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Over the past generation, the practice of legal nurse consulting has grown to include areas such as life care planning, risk management, and administrative law, as well as taking on a more diversified role in both criminal and civil law and courtroom proceedings. First published in 1997, Legal Nurse Consulting, Principles and Practices provided professionals in the field with an authoritative reference that helped further define and grow their roles. Used in LNC programs across the country, it introduced RNs to the foundations and practice areas of legal nurse consulting. Maintaining the high standards of the bestselling previous edition, the current editors have fully revamped this reference to match the education and reference needs of today's LNC. Adding a wealth of new information, the book has been split into two volumes: Legal Nurse Consulting Principles, designed for students, and Legal Nurse Consulting Practices, a solid professional reference that practicing LNCs will consult again and again.
Covers the increasing responsibilities of the LNC as a: Case Manager Expert Witness Courtroom Consultant Researcher and Legal Writer Looks at the LNC role in cases concerning: Life Care Planning Risk Management Administration and Insurance Forensic Science Natal and Pediatric Medicine Product Liability and Toxic Torts Workers Compensation This reference can be purchased as individual volumes or as a two-volume set.

Contents:

Legal Nurse Consulting Principles The Law, Standards of Care, and Liability Issues; T. Dandry Aiken, RN, JD and D. Trace Warlick, RN, JD History, Entry into Practice, and Certification; K. J. Huff , BSN, RN, LNCC; P. A. Costantini, RN, MEd, LPC, CRC, CCM, CLCP, LNCC, D-ABVE; and J. Mihalich, BSN, RN, LNCC Professionalism, Standards of Practice, and Standards of Professional Performance; J. Magnusson, BSN, RN, LHRM, LNCC Elements of Triage: Effective Case Screening of Medical Malpractice Claims; P. ZaiKaner Miller, RN Access to Medical Records; J. Grant-Stafford, MSN, RN Discovery and Disclosure; K. L. DiCecco, MSN, RN, LNCC Informed Consent; S. Mellott, PhD, RN, CPHQ, FNAHQ Medical Treatment Decisions: The Patient's Choice; C. M. Renella, BSN, RN, CME and S. Green DeWitt, MSN, RN Communication with Clients in the Medical Malpractice Arena; M. R. Conklin, MSN, RN-BC, LNCC and K. S. Fox, BSN, RN, LNCC, CPHRM Legal Writing; E. C. Vanderzanden, BSN, JD Researching Medical Information and Literature; M. A. Cregan, RN, LNCC and C. M. Duling, Esq., LL.M. Medical Record Analysis; D. D. D'Andrea, BSN, BA, RN and J. Dworniczek, BSN, RN-BC Report Preparation: Principles and Process; P. Raya, RN-C, MBA; J. Evans Songer, RN, CCRN, CLNC; and C. Hall Valdivia, RN, BSN, LNC, CLNCP Trial Preparation and the Trial Process; D. L. Reboy, MS, RN, LNCC, FACFEI DABFN, CFN, CNLCP Locating and Working with Expert Witnesses; M. L. Hazelwood, RN, LNCC Alternative Dispute Resolution: Settlement, Arbitration, and Mediation; M. C. Good, MSN, RN, LNCC Nursing Home and Subacute Rehabilitation Litigation; L. A. Conklin, MSN, MSA, RN, ONC, CWS, LNCC, FCCWS, Dip. AAWM Personal Injury and Accident Reconstruction; P. G. Carroll, RN, BSN, LNC, CAISS; C. Gatti, RN, BSN, LNCC; J. Lark, RN, BSN, CCRN; and L. Luedtke, RN, MSN Defense Medical Evaluations; L. E. Buchanan, RN, MSN, CRRN and T. H. Anderson, RN, BSN, BC Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Product Liability Litigation; P. Windler, MS, RN, LNCC and S. Barnes, MSN, MSHCA, RN Evaluating Toxic Tort Cases; M. Cannon, BSN, RN, CRNI and E. Ridgely, BS, RN, LNCC ERISA and HMO Litigation; S. van Ginneken, RN Evaluating Forensics Cases; D. Faugno, MSN, RN, CPN, SANE-A, SANE-P, FAAFS; S. Higelin, MSN, RN, CNS, CWCN, CLNC; and A. Symonds, BSN, RN, CFC, CFN, SANE-A, SANE-P, MS Glossary; N. M. Sisko, PhD, RN Acronyms; J. M. Collins, RN, BSBA, CLNC, LNCC Legal Nurse Consulting Practices The Legal Nurse Consultant as Expert Witness; M. Cosby, MPA, MSN, RN, CEN, NE-BC, LNCC, CLCP, CCM, MSCC and T. West, RN, BSN, MBA/HCM, CHN, PHN, LNC The Expert Fact Witness: Noneconomic Damages Testimony; S. M. Saroff, RN, BSN, MBA, MSCC The Independent LNC; C. Weitzel, MSN, ARNP Legal Nurse Consultant Practice within a Law Firm; E. K. Zorn, BSN, RN, LNCC and M. Lanz, RN Role of the LNC in Criminal Cases; L. Fernandes, RN, MSN The LNC's Role in Healthcare Risk Management; D. M. Curley, RN, BS, BSN, DABFN, LNCC and S. Whidden, MSN, RN, LNC The Legal Nurse Consultant as Case Manager; V. V. Parisi, RN, CRRN, CLCP and K. R. Kuntz, MSN, RN, CRRN, CLCP, CM The Role of the Legal Nurse Consultant in the Insurance Industry; D. S. White, RN, BSN, LNCC Healthcare Claims Analysis; H. M. Kennedy, MSN, MBA, RN, BC, LNCC Administrative Health Law: Governing Health; A. Heydlauff, RN, LNCC, MHSA Medicare Set-Asides; F. J. Provenzano, RN, BSN, CDMS, CLCP, MSCC Fraud: Government-Sponsored Health Plans and General Case Evaluations; R. S. Busch, RN, MBA, CCM, CBM, CHS-III, CFE, FIALCP, FHFMA The Life Care Planning Expert; Nancy LaGasse, RN, MS, CDMS, CCM, CLCP, LHRM, ARM, MSCC and Helen "Heather" McDaniel, RN, LNCC, CNOR Pediatric Case Evaluation; P. Deaun Jackson, RN, MSN, CRNP, LNC and C. Revzin Merritt, MSN, RN, LNCC Neonatal Nursing; J. Romanow Guidash, RNC-NIC, BSN Advanced Practice Nursing; W. Bonnar, RN, WHCNP-BC, MSN Critical Care Case Evaluations; Rachel Cartwright-Vanzant, RN, MS, CNS, LHRM, FNC, LNCC; M. Myers-Glower, RN, MSN; and E. Plummer, DL, MJ, RN, BSN, CCRN Ambulatory Care Settings; C. Lacker, RN, MS, LNCC and K. L. Rollo, RN, MSN, SANE-A The Role of the Legal Nurse Consultant in Preparation of Technical Demonstrative Evidence; D. Miller, BSN, LNCC and N. Angelo Finzar, RN, MN Employment Law and Occupational Health and Safety, The Role of the LNC; K. P. Buckheit, MPH, BSN, RN, COHN-S/CM/SM, FAAOHN; M. Parker Jones, RN, MSN, COHN-S, CCM; and J. S. Ostendorf, MPH, RN, COHN-S, CCM, FAAOHN Worker's Compensation Case Evaluation; J. Hand, BSN, RN, CCM Surgical and Anesthesia Case Evaluation; D. Jolly, BSN, RN, LNCC and C. Pytlik, BSN, RN, CRNA Issues in Residential and Community-Based Care; L. E. Fox, MSN, RN, CDDN, CLCP and D. D. Nash, RN, LNCC Glossary; K. A. Morales, RN, C, BSN Acronyms; L. Barber