Where Do Legal Nurse Consultants Work?
- Hospitals
- Clinics
- Long-term patient care centers
- Health insurance companies
- Attorney firms
- Forensic departments
What Does a Legal Nurse Consultant Do?
- Identify, organize, and analyze medical records
- Prepare timelines and other summaries of medical records
- Assist in the research of medical literature
- Evaluate the cases strengths and weaknesses
- Analyze the medical portions of legal documents
- Assist and participate in client interview
- Educate attorneys as well as clients regarding the medical issues of the case
- Explain medical terms and procedures
- Cost-effective medical legal support
What is the Role of the Legal Nurse Consultant?
- Medical malpractice
- Personal Injury
- Long term care litigation/elder law
- Workers’ compensation
- Risk management
- Product liability