What is a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (CLNC)?
The primary role of a Legal Nurse Consultant is to evaluate, analyze, and render informed opinions on the delivery of health care and the resulting outcomes. For nearly 20 years, legal nurse consultants have acted as collaborators and strategists, offering support in medically related litigation and other medical-legal matters in the following areas:
- Personal injury
- Product liability
- Medical malpractice
- Toxic torts
- Workers' compensation/ work place injury
- Risk management
- Criminal
- Any care where health, illness, or injury is an issue
Why should you hire a legal nurse consultant?
- The legal nurse consultant has a background of clinical experience, which includes interpretation of medical records, documents, and medical legal issues.
- CLNC's utilizes their nursing background and knowledge of health care standards to identify strengths and weaknesses of a case.
- CLNC's has a thorough understanding of medical issues and trends related to the litigation process. This information is custom-designed for the attorney, the client, and jury.
- The legal nurse consultant possesses a network of medical and professional resources and contacts.
This is what I can do for YOU!
- Provide initial case screenings for merit
- Provide chronologies and summaries of medical records
- Locating and producing demonstrative evidence
- Conducting research and summarizing medical literature
- Identifying and applying multidisciplinary standards of care and regulatory requirements
- Educating attorneys regarding medical related issues.
