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As U.S. healthcare professionals, whether we like it or not, our nursing practice is deeply intertwined with the law. We follow standards of care, our care is evidence-based, we are subject to official workplace policies and procedures, and we practice according to State and Federal laws, including the laws that govern our licensure. However, most nurses I have worked with do not seem to spend much time considering how the law affects our practice on a daily basis. It is ju

In short, Legal Nurse Consultants (LNC's) make life easier for law firms working on medical-legal matters. According to the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC), LNCs have been helping law firms since the 1980s in a variety of roles: Medical Record Review: LNC's can help organize and make sense of complex and lengthy medical records. They can also help identify gaps in the medical record and analysis of the information in the medical record. Chronologies: