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National Alliance of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants (NACLNC)
The NACLNC is the world’s largest legal nurse consultant association with over 6,000 members. As a NACLNC member, Preferred Medical-Legal Consulting has access to testifying and consulting experts in every field across the country.
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC)
Founded in 1989, the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC) is a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to the professional enhancement and growth of registered nurses practicing in the specialty area of legal nurse consulting and to advancing this nursing specialty. AALNC has a rapidly expanding membership of 3,500, and has chapters in nearly every state.
AALNC Adopts Position Statement Regarding Expert Nursing Testimony
The American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC) has published an official position statement regarding expert testimony in medical malpractice cases. Entitled Providing Expert Nursing Testimony, AALNC maintains that nurses possess specialized knowledge that physicians and other allied health care practitioners do not have unless they have been trained and have practiced as a registered nurse. Therefore, only nurses should provide expert testimony related to nursing standards of care.
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Jeanine N. Swygman, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC, CCRN-CMC, CLNC
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner | Certified Legal Nurse Consultant
P.O. Box 1783 | Lake Oswego, OR 97035 | 503.545.6305 | 503.210.0213 fax |
PreferredMedicalLegal@hotmail.com |