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Certified Legal Nurse Consultant Turns Thousands of Pages of Records Into "A Picture Worth a 1,000 Words"

When an attorney takes on a medical-relatedYoung uses the services of Gina Rogers, RN,
lawsuit, the attorney is confronted withCLNC for cases like Heather's. "My
enormous volumes of medical records crammedassignment," says Rogers, "was to document
with esoteric terminology, inexplicablethis child's pain and suffering. In addition
shorthand and indecipherable handwriting. Yetto summarizing the records, I decided 'a
his client's (plaintiff or defense) futurepicture is worth a thousand words.' I created
depends on the attorney understanding thosea detailed graph of her body indicating all
records and using them to support the casethe burns and skin grafts. My completed graph
effectively. That's why Certified Legal Nurseshowed that there was hardly an undamaged
Consultant services are the healthiest thingplace  on  her  body."
that will ever happen to an attorney's
practice."Two major factors in this case," says Young,
"were the enormous pain and suffering Heather
Total confidence in the services and supporthad to deal with and the problems she would
provided by a Certified Legal Nurseface in the future. Gina set forth all the
Consultant is especially important whenpain medications my client received during
taking on a formidable opponent, such as athe three weeks she was in the hospital. Gina
major international corporation. Bob Young,also prepared a detailed list of Heather's
an attorney with English, Lucas, Priest andpotential  future  health  problems."
Owsley, a major personal injury firm in south
central Kentucky, faced this challenge whenInstead of sending the defendant thousands of
he  accepted  the  case  of  Heather Norman.*pages of medical records, Young sent them
Gina's report, including the dramatic graph
In 2001, the 12-year-old was severely burnedof the plaintiff's injuries. "Gina's work was
in a motor vehicle accident that killed hera significant part of the settlement
mother and brother. "The truck's side-saddlebrochure," he says. The case settled for an
gasoline tanks exploded upon impact," Youngundisclosed  amount.
says, "leaving Heather with second and third
degree burns over 25% of her body, includingConsulting an Independent Certified Legal
her back, chest, arms, hands and face. SheNurse Consultant Is Like Having a Nurse on
had three surgeries to receive skin graftsStaff Without the Full-time Expense - For the
and underwent numerous other medicallast three years Young has used Rogers'
procedures. She spent three weeks in theservices on almost every medical-related
hospital, plus more than a month as an outcase. "It's like having a nurse on staff
patient receiving daily wound care andwithout the full-time expense," he says. "The
occupational therapy." Young filed a productsmost important thing Gina does is help me
liability suit against the truck manufacturerscreen each case to see if it's worth taking.
on  Heather's  behalf.In every medical malpractice case you have to
retain a medical doctor to testify to the
Medical cases like this can generatestandards of care. After Gina reviews the
thousands of pages of records. "If I try tocase, we discuss whether to retain a very
sift through the records and put together aexpensive MD. Often we decide not to take
summary," says Young, "it might or might notthat next step. If we do take the case, Gina
be accurate. I'm not trained in the medicalhas a network of doctors so she helps me find
field. It makes sense to have someone withthe  expert,  too."
medical training go through the records and
decipher  the  important  information."*Name has been changed.



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