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Legal Terminology Primer

Many nurses need a resource to help them understand some of the legal terms they encounter while practicing legal nurse consulting. This booklet contains Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting article reprints that explain some of the most common legal terms that are useful and relevant in today's legal environment. Some articles include:

• Adjudication Without Trial: Summary Judgment
• Attorney-Client Privilege and Confidentiality
• Exclusionary Rules of Evidence
• The Doctrine of Informed Consent
• Issues of Causation in Medical Malpractice Claims
• Jurisdiction and Venue: Understanding the Principles
• The Legal Theories of Proximate Cause and Damages in a Professional Negligence Action
• Pretrial Litigation Process: Pretrial Motion Practice

Essentials of Medical Record Analysis

Helps LNCs begin the complex process of reviewing and analyzing healthcare records. Covers the basics of medical record analysis, including the components of medical records, obtaining medical records, and a review of personal injury, long term care, and altered medical records.

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54 pages, softcover, 2001

Alleged Failure to Recognize and Report Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage:
The Role of the Hospital Risk Manager

Illustrates the role of the risk manager working with the plaintiff's attorney. The application of risk management strategies in the defense development is illustrated. Serves as a useful model for LNCs and others interested in the application of risk management strategies to patient issues.

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Business Package

Learn from experienced LNCs who were once in your shoes! This valuable resource includes indispensable information on how to promote your business; the importance of first impressions; how to set fees; billing strategies; creating invoices and collection letters; liability insurance; and various options for structuring your business

Growing Your Practice: Resources and Tools for Legal Nurse Consultants

This new publication contains 55 samples of forms, contracts and guidelines used by successful legal nurse consultants. This book contains current examples from the following categories:

• Business and service contracts
• Injured client interview forms
• Workload management forms
• DME and IME forms
• Small business forms
• Case screening forms
• Case summary reports
• Expert witness guidelines
• Medical record requests
• Expert tracking forms
• Medical chronologies
• Marketing guidelines

What is a Legal Nurse Consultant

Designed to promote the exciting and varied roles of the legal nurse consultant. Send this brochure to prospective clients to educate them about the advantages of using an LNC, the services provided by LNCs, and what to look for when hiring an LNC.

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AALNC Code of Ethics and Conduct

Provides guidelines for professional performance and behavior and includes helpful interpretive discussion. Send this brochure to prospective clients to demonstrate your commitment to integrity and professionalism in legal nurse consulting.

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Case Studies Package

Illustrates the role of the risk manager working with the plaintiff's attorney. The application of risk management strategies in the defense development is illustrated. Serves as a useful model for LNCs and others interested in the application of risk management strategies to patient issues.

Asthma in a Pediatric Patient:
An Expert Witness Perspective

Assists nurses in becoming more effective in the expert witness role, in recognizing pertinent issues when screening a pediatric case, or in searching for an expert. A brief discussion of asthma and relevant clinical issues is included. Examples of expert reports from both the defense and plaintiff perspective are provided.

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21 pages, softcover, 2001

Brachial Plexus Injury
The Role of the In-house Legal Nurse Consultant

Demonstrates the in-house legal nurse consultant's role working with the plaintiff's attorney on a BPI negligence case. The key elements of the case, including liability, causation, and damages are discussed. Sample, standardized forms for fact gathering are also included.

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23 pages, softcover, 2001

Failure to Diagnose Myocardial Infarction:
The Role of the Legal Nurse Consultant

Illustrates the LNC's role working with the plaintiff's attorney in a medical negligence case. The actual methodology and data collection tools used to analyze, organize, and illustrate each aspect of the case are provided.

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34 pages, softcover, 1999

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy:
The Role of the Independent Legal Nurse Consultant

Demonstrates the independent LNC's role working with the defense attorney. Techniques for outlining the strengths and weaknesses found in the medical records during case preparation are presented, and complications of this procedure are discussed. Sample documents supporting all phases of the case review also included, as well as hardware and software options for the independent LNC.

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36 pages, softcover, 2002

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The Works Package

Practical…powerful…perfect for your practice! In this second edition, LNC experts have brought this comprehensive text to a new level of excellence. This revised edition features expanded chapters, as well as 15 new chapters including:

• 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: Practice Alternatives for Nurses:
An Introduction to a New Nursing Specialty

This 8-hour program provides an excellent overview of legal nurse consulting. Taught by three experts in the field who will lead you through the basics with enthusiasm and humor, it is an essential resource if you are interested in entering the field or just starting out. Sold at a fraction of what other introductory LNC courses cost, this course is perfect for any budget!

Course Outline
1. Introduction and Overview
2. The Evolution of Legal Nurse Consulting as a Nursing Specialty
3. Overview of Law and the Legal System
4. Roles of the LNC
5. Testifying as an Expert Witness
6. Types of Cases
7. The Business World
8. Marketing
9. Client Communications and Reporting
10. Getting Paid
11. Putting it all Together