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Title: Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practice

Price: $99.95

ISBN: 0849314186

Publication Date: 11/26/2002

# of Pages: 1160

  • Offers a plethora of up-to-date information, with 15 new chapters
  • Presents case analysis sections with both plaintiff and defense perspectives
  • Describes the litigation process from initial contact with the client through the discovery and trial phases of a lawsuit
  • Provides a glossary of terms and definitions widely used by practicing LNCs
  • Includes objectives and test questions in each chapter
  • Written and reviewed by more than 100 senior, practicing LNCs and attorneys representing all regions of the United States

    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 Practice, 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 Practice, 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.
   
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