What is a Legal Nurse Consultant?

Per the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, the gold standard for legal nurse consultants.

Legal nurse consulting is:

" Is the application of knowledge acquired during the course of professional nursing education, training, and standard of care, causation, damages and other medically related issues in cases or claims."

" Is the application of additional knowledge acquired through education and experience regarding applicable legal standards and/or strategy to the evaluation of medical-legal cases or claims. "

"Involves critical analysis of healthcare records and medical literature, relevant legal documents and other information pertinent to the evaluation and resolution of cases or claims. "

"Results in the development of case-specific work products and opinions for use by legal professionals or agencies handling cases or claims. "

 "As consultants, legal nurses serve as analysts, collaborators, strategists, researchers, and educators. With their in-depth knowledge of nursing, medicine and the healthcare system, their contributions are recognized in all types of medical-legal cases or claims across all medical legal settings. As such, LNCs are uniquely qualified and valuable members of the legal team. "

Source: AALNC What is a Legal Nurse Consultant Brochure