I HAVE A PARALEGAL, WHY DO I NEED A LEGAL NURSE CONSULTANT?

The LNC provides a unique and separate function from a Paralegal in that the LNC brings specialized nursing education and nursing clinical expertise to the medical issues of the legal process. Even if a paralegal has a nursing background, the LNC has experience to provide medical data abstraction and clinical analysis and presents information that does not replace or duplicate the paralegal's work.

I HAVE A DOCTOR, WHY WOULD I NEED AN LNC?

A legal nurse consultant provides cost effective way to review large volumes of medical information by looking at the individual as a whole. The LNC organizes and identifies the key medical records the physician expert should see. You don't pay for the extra time to have a physician screen records for pertinent details. The LNC is able to accommodate your busy calendar. Often the physician expert's schedule is demanding and scheduling a mutually convenient time to discuss the case can be difficult. The LNC provides you with more thorough and detailed reports. As a rule, physicians do not provide chronologies, timelines, literature searches and demonstrative evidence. The LNC does all of these and more! Nurses by training and practice are teachers. The LNC educates the entire litigation team, jurors, judges and even opposing counsel by translating complex medical and clinical information into common, every day language that paints an accurate picture of what has occurred. With extensive experience in conducting patient interviews, the Legal Nurse Consultant facilitates communication among the various individuals in the litigation process. There is an inherent trust for Nurses that helps the litigation team achieve its goals.

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