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What Does It Take to Be a Competent Legal Nurse Consultant?
The following statements identify the essential competencies a Certified Legal Nurse
ConsultantCM (CLNC®) should possess. The CLNC® should be able to:
- Demonstrate the knowledge inherent in the role of the Certified Legal Nurse ConsultantCM.
- Apply knowledge of basic sciences to the provision of legal nurse consulting services.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the litigation process.
- Apply knowledge of theories of liability used in medical-related cases.
- Demonstrate knowledge of personal injury, products liability, environmental and workers'
compensation cases.
- Apply screening principles to medical-related cases.
- Demonstrate case evaluation strategies and apply principles to report writing.
- Detect tampering in the medical record.
- Conduct medical library and Internet research to support interpretation of the medical
record.
- Obtain and interpret medical records for adherence to and deviations from standards of
care.
- Demonstrate knowledge of managed care litigation.
- Demonstrate ability to assist attorneys in developing discovery, such as interrogatories
and requests for production.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the role of the testifying expert and ability to interface
with experts.
- Demonstrate knowledge of contract formulation.
- Integrate legal and ethical principles into legal nurse consulting.
- Demonstrate knowledge of marketing strategies and apply interviewing techniques.
 
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Successful CLNC®s Say
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"Your ideas and educational programs are a necessity in this business."
Shelly Pfannenstiel,
RN, CLNC, Kansas
"I tap into the Vickie Milazzo Institute educational programs because they provide state-of-the-art innovative topics."
Ann Correa,
RN, CLNC, New York
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