Since purchasing Vickie's CLNC® Certification (Home-Study) Program, I have successfully started my own legal nurse consultant business. I am reviewing charts and providing expert testimony for some of the largest medical malpractice firms in the country. After only one month in business, a client flew me to their office just to get acquainted. I incorporated almost a year ago, and within the first eight months I made my yearly nursing salary. Legal nurse consulting provides me with freedom, flexibility and the ability to be my own boss. I truly have a dream job, that allows me to make my own hours, wear what I want in the comfort of my own office, and design my own company. What more could anyone
hope for?
RN
North Carolina
Vickie's course is worth every penny. She's the best. The practical information you receive is incomparable to any others I have seen. She covers all the bases and gives you what you need to get started as a legal nurse consultant.
RN, CLNC
California
Vickie is the master teacher and mentor of the legal nurse consulting profession. It's an honor and privilege to train
with the master.
RN
New Jersey
This was the most enjoyable program I have ever attended. Vickie, you are so dynamic and your staff is very helpful. Thank you.
RN, PhD, CLNC
New Jeresy
What the Institute offers that is uniquely beneficial is ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. I've attended many seminars. This has been unconditionally the very best.
RN, MSN, PHN, CLNC
California
Types of Cases
Every specialty of nursing and medicine is at risk for medical malpractice.
Nonprofessional negligence cases, such as:
- Premises liability cases (e.g., slip and fall in a grocery store)
- Auto accident cases
- Aviation cases
- Liquor liability cases
- Railroad litigation cases
- Admiralty and maritime cases
- Water accident cases
- Sports injury cases
Cases involving the liability of manufacturers and sellers of a product to buyers, users and even bystanders who allege damages or injuries as a result of a defective product, including:
1. Medical device and drug-related cases, such as cases involving:
- Celebrex®
- Bextra®
- Vioxx®
- Ephedrine
- Hormones
- Fosamax®
- Implantable defibrillators
- Pacemakers
- Ventilators
- Heart valves
- Silicone breast implants
- IV pumps
2. Nonmedical device cases, such as cases relating to:
- Motor vehicles, automobiles and automobile parts
- Cigarettes and cigarette lighters
- Machinery and equipment
- Children's toys and products
- Electromagnetic fields (e.g., cellular telephones)
- Food
- Household products
- Personal care products
- Consumer products (e.g., appliances)
- Industrial products
Cases involving alleged damages or injuries resulting from the release of toxins into the environment, such as toxins from:
- Electromagnetic fields (e.g., against a utility company)
- Asbestos
- Toxic mold cases
- Radiation contamination
- Hazardous chemicals in a workplace
- Waste management and disposal
- Pesticides
- Secondary smoke exposure
- Sick building syndrome
- Lead poisoning
Cases involving job-related injuries arising out of and in the course of employment, such as:
- Equipment- and machinery-related injuries
- Cumulative trauma disorders
- Injuries caused by objects striking workers
- Back injuries
- Auto accidents
Cases involving any act that society has deemed contrary to the public good because the act is injurious to all of society and violates the peace and tranquility of the community, such as:
- Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) or Driving Under the Influence (DUI) cases
- Sexual and physical assault cases
- Child, spouse or elder abuse cases
- Criminal malpractice cases
- Criminal environmental cases
- Any case involving a victim of a violent crime
- Psychiatric defenses and psychiatric issues
- Medicare fraud and abuse cases
- Possession of narcotics cases
- Excessive use of force by law enforcement
Many types of cases involving medical-related issues, such as:
- Family law (e.g., custody battle)
- Probate (e.g., competency issues)
- School health (e.g., injury of child while crossing street, sexual assault by teacher)
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Employer-employee relationships (e.g., wrongful dismissal)
- Sexual harassment
- Right to die
- Social Security benefit issues
- Medicare benefit issues
- Physician-facility relationships (e.g., physician dropped from an HMO, preferred provider network or managed care network)
- Psychiatrist or therapist abuse or injury
- Insurance (e.g., reasonableness of a medical bill, relationship of a medical bill to the alleged damages or injuries)
- Family Leave Act
- Bad faith litigation against insurance company for failure to pay a claim or for denial of access to specific care or treatment
- Elder issues (e.g., abuse, conservatorship)
- Wrongful adoption
- Healthcare professional board disciplinary actions
With 1,180,386* attorneys in the U.S., opportunities and available jobs for the Certified Legal Nurse Consultant is unlimited. Most CLNC® consultants work independently from home and design their CLNC® business to match their preferred lifestyle. Starting your new CLNC® career is simple.
Graduates of our #1 bestselling program have consulted on cases ranging from simple neck injuries caused by auto accidents to high profile cases and groundbreaking litigation for FenPhen, Vioxx®, silicone implants, toxic mold and more.
| * | According to the American Bar Association Market Research Department, in 2009 there are 1,180,386 attorneys in the U.S. |
