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Legal Nurse Consultant Certificate

Program director Dolly Curley introduces the Legal Nurse Consultant Certificate. (Can't play this clip in your browser? Click here to try viewing it directly on YouTube.)

Registered nurses: broaden your career path

	Build on your nursing expertise and take on an exciting new role as a legal nurse consultant (LNC)
	Enter a dynamic, collaborative, and recognized nursing specialty
	Gain the knowledge and skills to land a rewarding job or to start your own consulting practice

The legal nurse consultant (LNC) serves as a liaison between the legal and the health-care communities. Legal nurse consultants combine their clinical experience with knowledge of legal theory and the litigation process to provide valuable expertise in legal cases involving medical issues. Collaborating with attorneys, insurance companies, and other professionals involved in the litigation process, the legal nurse consultant provides expertise in the medical and health-care field.

LNCs may work in independent practice, or may be employed by law firms, insurance companies, government offices, and risk management departments. Law firms hiring LNCs may be large practices with multiple specialties, including medical issues, or small firms whose primary focus is medical-related litigation, such as medical malpractice, personal injury, or insurance litigation.

About joining the field

"The Legal Nurse Consultant profession provides experienced registered nurses practically infinite opportunities in the medical and legal fields. The University of Delaware’s Legal Nurse Consultant Certificate broadens the RN’s knowledge through classroom and practicum and also assists the RN in developing and enhancing his or her presentation, writing, and computer skills. Nurses in this program learn to review, analyze, and evaluate medical records and offer opinions regarding the merits of a case. Increasing awareness in issues of liability and understanding the impact of legal theory on the medical and judicial systems provides RNs with an outstanding blending of two professions while making them a credible member of both fields."

Dolly M. Curley, RN, BSN, DABFN, LNCC
Legal Nurse Consultant

Meet a graduate of the program

"The Legal Nurse Consultant certificate, with its focus on the technology of today’s legal field, as well as its experienced and dedicated instructors, gave me the education and hands-on experience that I needed to become a successful Legal Nurse. I would recommend this program to nurses who are looking not only to boost their current career, but also to become the greatest advocate to their clients that they can be. It’s the best decision that I’ve ever made."

Sheri Cassell completed the Legal Nurse Consultant Certificate in 2004.