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CLNC® Success StoriesI Met My Goal for Immediate Certified Legal Nurse Consultant Success
by David Kuntz, RN, BSN, CLNC
At home after my surgery I had time on my hands, or in my case – hand, so I started to search for different ways to use my nursing knowledge. I came across legal nurse consulting on one of my searches. I spent hours researching legal nurse consulting. The spark was lit and grew with every bad day I had. It took me five years until I finally decided to just go for it. I enrolled in the CLNC® Certification Program in July 2009 and immediately started the home-study course. I finished it in a week and was certified the following weekend. I then worked on the NACLNC® Apprenticeship Program. It took me a little over a week to finish and at that point, I started getting my promotional materials, sample work products and letters refined and ready to send to attorneys. I started sending out material toward the end of August using all of the techniques I learned from Vickie. One goal that was foremost in my mind was to have a case before I attended the CLNC® 6-Day Certification Program in October. I was nervous before I made my first phone call to an attorney, but I kept remembering that they are people just like everyone else and that really calmed me down. In that first call, I introduced myself and gave a brief synopsis of the material I had already sent. I asked for an appointment and the attorney said, "Sure, come in at 4:00pm." Now I was really nervous. I looked over the sample interview questions in the online NACLNC® Association and realized that I knew this information. I met with the attorney and the interview went so well, he is sending me a medical-malpractice case. Two weeks later, I called another attorney to follow-up on my promotional material. He told me he didn't receive it, so I presented a short version of how I could assist him. He asked me to set up a meeting with his secretary. The next day I went to his office and he walked into the conference room with a case in his hands and a check for $1,500.00. Inside I was doing cartwheels yet I remained composed until I got in my car and was heading home. The following day I talked with a different attorney and he wants to use me on two cases. From the end of August to the first week in October, I was able to obtain three attorney-clients. My first goal was met. I followed what Vickie taught and used her techniques. If everyone follows what they learn in the CLNC® Certification Program, they will be successful in this business. Vickie and Vickie Milazzo Institute have already done the hard work; all a student has to do is apply what they learn from the CNLC® Certification Program. Click here for success story ideas.    |
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I spent hours researching legal nurse consulting. The spark was lit and grew with every bad day 
I had.
During my career as an ICU nurse, I was always looking for ways to better myself. I took and passed the CCRN exam, but to my dismay I received no recognition from the hospital administrators for this accomplishment. I tried management and found that I was working more hours and getting paid less than the nurses on my unit. Then something happened that changed my career. I tore a ligament in my hand while restraining a patient. I could no longer lift anything over 25 pounds. I was devastated. My ICU nursing career was over. I spent one and half years on light duty and was told that I had to find a different job or the hospital would settle with me. After months of searching, I landed a job in IT as a clinical analyst.
