Legal Nurse Consulting Principles and Practices

SECTION 1. ESSENTIALS OF LEGAL NURSE CONSULTING; 1. History, Entry into Practice and Certification; 2. Professionalism, Ethics, Scope and Standards of Practice; SECTION 2. ESSENTIALS OF THE LAW; 3. Legal Fundamentals; 4. Elements of Proof in Negligence Claims; 5. Initiating Litigation, Discovery, and Disclosure; SECTION 3. MEDICAL RECORDS; 6. Defense Medical Examinations; 7. Sources of Medical Information; 8. Access to Medical Records; 9. Electronic Medical Records: An Overview; SECTION 4. CASE ANAYLSIS; 10. Elements of Case Analysis: Screening Medical Negligence Claims; 11. Case Analysis: Personal Injury; 12. Long-Term Care Litigation; 13. Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Product Liability Litigation; 14. Evaluating Toxic Tort Cases; 15. Workers' Compensation Case Evaluation; 16. Evaluating Forensic Cases; 17. Correctional Healthcare and Civil Rights; 18. Employment Law and Occupational Health and Safety; 19. Informed Consent; 20. Medical Treatment Decisions: The Patient's Choice; 21. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act and Health Maintenance Organization Litigation; SECTION 5. OTHER LEGAL NURSE CONSULTANT PRACTICES AREAS; 22. Risk and Patient Safety for the Legal Nurse Consultant; 23. The Life Care Planning Expert; 24. Medicare Set-Asides; 25. Healthcare Provider Licensure Investigations and Administrative Proceedings; 26. Fraud: Government and Private Sponsored Health Plans and General Case Evaluations; 27. The Role of the Legal Nurse Consultant in the Insurance Industry; 28. Bill Review: The Analysis of Claims for Healthcare Services; SECTION 6. LEGAL NURSE CONSULTRANT ROLES; 29. Legal Nurse Consultant Practice within a Law Firm; 30. The Independent Legal Nurse Consultant; 31. The Legal Nurse Consultant as Expert Witness; 32. The Expert Fact Witness; SECTION 7. LEGAL NURSE CONSULTANT SKILLS; 33. Communication with Attorneys' Clients in the Medical Malpractice Arena; 34. Researching Medical Literature and Other Information; 35. Report Preparation Principles and Process; 36. Locating, Screening, and Communicating with Expert Witnesses; SECTION 8. CASE ADJUDICATION; 37. The Role of the Legal Nurse Consultant in the Preparation of Demonstrative Evidence; 38. Alternative Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, Mediation, and Other Settlement Modalities; 39. Trial Preparation and the Trial Process; Appendices