Certified Legal Nurse Consultant
CurrentIntegral part of litigation team interpreting medical jargon to prepare the attorney for medical related cases. Attorney clients can serve as prosecuting attorneys or counsel for the defense.-screen medical cases to eliminate the expense of nonmeritorious lawsuits-analyze electronic medical records, hospital policies and procedures and interpret their relevance to the case-identify and locate the best medical expert witness to strengthen the credibility of the case-develop reports and chronologies to highlight the significant medical events and how they fit into the overall case analysis-identify adherences to and deviations from the applicable standards of care-assist with discovery by preparing interrogatories and requests for production-help assess injuries and identify causation issues and contributing factors-prepare questions for deposition or trail examination (direct or cross)-facilitate preparation of exhibits and other demonstrative evidence-research and apply the authoritative medical and nursing literature and standards of care