Employers
Legal nurse consultants are employed independently on a contract or retainer basis, or they may be employed by a law firm, insurance company, corporation, or government agency (such as the Department of Justice, state health professions licensing boards, state attorneys general offices, or the Food and Drug Administration), or as part of a risk management department in a hospital, HMO, ambulatory care center, or clinic.
Starting Out
Legal nurse consultants start out in the field as registered nurses, gradually gaining enough experience and knowledge to work full or part time as a consultant.
The only way to become a registered nurse is through completion of one of the three kinds of educational programs plus passing the licensing examination. Registered nurses may apply for employment directly to hospitals, nursing homes, and companies and government agencies that hire nurses. Jobs can also be obtained through school career services offices, by signing up with employment agencies specializing in placement of nursing personnel, or through state employment offices. Other sources of jobs include nurses' associations, professional journals, and newspaper want ads.
- Advanced Practice Nurses
- Airport Security Personnel
- Arbitrators
- Bail Bondsmen
- Bailiffs
- Bankruptcy Lawyers
- Biotechnology Patent Lawyers
- Bodyguards
- Border Patrol Agents
- Bounty Hunters
- Civil Litigation Lawyers
- Community Health Nurses
- Corporate Lawyers
- Corrections Officers
- Court Interpreters and Translators
- Court Reporters
- Crime Analysts
- Criminal Lawyers
- Critical Care Nurses
- Deputy U.S. Marshals
- Detectives
- Elder Law Attorneys
- Emergency Nurses
- Emergency Services Dispatchers
- Environmental Lawyers
- Family Lawyers
- FBI Agents
- Forensic Experts
- Forensic Meteorologists
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators, and Analysts
- Genetic Genealogists
- Geriatric Nurses
- Hedge Fund Lawyers
- Home Health Care and Hospice Nurses
- Intellectual Property Lawyers
- Judges
- Law Librarians
- Lawyers
- Legal Operations Specialists
- Legal Secretaries
- Licensed Practical Nurses
- Litigation Support/eDiscovery Analysts
- Mergers and Acquisitions Attorneys
- Mutual Fund Lawyers
- Neonatal Nurses
- Nurse Anesthetists
- Nurse Assistants
- Nurse Managers
- Nurse Practitioners
- Nurse-Midwives
- Nursing Instructors
- Occupational Health Nurses
- Oncological Nurses
- Paralegals
- Parole Officers
- Patent Agents
- Patent Lawyers
- Police Officers
- Polygraph Examiners
- Process Servers
- Psychiatric Nurses
- Public Interest Lawyers
- Real Estate Lawyers
- Registered Nurses
- School Nurses
- Secret Service Special Agents
- Security Consultants
- Security Guards
- Space Lawyers
- Tax Attorneys
