Certified Legal Nurse Resume

Certified legal nurses work as a registered nurse before taking up this career. They work with legal personnel such as lawyers, and attorneys for providing assistance in complex patient cases. In addition to this, they handle a wide range of duties such as explaining patient cases by creating detailed documents, summarizing medical records, and supplying witnesses. Also, they assist to identify hospital's malpractices, insurance company frauds, and providing strong evidence against the allegations. To work in this position, an individual is expected to have minimum 5 years of RN experience along with a professional certification from an accredited institute. Also, to establish your candidacy for the role, a certified legal nurse resume is must for displaying your skills and abilities.

Carrie N. Kramer
580 Zimmerman Lane
Los Angeles, CA 90057
Phone: 213-176-8245
Email: carrie.kramer@anymail.com

Job Objective:

Highly-knowledgeable, competent, and certified professional seeking a Legal Nurse position in a reputed hospital to use my expertise in solving complex patient cases, identifying frauds, and ensuring appropriate punishment for medical malpractices.

Summary of Skills:

Sound knowledge of medical terms, treatment procedures, and clinical terminologies for preparing accurate case papers
Familiar with performing reviews and analysis of patients' medical records, and identifying medical malpractices
Capable of conducting interviews of patient as well as his family to recognize and secure expert witnesses
Adept in assisting attorneys in understanding medical terminology and cases
Team player and possess exceptional organizational skills
Detail-oriented with excellent problem-solving skills

Work Experience:

Certified Legal Nurse
Frisbee Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
November 2014 – Present

Assisting law professionals in various cases such as medical malpractice, insurance frauds as well as workers' compensation
Coordinating with the nursing staff to organize, tabulate, and index medical records as well as preparing medical chronologies to appropriately present the case in the court
Facilitating communication and understanding between clients, attorneys, witnesses, and providing litigation support by composing and analyzing various medical documents
Screening new cases for medical merit, summarizing medical records, assembling timelines of medical events and working with legal parties to help them understand hospital treatments and discrepancies
Studying medical cases and determining the course of legal procedures
Examining patients' medical charts for signs of tampering or malpractice, and explaining it to involved legal advisor
Translating health-care language and medical terms for the attorneys or other legal staff

Registered Nurse
BJC Healthcare, Los Angeles, CA
September 2011 – October 2014

Consulted with the health-care providers regarding critical patients, and administered medication under their supervision
Worked in the neonatal department to provide comfort and care to mothers post delivery as well as expecting mothers
Monitored patients during dialysis to assess in any emergent changes in the patient's condition, and communicated observed problems to family members and concerned doctor
Coordinated with nursing staff to monitor the assigned patients in various departments for noticing changed behavior, and prepared report about response given to the medication
Attended research seminars and training sessions to stay up-to-date about the latest medical equipment for providing quality care to the patients
Worked with nurses in the emergency and trauma department, and administered injections to patients undergoing skin grafting treatment
Assisted the clinical doctors to perform operational procedures on patients being treated for heart ailments, organ transplants or plastic surgeries

Internship:

Nursing Intern
NJC Healthcare, Los Angeles, CA
July 2009 – August 2011

Worked under the supervision of senior nurses to provide direct nursing care to assigned patients, and prepared weekly medical reports
Coordinated with the physicians and other doctors to offer designated treatment to patients to ensure quality care
Regularly assessed patients in intensive care unit to make notes of their vital parameters, and informed the concerned doctor regarding abnormal observations
Coordinated with other nursing interns to perform various duties like collecting samples for laboratory tests, and collected reports from pathological lab
Assisted other nursing interns to conduct rounds in various departments to identify uneasiness in patients, and provided comfort to them
Reviewed patient's progress daily and updated medical charts in his room to give accurate information to concerned doctors
Maintained a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for the patients/families in accordance with hospital standards

Education:

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
2011

Reference:

On request.