Nurse paralegal vs Legal Nurse Consultant

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Can someone help me with these terms? Perhaps job descriptions? Thanks

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

From the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants:

http://www.aalnc.org/about/Whatis.cfm

https://allnurses.com/forums/f29/role-legal-nurse-consultant-153825.html

From the National Association of Legal Assistants:

http://www.nala.org/whatis.htm

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you're awesome siri. I've read alot of your posts today on this forum. Quite helpful. Thanks!

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

You are very welcome, Richard, and thank you.

One thing I should point out, too: A nurse paralegal is a nurse who has gone to a paralegal program. Yes, the LNC and Nurse Paralegal duties overlap, but the latter focuses more so on the legal aspects of the attorney's practice.

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