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As a CLNC®, I Implement Concrete Changes Rather than Fight the Healthcare System by Colleen Lindell, RN, MHSA, CNOR, CLNC, Wisconsin I chose the Vickie Milazzo Institute's CLNC® Certification Program over a nurse paralegal program for several reasons. Nurse paralegal programs focus on the legal aspects of case analysis, while a legal nurse consultant program focuses on the knowledge needed to represent nursing and healthcare issues in the legal arena. I feel strongly about the quality of nursing care. The Vickie Milazzo Institute's legal nurse consultant program taught me to become an effective legal nurse consultant who can speak to jurors, attorneys, families and healthcare professionals about nursing and health issues. A nurse paralegal is rarely, if ever, hired as a consultant. A nurse paralegal is considered a paraprofessional, whereas a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant is considered a professional consultant. I prefer to be part of a profession where my nursing expertise and advice are sought after, as opposed to being a paralegal doing legal tasks under a lawyer's supervision. If I had wanted to focus on legal tasks, I would have become a nurse attorney, not a paralegal. I believe this was the right choice. Being a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant has afforded me the opportunity to become a successful business owner, while maintaining my clinical skills. I speak to medical, nursing and healthcare issues in an arena where concrete changes are made based on legal case outcomes, as opposed to "fighting the system" as a staff nurse in the hospital. © 2003 Medical-Legal Consulting Institute, Inc. Reprinted from Legal Nurse Consulting Ezine, Vol. 14, No. 19, 2003   
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