe
II. Case Initial Triage Screening. The Interview Process.
Evaluating the Merits of the Case. Evaluating the Strengths and
Weaknesses of the Case
III. Medical Issues Research Standard of Care
and Causation. Risk Factors. Maneuvers Used in Shoulder Dystocia.
IV. Defense Strategies Causation. Foreseeability.
Damages. Plaintiff Strategies in Baby Doe Case.
V. Case Preparation Organizing Medical Records.
Selecting Experts. Preparing Interrogatories. Preparing the Plaintiffs
for Deposition. Deposing the Defendant. Trial Preparation and
Outcome
Appendix.
Glossary of Terms. References. Suggested Reading.
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