http://podcast.legalnursebusiness.com Life care planning is one of the most important aspects of a medical lawsuit. To help you learn more about this field, Dana Bissontz, who has more than 25 years of nursing experience and 15 years in the medical-legal arena, shares her experiences in the area of life care planning. Life care planning involves the life expectancy of a plaintiff and calculating the cost to provide him or her with the ability to meet anticipated needs. These are often greater than a layperson would realize. Equipment, such as wheelchairs, need to be serviced, altered, and replaced. A legal nurse consultant working in this field needs to bring the same degree of precision and detail orientation to examining the medical records as does an expert witness. The LNC considering this specialty may find this an attraction. Dana emphasizes that the expert witness, trained to look for causation, needs to focus, instead, on results. She emphasizes that the field isn’t limited to LNCs. Doctors, physical and occupational therapists, and other professionals may work in it, either in primary roles or as consultants. Dana, however, that LNCs can bring the greatest expertise to this field. She advises that if it interests you, to immerse yourself in the subject. You can learn by studying the work of a number of professional organizations devoted to this field and question practitioners. For her, this work fulfills her desire to help others in a very practical way. The same may be true for you. • What is a life care plan? • What injuries or illnesses are usually the costliest? • Does it matter whether the plaintiff or the defense attorney contacts a life planner? • Does it disadvantage a planner working for the defense to not be able to see the patient? • What skills are needed for this area of work? Listen to our podcasts or watch them using our app, Expert.edu, available at legalnursebusiness.com/expertedu, Apple app store and Google Play for Android. The audio version of Legal Nurse Podcast is available at podcast.legalnursebusiness.com. Get tips that will help you grow your LNC skills. Listen at the beach, while driving, exercising or walking the dog! Legal Nurse Podcast has started our 8th year. Subscribe to this channel to get the video interviews. And check out the videos on the playlist called LNC expertise. Please tell another legal nurse consultant about Legal Nurse Podcast. We count on you loving to spread the word about our show. Ask your fellow LNCs to go to http://LNC.tips/subscribepodcast. Are you looking for a supportive community of legal nurse consultants dedicated to growing their businesses? LNC Success (TM) Connection is our new membership program that is focused on helping you thrive. Check out the details at http://LNC.tips/connection. Do you want to be able to refer back to the tips we shared in this podcast? We transcribe every show. Maybe you want to be able to implement the tips we share and to do so, you want to refer to what you heard. Get the transcripts by using this short link: http://LNC.tips/subscribepodcast. Oh yes, there is more. Want tips to make your legal nurse consulting business shine? Get your free reports at http://legalnursebusiness.com.