32 Services Provided BY a Legal Nurse Consultant
Tip! Other areas in which
registered nurse jobs are expected to increase is home healthcare and outpatient
care centers. The growth for these registered nurse jobs may be due to
technological advances and pressure from insurance companies to avoid in-patient
hospitalization.
Legal nurse consultants apply their knowledge and understanding of medical,
nursing and health-related issues to make the attorney's job easier, more efficient
and more effective.
Legal nurse consultants are medical insiders who know the inner workings of our
complicated healthcare system firsthand. Their professional expertise as an RN and
a legal nurse consultant qualifies them to provide the following services:
Assessing Medical Records and Analyzing the Case
* Identify, locate, review and interpret relevant medical records, hospital
policies and procedures, other documents and tangible items. * Organize, tab and
paginate medical records for easy reference. * Prepare chronologies of the medical
events involved in a case. * Summarize, translate and interpret medical records. *
Identify issues of tampering with the medical records. * Screen medical malpractice
cases for merit. * Identify, locate, summarize and interpret applicable standards
of care. * Identify adherences to and deviations from these standards. * Identify
causation issues, assess damages/injuries and identify contributing factors. *
Identify and recommend potential defendants. * Develop written reports for the
attorney's use as study tools.
Supporting the Attorney's Case
* Search and summarize medical and nursing literature and integrate results of
your search into case analysis. * Analyze the validity of research studies relied
on by all parties. * Coordinate and attend independent medical examinations. * Help
in developing life care plans. * Expand the attorney's medical library.
Serving as the Attorney's Liaison
* Interview plaintiff and defense clients, key witnesses and experts. * Consult
with healthcare providers. * Meet with other consultants and service providers on
the attorney's behalf.
Working with Experts and Other Witnesses
* Identify types of testifying experts needed for the case. * Find and
communicate with appropriate expert witnesses for deposition and trial. * Analyze
potential experts' reports and other work product. * Help prepare witnesses and
experts for deposition and trial. * Serve as an expert witness and testify to the
nursing standard of care.
Assisting with Discovery and Preparing for Court
* Prepare questions for deposition or trial examination (direct or cross). *
Prepare interrogatories and requests for production. * Review and draft responses
to various legal documents and correspondence for the attorney's signature. *
Analyze and summarize depositions and past testimony. * Assist with exhibit
preparation and other demonstrative evidence. * Attend courtroom proceedings when
relevant. * Coordinate and assist with facilitating focus groups and mock trials. *
Assist in resolution of cases through alternative dispute resolution, such as
arbitration and mediation.
Tip! Let's see, your options are
leaching off your parents till you're 30 and then trying to find a career when
you're way too old and nobody wants to deal with you. That's stupid! Or, if you
like people,and you want to help people then you can find out how to become a
Nurse.
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