|
December 21, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Flemington, NJ
Legal Nurse Consulting
textbook released
CRC Press has released the second edition
of the the core curriculum of legal nurse consulting, Legal
Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practices. Patricia Iyer
was the chief editor of this widely used text, now
available for purchase.
“As the
legal nurse consultant’s core reference text, this book defines
the knowledge base of the specialty. This text is the authoritative
resource that every LNC or nurse interested in this field should
have on hand, to refer to time and again.”
— American Association of
Legal Nurse Consultants
Designed to meet the needs of both novice
and advanced practitioners, the first edition of Legal Nurse
Consulting: Principles and Practice established standards
and defined the core curriculum of legal nurse consulting. It
also guided the development of the certification examination administered
by the American Legal Nurse Consultant Certification Board. The
extensive revisions and additions in Legal
Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practice, Second Edition
make this best-selling reference even more indispensable. Legal
nurse consulting programs all over the country rely on this book
for educating nurses about how to enter this field. Many nurses
use this text to teach themselves the basics.
In this year-long project, as chief editor,
Ms. Iyer recruited the 8 associate editors and guided the revision
of the text. Ms. Iyer read and edited every draft of every one
of the 46 chapters. All chapters were updated by the original
or replacement author. Fifteen new ones were added, each of which
highlights an important aspect of legal nurse consulting practice:
Entry into the Specialty
Certification
Nursing Theory: Applications to Legal Nurse Consulting
Elements of Triage for Medical Malpractice
Evaluating Nursing Home Cases
Principles of Evaluating Personal Injury Cases
Common Mechanisms of Injury in Personal Injury Cases
ERISA and HMO Litigation
The LNC as Case Manager
Report Preparation
Locating and Working with Expert Witnesses
The Role of the LNC in Preparation of Technical Demonstrative
Evidence
Marketing
Growing a Business
Business Ethics
The text is available for purchase at our webstore.
Back to press
releases
|
