Hanging Your Shingle: Your New Role as a Nurse Consultant

Abstract

The presenter, Victoria Powell, RN CCM LNCC CNLCP CEASII, of VP Medical Consulting, will share the various roles nurses can fill as consultants. The presentation is designed for those interested in starting their own legal nurse consultant business. The discussion should widen the attendee’s idea of nurse consulting and how individual nurses can develop their own business in areas including legal nurse consulting, nurse life care planning, and risk management.

Biography

Victoria Powell, RN CCM LNCC CNLCP CEASII, is the owner of VP Medical Consulting, a firm providing a variety of consulting services, such as case management, life care planning, Medicare Set Aside allocations, and much more. The firm services attorneys, insurance carriers, employers, and the general public. She and her husband also own and operate an internationally recognized art studio: AirbrushGuy & Company where they offer art classes in addition to custom artwork.

Outline

Nurse consultant vs. contractor
Legal nurse consulting
- Law practices
  - Behind the scenes
  - Expert witness
- Workers compensation
- Life care planning
- Risk management
- Forensics
- Elder care
- Medicare set aside consultants
Nurse consulting
- Speaker
- CPR, ACLS, PALS, etc.
- Writing
- Public educator
- Wellness coaching
- Ergonomics
Marketing your services
- Word of Mouth
- Print
- Web
- Face-to-face
How to define success
- Money
- Time
- Family life
- Number of new clients
- Office size or location
- Staff

Objectives

List at least five different roles a nurse can fill as a consultant
Differentiate between a consultant and a contractor
Define what success looks like for their own business as a legal nurse consultant

Speaker's website

www.vp-medical.com

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