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Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practice
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 Practices, Second Edition make this bestselling reference even more indispensable. The most significant change is the inclusion of 15 new chapters, 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
Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practices, Second Edition presents up-to-date, practical information on consulting in a variety of practice environments and legal areas. Whether you are an in-house LNC or you work independently, this book is your definitive guide to legal nurse consulting.
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
Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practices, Second Edition presents up-to-date, practical information on consulting in a variety of practice environments and legal areas. Whether you are an in-house LNC or you work independently, this book is your definitive guide to legal nurse consulting.
1132 pages, Hardcover
First published November 26, 2002
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May 1, 2019
This is a review of Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practice (Hardcover)
by Patricia W. Iyer. This extremely well written book provides a balanced, comprehensive, factual overview of the structure, flaws, and merits of the U.S. legal system relating to malpractice. For me, Shaunda Melton RN, the idea of a nurse going to school, spending their every thought of every day being a ship mate to the sick, weak, and broken, given the last ounce of energy of our bodies sometimes to soothe their souls it was a kind of a term of endearment. In my work I take into consideration the amount of pressure that are put on nurses with the shortages especially in the long term care settings, however with that being said the number one priority for healthcare professionals is safety on every level. Anywhere from taking a telephone order to the way someone is transferred, all the way to educating the patients about medications and their own illnesses. The authors' evidence-based stances will help you think on a different level about participants in the malpractice debate, physicians and trial lawyers alike. The book tell truths of some of the "myths of medical malpractice" propounded by medical tort reformers. However, the authors also conclude that "no convincing empirical evidence" exists to support trial lawyers' claims that the threat of malpractice claims makes providers more careful. Reviewing studies of state reforms of malpractice law over the last two decades, the authors note that only one reform has been effective in reducing insurance premiums by diminishing the frequency and severity of malpractice claims: caps on damages. The authors oppose this approach due to its adverse impact on the seriously injured. Their most important reform recommendation is to shift the focus of medical liability away from individual physicians to the hospitals, long term care communities for under staffing, and other medical facilities in which those medical professionals practice. Overall this was well written, informative, and gave a clear sense of what expected knowledge you must know to to become a Legal Nurse Consultant
Shaunda Melton is a member of a specialty in which nurses provide invaluable consultation and expertise to attorneys about medical issues. With strong roots in clinical nursing practice, Legal Nurse Consultants apply the nursing process to evaluating relevant, complex information in legal cases.
Legal nurse consulting took root in the late 1970s as a specialty area of nursing, and further established itself with the formation of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC) in 1989.
Myself, Shaunda Melton, do not practice law and are not paralegals. I fulfill a unique role in bridging the gap between the legal process, healthcare science, and patient outcomes. Legal nurse consultants work in many settings, including independent consulting practices, insurance companies, and legal firms, to name a few.Legal nurse consultants perform a dynamic and varied role. They apply their skills in a number of legal practice areas that are continually evolving as healthcare, medical science, and legal practice change. The AALNC identifies the following practice areas for LNCs:
Medical malpractice
Personal injury
Long-term care litigation/elder law
Product liability
Toxic tort
Workers’ compensation
Risk management
Life care planning
Regulatory compliance
Forensic/criminal
Civil rights
Employment discrimination
Medicare set-asides
Legal nurse consulting allows you to work independently and with many types of people, and requires that you function well under pressure. Regardless of work environment, LNCs perform many specialized functions that include:
Reviewing and analyzing medical records
Conducting client interviews
Conducting medical literature review
Identifying medical professional standards of practice
Identifying and securing expert witnesses
Translating healthcare language for attorneys and other legal staff
Educating attorneys about medical issues
Providing testimony in court as an expert witness
Preparing for depositions and trials
Producing exhibits for trials and depositions
Serving as a jury consultant for the legal team
Consulting on product liability cases
It is essential that LNCs accept only those cases in which they have a solid clinical foundation. The LNC performs many functions on behalf of the legal team and its clients. A focus in medical-surgical and/or critical care nursing can prepare the LNC to address issues related to a broad range of legal cases. LNCs may also have specialized nursing experience as well, including orthopedics, obstetrics, neurology, cardiology, oncology, and rehabilitation.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that nursing employment will grow at a rate of 16 percent through 2024 -- much faster than the average for all jobs. Plus, the aging of baby boomer nurses who are nearing retirement and the growing health demands of boomers, are causing a current and predicted future nursing shortage.
If legal nurse consulting is your goal, you must first become a registered nurse. To do so, you must take the following steps:
Graduate from a two- year program for an associate’s degree in nursing, a three-year program for a diploma in nursing (usually hospital-based), or a four-year college or university program leading to a bachelor’s degree in nursing
Take the RN licensing exam after graduation, also known as the NCLEX (National Council Licensure Examination). The NCLEX is a nationwide examination for the licensing of nurses in the United States and Canada
Once you pass this exam, you may apply for your first nursing job
Then there are programs throughout the United States and online.
Some nurses were grandfathered in as well.
I continue my education at all times, as laws are always changing. This is so very important in this position. Shaunda Melton
You can see my website at https://www.shaundamelton.com
The field of legal nurse consulting is unique and therefore difficult to predict the demand. Carefully research your local market and the potential opportunities it offers, including the density of potential employers and clients discussed in Part Three above.
by Patricia W. Iyer. This extremely well written book provides a balanced, comprehensive, factual overview of the structure, flaws, and merits of the U.S. legal system relating to malpractice. For me, Shaunda Melton RN, the idea of a nurse going to school, spending their every thought of every day being a ship mate to the sick, weak, and broken, given the last ounce of energy of our bodies sometimes to soothe their souls it was a kind of a term of endearment. In my work I take into consideration the amount of pressure that are put on nurses with the shortages especially in the long term care settings, however with that being said the number one priority for healthcare professionals is safety on every level. Anywhere from taking a telephone order to the way someone is transferred, all the way to educating the patients about medications and their own illnesses. The authors' evidence-based stances will help you think on a different level about participants in the malpractice debate, physicians and trial lawyers alike. The book tell truths of some of the "myths of medical malpractice" propounded by medical tort reformers. However, the authors also conclude that "no convincing empirical evidence" exists to support trial lawyers' claims that the threat of malpractice claims makes providers more careful. Reviewing studies of state reforms of malpractice law over the last two decades, the authors note that only one reform has been effective in reducing insurance premiums by diminishing the frequency and severity of malpractice claims: caps on damages. The authors oppose this approach due to its adverse impact on the seriously injured. Their most important reform recommendation is to shift the focus of medical liability away from individual physicians to the hospitals, long term care communities for under staffing, and other medical facilities in which those medical professionals practice. Overall this was well written, informative, and gave a clear sense of what expected knowledge you must know to to become a Legal Nurse Consultant
Shaunda Melton is a member of a specialty in which nurses provide invaluable consultation and expertise to attorneys about medical issues. With strong roots in clinical nursing practice, Legal Nurse Consultants apply the nursing process to evaluating relevant, complex information in legal cases.
Legal nurse consulting took root in the late 1970s as a specialty area of nursing, and further established itself with the formation of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC) in 1989.
Myself, Shaunda Melton, do not practice law and are not paralegals. I fulfill a unique role in bridging the gap between the legal process, healthcare science, and patient outcomes. Legal nurse consultants work in many settings, including independent consulting practices, insurance companies, and legal firms, to name a few.Legal nurse consultants perform a dynamic and varied role. They apply their skills in a number of legal practice areas that are continually evolving as healthcare, medical science, and legal practice change. The AALNC identifies the following practice areas for LNCs:
Medical malpractice
Personal injury
Long-term care litigation/elder law
Product liability
Toxic tort
Workers’ compensation
Risk management
Life care planning
Regulatory compliance
Forensic/criminal
Civil rights
Employment discrimination
Medicare set-asides
Legal nurse consulting allows you to work independently and with many types of people, and requires that you function well under pressure. Regardless of work environment, LNCs perform many specialized functions that include:
Reviewing and analyzing medical records
Conducting client interviews
Conducting medical literature review
Identifying medical professional standards of practice
Identifying and securing expert witnesses
Translating healthcare language for attorneys and other legal staff
Educating attorneys about medical issues
Providing testimony in court as an expert witness
Preparing for depositions and trials
Producing exhibits for trials and depositions
Serving as a jury consultant for the legal team
Consulting on product liability cases
It is essential that LNCs accept only those cases in which they have a solid clinical foundation. The LNC performs many functions on behalf of the legal team and its clients. A focus in medical-surgical and/or critical care nursing can prepare the LNC to address issues related to a broad range of legal cases. LNCs may also have specialized nursing experience as well, including orthopedics, obstetrics, neurology, cardiology, oncology, and rehabilitation.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that nursing employment will grow at a rate of 16 percent through 2024 -- much faster than the average for all jobs. Plus, the aging of baby boomer nurses who are nearing retirement and the growing health demands of boomers, are causing a current and predicted future nursing shortage.
If legal nurse consulting is your goal, you must first become a registered nurse. To do so, you must take the following steps:
Graduate from a two- year program for an associate’s degree in nursing, a three-year program for a diploma in nursing (usually hospital-based), or a four-year college or university program leading to a bachelor’s degree in nursing
Take the RN licensing exam after graduation, also known as the NCLEX (National Council Licensure Examination). The NCLEX is a nationwide examination for the licensing of nurses in the United States and Canada
Once you pass this exam, you may apply for your first nursing job
Then there are programs throughout the United States and online.
Some nurses were grandfathered in as well.
I continue my education at all times, as laws are always changing. This is so very important in this position. Shaunda Melton
You can see my website at https://www.shaundamelton.com
The field of legal nurse consulting is unique and therefore difficult to predict the demand. Carefully research your local market and the potential opportunities it offers, including the density of potential employers and clients discussed in Part Three above.
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