Attorneys face challenges all day. Every. Day. That’s why they want to hire Professional Legal Nurse Consultants (PLNC) to review their medical records for them.
An Electronic Health Record (EHR) can read much like a foreign language. It’s critical for lawyers to use Professional Legal Nurse Consultants to translate it and put it into layperson’s language.
That’s where you, the PLNC, enter the picture. As a PLNC, you’re trained to read medical records. You have the skills to interpret them. This means you’re valued to an attorney for the multiple skills you bring to the table.
Let’s dig deeper as to why attorneys want to hire Professional Legal Nurse Consultants:
Your nursing knowledge and PLNC training, combined, assist lawyers in their cases. That’s why attorneys want to hire you to review medical records in cases. Most attorneys don’t have nursing experience; that’s why they want to hire you, the PLNC!
Even if your nursing background is in a specific area, you could impart knowledge in all kinds of cases. Whether you’re reviewing a fall case or even a dehydration case, you have been taught the basic nursing knowledge. You may have specialized in this type of nursing practice so reviewing those issues are no problem. On more technical issues, you may either have acquired that knowledge and experience, or you may defer to others who’ve practiced specifically in that field. Knowing your limits is important, but don’t arbitrary impose them.
You know the standard of care or you can easily find it out. Nursing experience has probably taught you a lot. Use that to your advantage. Share it with the attorney on the cases you’re working on. It could lead to you being asked to work on more cases.
You’ve reviewed other medical records and know what you’re looking for. Whether this is your first case as a PLNC or your fifty-first case, you’re familiar with electronic health records. Professional Legal Nurse Consultants know how to read and interpret EHRs.
Research is second nature to you. It’s not like it used to be when you had “research” something by going to the library. You can easily find helpful and essential information on the internet and even right on your phone.
The PLNC Certification means you’ve successfully completed the course. It lends credibility to you and your nursing skills. It means you can blend your skills with the law. That’s awesome!
Your communication skills are tried and true. You can use active and passive listening skills to your advantage. Whether you’re talking with a potential client of the law firm or giving your opinion to the legal team at a conference table, your communication skills are honed.
Teamwork is part of your knowledge base. Being a nurse, you understand how teams work. You use those same talents being a valued member of the legal team.
Your work product is superb and timely submitted. When you get a case assigned to you by the attorney, you ask when the assignment is due. In the PLNC Certification Course, you’re trained to ask that. No surprises. You know exactly what’s expected of you and you perform.
You’ve got the PLNC credential, the nursing skills, and the excitement. That’s why attorneys want to hire YOU!
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