The legal nurse consultant is a licensed, registered nurse who performs a critical analysis of clinical and administrative nursing practice, healthcare facts and issues and their outcomes for the legal professions, consumers of healthcare and legal services, and others as appropriate. With a strong educational and experienced foundation, the legal nurse consultant is qualified to assess adherence to standards and guidelines of healthcare practices as it applies to the nursing and healthcare professions.

What Makes a Legal Nurse Consultant Distinct?

As licensed registered nurses, legal nurse consultants bring specialized healthcare education and clinical experience to the medically related issues of the litigation process. This education and experience distinguishes legal nurse consultants for paralegals and legal assistants and provides the foundation for the legal nurse consultant’s ability to recognize, interpret and analyze all relevant medically related information in a claim or case.