Welcome to Legal RN Consultants, PLLC
A Legal Nurse Consulting business with current healthcare professionals specializing in complex nursing legal cases.
ABOUT US
Offering over 25 services to attorney-clients, our nationwide network of Legal Nurse Consulting experts and specialists evaluate and help build the merits of your case. Our relationships in the medical community with doctors, nurses and specialists makes all the difference.
Reliable and dependable - put us on retainer, case-by-case, or consulting - our team is here to help.
Founder and owner Sheryl Deaconson, RN, BSN, CLNC, brings over 30 years of public, private and military nursing both domestically and internationally. Experienced working in all levels of ER trauma at hospitals in multiple states gives her an extensive network of professional contacts within the healthcare industry.
WHAT WE DO
Legal RN Consultants, PLLC, brings attorney-clients accurate, up-to-date healthcare knowledge needed to argue cases successfully.
We help the attorney-clients develop cases quickly and cost-effectively, our nurse experts can:
- Screen or investigate cases for merit
- Define the applicable standards of care
- Define deviations from and adherences to the applicable standards of care
- Identify factors that may have contributed to the alleged damages and/or injuries
- Organize, tab and paginate medical records
- Summarize, translate, and interpret medical records
- Identify and recommend potential defendants
We work "behind the scenes" as a consulting expert.
- Conduct literature searches, integrate the literature standards/guidelines into the case analysis
- Translate/interpret nursing terms, diagnoses and treatment plans
- Evaluate strengths and weaknesses of medical evidence, and identify exclusions, oversights and discrepancies.
- Review and critically analyze medical records, pre-existing or co-existing medical conditions, hospital policies/procedures, deposition transcripts and insurance documents.
- Educate attorney-clients regarding relevant medical issues.
We strengthen the credibility of your case.
- Interview plaintiff and defense clients, key witnesses and experts
- Consult with healthcare providers and identify types of testifying experts needed
- Locate and interface with expert witnesses
- Communicate with potential testifying experts
- Analyze and compare expert witness reports and other work products
- Serve as liaison between the attorney and hospitals, testifying experts, parties, witnesses, and other consultants.
Our competitive services provides a medical edge for your firm.
- Prepare interrogatories
- Assist with preparation of demonstrative evidence for trial
- Review, analyze and summarize depositions, including past testimony
- Attend depositions, trials review panels and arbitration and mediation hearings
- Help prepare witnesses and experts for deposition and trial
- Develop written reports for use as study tools by the attorney
- Attend independent medical examinations IME/DME
WE SUPPORT PLAINTIFF OR DEFENSE TEAMS in the following areas:
- Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Malpractice
- Personal Injury
- Products Liability
- Toxic Tort
- Any concern where health, illness or injury is the focus
SERVICE CATEGORIES:
- Medical Record Analysis
- Case Support
- Medical Liaison
- Expert Testimony and Witness Preparation
- Discovery and Court Preparation
BIOGRAPHY
Currently a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant, Administrative Nursing Supervisor and owner of Legal RN Consultants, P LLC A former Captain in the US Army Nurse Corp, who served during Desert Storm. She has over 32 years of clinical nursing experience in the public and private sectors. Sheryl has experience in public service as President of a Medical Auxiliary group as well as international mission work.
Medicine is a deep-seeded foundation in her family including her husband, father, mother, sister and brother. Having worked internationally, as well as in six U.S. states, her network of friends and colleagues in healthcare is extensive.
Highlights of her experience include the US Army, in the United States and Germany, as well as the world renowned Mayo Clinic.
Sheryl’s passion and energy for patient-centric care come from being a part of a family of medical practitioners and her dedication has been to work for the patient’s best possible clinical outcomes.
Sheryl holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from West Virginia University..
EXPERIENCES /SKILLS
- Administrative Nursing Supervisor
- Army Nurse Corp -Veteran
- Emergency Room / Trauma (Level 1, 2 and 3)
- Quality Assurance Coordinator
- Neurosurgery
- ENT
- Plastics
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Pediatric
- Newborn nursery
- Obstetrics/Postpartum
- Crisis Stabilization Unit
- Detox Unit
- Nursing Home
- Home Care
- Surgery Clinic Office Manager
- Certified Legal Nurse Consultant-current
- Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) instructor - current
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification - current
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Neonatal Advanced Life Support (NALS)
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
- Certified Medical Esthetic Nurse Specialist
- Proficient in Meditech, Cerner, McKesson and Epic electronic medical records.
LICENSES
- Minnesota RN license 2005 – current
- Florida RN license 1987 – current
- West Virginia RN license 2000 – 2006
- Georgia RN license 1996– 2000
- Washington State RN license 1993 – 1997
- California RN license 2017-current
COMMENDATIONS
- Army Commendation Medal
- Army Achievement Medal
- National Defense Service Medal
- Army Service Ribbon
- Overseas Service Ribbon
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- National Association of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants (NACLNC)
- American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC)
- The Society for Post-Acute and Long Term Care Medicine ( AMDA)
MISSION STATEMENT
We are committed to providing the legal community with concise, accurate, and expert medical-legal consulting services that garner trust based on objectivity, truth, knowledge and integrity.
