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 profession, healthcare professions, consumers of healthcare and legal services, and others as appropriate. With a strong educational and experiential foundation a legal nurse consultant is qualified to assess adherence to standards and guidelines of healthcare practice as it applies to the nursing and healthcare professions.

The LNC brings healthcare education and experience to the medically related issues of the litigation process.  This distinguishes legal nurse consultants from paralegals and legal assistants and provides the foundation for the LNC's ability to recognize, interpret and analyze all relevant medically related information in a claim or case.