In Understanding scope of practice will help you land your first case, nursing expert Tammie Clark-Heller, RN, BSN, CLNC, writes:
As a registered nurse and legal nurse consultant I am not an attorney, nor do I render legal advice, but I can speak to nursing opinions in a legal case as both a consulting and expert witness. I serve primarily as an educator. And what nurse isn't familiar with that role? We educate our patients, their families and doctors. Okay, mostly doctors.
New LNCs, myself included, tend to think that attorneys are more challenging to deal with than doctors. But that's not the case at all. Like doctors our attorney clients just need a proper dose of invaluable education.
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