Certified Legal Nurse Consultant
A Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (CLNC) utilizes their expertise as a health care provider combined with specialized legal training to analyze, interpret, and provide expert opinions in medical/ legal cases. A legal nurse narrows the gap between the attorneys’ legal knowledge and medical principles to assist litigants in achieving positive outcomes for their cases.
• CLNC’s determine the standard of care and its application to your case.
• CLNC’s determine causation as it applies or fails to apply to the injuries.
• CLNC’s assist in determining damages.
What makes an Advanced Practice Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
with a Law Degree a better Legal Nurse Consultant?
An advanced practice Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) must have a thorough knowledge base and understanding of any kind of patient that comes under their care. They are critical care nurses prior to being anesthetists. Litigators may be unaware of the principle that Anesthesia is Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesia providers must provide care to all types of patients in a variety of setting throughout the hospital system. Anesthetists have an in-depth knowledge of all patient types and emergencies including Trauma, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Thoracic, Neurological, and Cardiac cases. This reduces the need to consult another CLNC for advice on a case. This saves you the attorney time and money.
An advanced practice nurse with a law degree can anticipate an attorney’s needs faster. We have a clear understanding of the legal process and although we will not make the decisions for you, we do have a better understanding of what you are requesting in any given case. We can better assist you in areas of merit, causation, and damages. We can provide you with legal research capabilities which will reduce the burden of performing both medical and legal research on a case. This allows the attorney to save time and money while managing a busy caseload.