Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practice, Second Edition

Designed to meet the needs of both novice and advanced practitioners, the first edition of Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practice established standards and defined the core curriculum of legal nurse consulting. It also guided the development of the certification examination administered by the American Legal Nurse Consultant Certification Board. The extensive revisions and additions in Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practices, Second Edition make this bestselling reference even more indispensable. The most significant change is the inclusion of 15 new chapters, each of which highlights an important aspect of legal nurse consulting practice:

Entry into the Specialty
Certification
Nursing Theory: Applications to Legal Nurse Consulting
Elements of Triage for Medical Malpractice
Evaluating Nursing Home Cases
Principles of Evaluating Personal Injury Cases
Common Mechanisms of Injury in Personal Injury Cases
ERISA and HMO Litigation
The LNC as Case Manager
Report Preparation
Locating and Working with Expert Witnesses
The Role of the LNC in Preparation of Technical Demonstrative Evidence
Marketing
Growing a Business
Business Ethics

Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practices, Second Edition presents up-to-date, practical information on consulting in a variety of practice environments and legal areas. Whether you are an in-house LNC or you work independently, this book is your definitive guide to legal nurse consulting.