American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants

American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants was established in 1989 as a non-profit membership organization and comprises 4,000 approximately members that bridges gaps in legal knowledge. The purpose of association established to promote the enhancement of professional growth of registered nurses that are practicing in the specialty of legal nurse consulting and advancing the nursing specialty.

Legal Nurse Consultants (LNCs) provides medico-legal support includes medical records review, medical event chronology preparations, and witness of interviews, discovery assistance and literature research. These experts will identify missing records and standards of care. It also affirms matters involving certified rehabilitation counselors and nurse life care planners and related matters.

 AALNC is the preeminent resource for professionals with an interest in the legal nurse consulting arena includes AALNC committees but novice and veteran legal nurse consultants. AALNC provides network of opportunities, nursing educational advancement, professional development and supports legal working nurse certification through the American Legal Nurse Consultant Certification Board (ALNCCB).

In accordance practice of nursing and legal education is not necessarily a compulsion. A legal nurse consultant uses existing expertise as a health care professional to consult and educate their consulting patients on certain medical and nursing issues in their cases.

The Legal Nurse Consultants American associations encourages in advancing the professional register nurses consults contains the legal nursing health care field on a condition that provides a forum for education, research and exchange of information. AALNC runs with strategic goals to validate the experienced legal nursing consultants in its principle to expertise the nurse who registered as health care provider and specially trained consultants in medical related issues. AALNC supports the value proposition of its products and services to target this demographic.

Indeed there are number of Legal Nurse Consultant training courses and Certifications available across the globe. The certification of LNC programs is credited by the American Board of Nursing Specialties by conducting the exams.