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    1. During the 1980s, nurses became a more cost-effective alternative to physician consultants in litigation, contributing significantly to the growth of legal nurse consulting as a specialty nursing practice. 2. The code of ethics for legal nurse consultants (LNCs) provides principles that inform the moral decision making process when carrying out professional responsibilities. 3. A key task of an LNC working as a Life Care Planner would be to review literature to evaluate clinical guidelines for specific conditions and provide documentation of future care needs and associated costs, but they would not be responsible for completing government-required outcome-based audits.

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    1. During the 1980s, nurses became a more cost-effective alternative to physician consultants in litigation, contributing significantly to the growth of legal nurse consulting as a specialty nursing practice. 2. The code of ethics for legal nurse consultants (LNCs) provides principles that inform the moral decision making process when carrying out professional responsibilities. 3. A key task of an LNC working as a Life Care Planner would be to review literature to evaluate clinical guidelines for specific conditions and provide documentation of future care needs and associated costs, but they would not be responsible for completing government-required outcome-based audits.

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    1. During the 1980s, nurses became a more cost-effective alternative to physician consultants in litigation, contributing significantly to the growth of legal nurse consulting as a specialty nursing practice. 2. The code of ethics for legal nurse consultants (LNCs) provides principles that inform the moral decision making process when carrying out professional responsibilities. 3. A key task of an LNC working as a Life Care Planner would be to review literature to evaluate clinical guidelines for specific conditions and provide documentation of future care needs and associated costs, but they would not be responsible for completing government-required outcome-based audits.

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    Module 1

    1. Which of the following contributed significantly to the growth of legal nurse consulting as a
    specialty practice of nursing during the 1980s?
    a. Nurses became more involved in medical research based on evidence-based practice
    b. Nursing schools began to offer Master’s level legal nurse consulting courses
    c. Nurses began to use computer programs to organize medical malpractice research
    d. Nurses became valued as a cost-effective alternative to physician consultants in litigation
    2. The code of ethics for LNCs is useful in carrying out professional responsibilities because of the
    code of ethics:
    a. Offers specific directions for solving ethical dilemmas
    b. Is optional for independent legal nurse consultants
    c. Defines how to approach every situation in medical malpractice
    d. Provides principles that inform the moral decision making process
    3. An LNC practicing as a Life Care Planner would perform all of the following tasks EXCEPT:
    a. Collaborate wit other health care professionals
    b. Review literature to evaluate clinical guidelines for specific conditions
    c. Complete outcome-based audits required by the government
    d. Provide documentation of future care needs and associated costs
    4. Healthcare risk management goals include all of the following EXCEPT to:
    a. Collect crime-related evidence
    b. Limit liability exposure of health care providers
    c. Minimize the potential of harm to patients
    d. Mitigate health care facility financial loss
    5. A legal nurse consultant MUST have which of the following to practice:
    a. Certification as an LNC
    b. A Bachelors degree in Nursing (BSN)
    c. Certificate of completion of an accredited LNC program
    d. Current licensure as an RN
    6. The regular functions of an LNC working in a law firm include:
    a. Locating expert witnesses
    b. Editing medical records
    c. Testifying as an expert witness
    d. Drafting standards of care
    7. Which of these best shows the application of the Standard of Nursing Practice for “Diagnosis” to
    LNC work:
    a. The LNC drafts the Complaint
    b. The LNC analyzes the medical record
    c. The LNC examines the patient
    d. The LNC deposes the physician
    8. Certification in legal nurse consulting is
    a. Achieved after completing an educational course in legal nurse consulting
    b. Required to obtain a job in a law firm as a legal nurse consultant
    c. Available to interested nurses prior to obtaining experience as an LNC
    d. Voluntary, not a requirement for LNC practice
    9. Professional nursing certification is associated with
    a. A higher level of skill and expertise
    b. A licensure as an RN
    c. Post graduate educational courses
    d. Minimum qualifications for entry into practice
    10. Please select the answer below which best describes a common area of risk for LNCs:
    a. The LNC properly withdraws as an expert witness
    b. The LNC notifies the attorney when conflicts exist.
    c. The LNC agrees to take a case without attorney involvement
    d. The LNC works with an attorney as an independent contractor

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