Legal Nurse Consulting, as a profession, is relatively new, having gotten its start in the early 1980's. As the field continues to grow and change, Professional Legal Nurse Consultant^TMs have become increasingly more valuable to law firms, insurance companies and medical providers.

Professional Legal Nurse Consulting benefits attorneys and their clients by helping to clarify the nursing and medical issues of a case, reduce the time and expense related to preparing medical malpractice and other lawsuits and by providing attorneys with the case-specific knowledge and information they need to best represent their clients.

Professional Legal Nurse Consulting is a service provided by nurses who have completed their training to become Professional Legal Nurse Consultant^TMs. The services provided cover a wide range including:

• Reviewing medical records
• Creating medical chronologies
• Researching conditions and treatments
• Locating and interviewing expert witnesses
• Photographing patients' injuries
• Assisting with drafting court documents
• Assisting with preparing cases for trial

Working closely with attorneys and medical experts is a key element of this unique career. The above list is meant to give you an idea what type of work is expected in the Professional Legal Nurse Consulting field.

The field is ever-changing, exciting and limitless. It allows nurses to put their skills and experience to a new and different use helping individuals.