peblz521

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1. Certified Legal Assistant v. Legal Nurse Consultant

   peblz521 replied to Demonsthenes's topic in Legal

   Sorry for taking so long in responding. The pay for what I do is usually from mid/upper 40's to 70's which can be a little more than the hourly compensated nurse working in the hospital day shift if you are on the higher end of the scale, and fairly ...

2. Certified Legal Assistant v. Legal Nurse Consultant

   peblz521 replied to Demonsthenes's topic in Legal

   Well, here I am, a R.N. and a certified paralegal. So ask away. I will tell you what I do and how I got here. I see a lot of confusing and misleading things said about nurse paralegals. I have 15 years of experience as a registered nurse. I wanted to...

3. maybe lawyers use doctors instead?

   peblz521 replied to mariee's topic in Legal

   Right, some attorneys have a "consulting" doctor who doesn't mind answering occasional questions, or they may pay them a small fee to answer quick, brief questions, but certainly not related to nursing care. But as far as the doctors go, from my expe...

4. What nuring specialty is more marketable as a legal nurse consultant?

   peblz521 replied to careerdejour's topic in Legal

   In my experience over the past 4 years, attorneys seem to be most impressed with my background in Neuro and Trauma ICU along with orthopedics. But I agree with the postings I have seen as to not turning something down due to lack of a lot of experien...