a.       An LNC is a nurse who utilizes their knowledge and skills to assist attorneys, insurance companies, or healthcare organizations on complicated legal-medical cases.

b.      LNCs have specialized training in merging healthcare with the law to strengthen the validity of cases, whether plaintiff or defense.

a.       Nurses possess insider knowledge about the complex world of healthcare that those who have never worked within the walls of hospitals, clinics, or other healthcare settings wouldn’t be privy to.

b.      LNCs are uniquely qualified to identify all the issues within a medical record that someone not intimately familiar with the healthcare field may otherwise be overlooked.

a.       Personal Injury

b.      Medical Malpractice/Negligence

c.       Workers’ Compensation

d.      Correctional Healthcare (Deliberate Indifference)

e.       Criminal Cases with a medical aspect

a.       Turnaround time depends on:

i.      The type of case

ii.      The number of pages within the medical records (On average, I can review 50 pages per hour)

iii.      The type of report that is needed by the attorney-client for their case

a.       Yes, if there is a pressing deadline, please make sure it is communicated during the consultation call.

a.       Some LNCs choose only to do behind-the-scenes reviews and reports.  At Kinsella Legal Nurse Consulting LLC, we can attend Defense Medical Exams (DMEs) with your client, locate expert witnesses, or even be an expert witness.