Legal Nurse Consultant (LNC) do the following:
- Serve as liaisons between the medical and legal disciplines
- Identifying standards of care, causation, and damage issues
- conducting research and summarizing medical literature
- educating attorneys regarding medical facts and issues relevant
to the case - identifying and determining damages and related costs of
services - assisting with depositions and trials
- organizing medical records and other medically related litigation
materials
Education Requirements
- Although you do not need to be certified in order to practice as
a legal nurse consultant, professional certification recognizes
an individual’s experience and demonstrated knowledge in their chosen
field of expertise. Certification for legal nurse consultants is
available through the American Legal Nurse Consultant Certification
Board (ALNCCB).
Salary
- Usually paid under contract with hourly billing. Compensation varies
with scope of responsibility, level of experience, and geographic
area, among other factors.
