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This comprehensive book is a valuable reference tool for registered nurses who are engaged in, or considering, the challenging new career of legal nurse consulting. Ethical considerations, practice tips, and sample documents aid nurses in understanding their roles as legal nurse consultants. Helpful insights into making the transition from traditional nursing to this contemporary profession are featured. The book equips nurses with information and strategies to use their medical background and experience, to assist a legal team in the resolution of medical-legal claims.
A text for experienced registered nurses, addressing the unique learning concerns of legal nurse consulting students. Overviews the legal nurse consulting field, the American legal system, and legal reasoning and analysis, then covers legal research and citation, personal injury law, medical-legal research and writing, and ethics. Features profiles of those in the field, advice on entering this specialty, information on certification, and marketing strategies. Weishapple is affiliated with Chippewa Valley Technical College. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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