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Evans & Associates Ltd. is the
Only Company Which Offers
Training in Medical Malpractice
and Product Liability as a
Combined Certification Program,
for Legal Nurse Consulting
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RLNC
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Evans & Associates interactive
RLNC training surpasses other
LNC online or onsite programs.
We are currently the only
program that specializes in
educating students in both
product liability and medical
malpractice fields of practice,
in the same course of study.
Evans & Associates Ltd. RLNC
Certification Programs are all
100% LIVE, so no matter which
route you choose [Online vs.
Onsite], you will get
the same individualized
classroom attention from our
instructors.
We
provide all of our students with
step by step instruction and
guidance during the program so
they are able to compose top
quality work products for the
attorney.
These work products are specific
for medical malpractice and
product liability cases.
Therefore you do not need
additional internship's or
training to feel comfortable
working on real cases once you
education is completed.
Evans & Associates Ltd. offers
in one course what many of our
competitors offer you in
multiple certification course
packages.
Why take multiple certification
programs to get what Evans &
Associates Ltd. offers in one
course package!
Attorneys recognize the RLNC
certification mark as a nurse
who has received superior Legal
Nurse Consultant Education.
RLNC students are extremely
prepared to take product
liability and medical
malpractice cases after the
completion of our highly focused
and interactive RLNC
Certification Course curriculum.
RLNC
students are given support and
guidance for six months after
the certification program to
ensure success and confidence in
their new career as a RLNC.
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Many
other companies offer
"individual workshops",
"internships", or
all together separate
courses, to obtain the same
education that Evans &
Associates Ltd. has in are one
inclusive and affordable RLNC
course package. Why should a
potential student have to pay
for 2-3 courses to get the
same education Evans &
Associates Ltd. offers in one
comprehensive training course?
Many
other courses offer separate
course parts [ex. I, II, III] or online
training modules. These
companies claim they offer LIVE
training but when you read into
the different online course part
descriptions or online modules,
you will find case assignments
and teachings are done as a home study [not
live]. The majority of the
training is done as a home study
and not in a 100% LIVE online
teaching setting, as
claimed in the companies
advertising.
Many of these
companies will also claim they
offer mentoring, but as detained
in their "separate parts" or
module training description,
mentoring sessions are limited
to 2-3 sessions per student.
Many
of these companies will charge a
separate fee for each learning
module or course. The potential student
will end up paying three to four
times more than they planned
initially. Evans & Associates
Ltd. offers an entire course in
one course package. No extra courses
are needed to ensure your
success as a RLNC because we
have designed a course which
surpasses any other course on
the market, by making all
LNC training in one complete course
package.
If
you need to take an additional
internship program or pay a fee
for another course to complete
your LNC education, you
need to really assess what this
company and course are offering
you as a potential student. |
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The Only Course Which Offers
LIVE Onsite Certification
Courses and LIVE Online
Certification Courses |
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RLNC
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Choose to learn from the comfort
of your own home or obtain your
RLNC Certification from our
onsite training center in
Columbus, Ohio.
Evans & Associates Ltd. RLNC Certification Programs are all
100% LIVE, so no matter which
route you choose you will get
the same individualized
classroom attention from our
instructors.
Evans & Associates Ltd. gives
you individual attention in our
small online and onsite
classroom settings. We have high
intensity training sessions to
get our students ready to
function independently as a RLNC.
Evans & Associates Ltd. RLNC course
offers group projects and group
participation during both our
onsite and live online courses. You will
never feel like you are teaching
yourself during the course
because we are there live in all
classes, to guide you through
the entire course.
You do all work
products with
assistance from our
instructors during
the RLNC course.
We will
never have you put
together a work
product example
on your own time
outside of the
certification
course. Our goal is
to have you feel
confident in
composing a work
product so you can
function
independently as a RLNC upon
completion of the
RLNC certification
program. We believe
you will achieve this
with our
step-by-step
instruction during
the course and not
by figuring out how
to do the work
products at home on
your own.
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Online training certificate or
certification programs may be
"at your own pace" therefore,
many enrolled students may not
complete these programs.
They may be taught by non-interactive online classes in which
classroom participation is
impossible.
Questions may
have to be asked via e-mail
instead of having a live
instructor available for
questions at all times during
the course.
Many online training courses may not offer
group projects or participation
during the online session or
require you to do the cases at
home and then send them in for
review.
They may only offer 1-2 sessions
for mentoring, guidance and/or
questions.
Some
courses only offer a small
portion of the course online and
then the student will be on
their own for the rest of the
program.
The student may feel like they are teaching themselves the material
with no individual attention.
Enrolled students may find it
more difficult to dedicate time
to a program which takes months
to years to complete.
Therefore, they may never
complete these online non-live self paced
Legal Nurse Consulting programs.
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Internships
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Evans & Associates Ltd. does not
recommend separate "internship"
programs. Most of these
"internship" programs the host
is getting paid for the student
to complete their case loads..
Therefore, many of these
presenters of "internship
programs" are more concerned
with getting the project
completed for the attorney than
training the LNC student's that
have paid for the internship
program.
Evans & Associates Ltd. includes
an internship program with hands
on training within our RLNC
course. The student will get to
compose many work products
during the RLNC course so they
are comfortable with the
process and application of
theory as it applies to medical
malpractice and product
liability type cases.
RLNC students are extremely
prepared to take product
liability and medical
malpractice cases after the
completion of our highly focused
and interactive RLNC
Certification Course curriculum.
RLNC
students are given support and
guidance for six months after
the certification program to
ensure success and confidence in
their new career. |
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Students may feel as if the need
to take the companies or a separate companies "internship"
program because they were not
trained to feel confident
composing any type of work
products.
Many
time "internship" fees are very
expensive and the student has to
share the "internship" with
other students.
The
question Evans & Associates Ltd.
would like you to think about is
: Wouldn't it make more since to
market, get your first case and
get paid for that first case,
instead of paying someone else
to complete their case load?
You will get your own
"internships" by getting your
own cases and increase your
clientele
with the more cases you complete.
So please consider this before
paying extra money for any
companies "internship" program.
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To Many Credentials/To Many
Certification Programs |
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As a
RLNC you will receive
comprehensive training in one
course package. Evans &
Associates Ltd. has one
certification program which once
completed the student will feel
confident working independently
on medical malpractice and
product liability cases.
The
RLNC will feel confident
investigating these types of
cases in any work setting
without further courses and or
internship programs. We have ONE course which covers
what many other companies offer
in 2-3 separate certification
programs.
We
have one credential which
represents complete
comprehensive LNC education.
Attorneys recognize the RLNC
certification mark as a nurse
who has received superior
comprehensive Legal
Nurse Consultant Education. |
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Many certification programs offer so
many certification programs by
the time a student has completed
all programs they might spend
7,000-10,000 dollars!
Many
companies offer special
"investigator" type courses
separate from their offered
Legal Nurse Consultant courses,
which claim to enhance students
knowledge of Legal Nurse
Consulting. These courses are
encouraged to be completed after
a student has completed the
initial LNC certification
program. These courses are
offered as separate course cost.
Evans & Associates Ltd. believes
if you can't use your nursing
"investigation" skills after the
completion of a LNC
certification program,
assessment of the companies LNC
curriculum needs to be strongly
questioned.
The
student needs to question how
strong and respected is a
company if they offer many
credentials and programs to
teach basically the same thing
which is:
The
application of nursing knowledge
and expertise to the
investigation of medical records
and deviations from standards of
care performed by individuals
and or company's, which are
involved in medical malpractice
or product liability type cases.
If
the potential student is
confused on the many different
certification programs offered
by a particular company,
imagine how confused the
attorneys will be when a LNC has
many credentials at the end of
his or her name all having to do
with Legal Nurse Consulting!
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You Do not Need LNC Experience |
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RLNC
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Evans & Associates
Ltd. does not
require practicing
experience as a
Legal Nurse
Consultant to sit
for our Registered
Legal Nurse
Consultant
Certification (RLNC)
exam. |
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May
require you to have so many
hours of experience as a
practicing Legal Nurse
Consultant before you are able
to sit for the company’s or
association's certification exam. |
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Course Taught by Experienced
Practicing LNC's |
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RLNC
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Seminar is taught by Ann Evans
RN, BSN, LNC who developed the
“Registered Legal Nurse
Consultant Certification Course”
and other guest speakers
“practicing Legal Nurse
Consultants” who have had hands
on experience dealing with all
different case types.
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Many Legal Nurse Consultant
programs may be taught by
attorneys, paralegals or other
nurses who may not have the
hands on experience as
practicing Legal Nurse
Consultants. |
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Hands on Experience During the
Course With No Additional Fees |
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RLNC
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Evans & Associates offers “hands
on experience” and group
interaction during the course.
You will screen cases for merit,
do chronological time line of
events, and many more group
activities during the course.
These hands on activities will
prepare you for what you will be
actually doing for the attorney
so you don’t feel unprepared
when you get your first case.
The “hands on” activities are
included in Evans & Associates
Ltd. enrollment fee at no
addition charge.
Evans & Associates goal is to
prepare you to take your first
case. We know that the learning
curve is increased when our
students get to actually work a
case from start to finish. We
don’t want our students going
home not knowing where to start.
We want them to feel ready and
confident to take on their first
case! |
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Other courses may
provide just lecture
material during the
course. You will
have to figure out
how to do the “hands
on exercises” on
your own for example
screening a case
for merit, composing
a chronological
time line of events,
and many more paper
work type
activities.
Other courses may charge another
fee on top of what you have
already paid for the course to
get “hands on experience”. The
"internship" may even be a separate
course all together which will
increase you tuition cost.
Other courses may provide you
with example cases to read. They
may also charge you an
additional fee to receive these
case examples. Remember reading
a case example and composing an
actual case example could make
the difference of feeling
prepared verses not knowing
where to start. |
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Certification Clarification |
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RLNC
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Evans & Associates Ltd is aware
there is not one "National
Certification" to become a LNC.
To become a licensed Registered
Nurse one needs to pass the
NCLEX. The field of LNC does not
have a nationally approved or
required exam or certification
which needs to be passed before
practicing as a Legal Nurse
Consultant.
The only requirement is you are
a Registered Nurse. There are
many different courses which
offer certification or
certificates but one is not
superior over the other in
respect to only one
certification or certificate is
valid. No one course is
nationally recognized by a
governing institution which
legally requires you to take
“only” that course to practice
as a Legal Nurse Consultant.
At
this point to become a
practicing LNC you are not
required by law to hold ANY
certification, license,
certificate etc. So what you are
paying for when taking any LNC
course (certificate or
certification course) is
continuing education and
certification (or a certificate)
offered by the institution in
which you register for the
course.
You are also paying for the
right to use that entities
certification mark after your
name once you complete all that
particular entities course
requirements. |
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Other companies may fail to
explain to become a practicing
LNC you are not required by law
to hold ANY certification,
license, certificate etc. So
what you are paying for when
taking any LNC course
(certificate or certification
course) is continuing education
and certification (or a
certificate) offered by the
institution in which you
register for the course.
Many other courses may deem
their company as the only one
offering a “valid” certification
course and or may deem their
course as being “superior” over
others. Remember this is the
company’s opinion and you will
have to do the research to
determine if you feel this is
the best certification program
for you.
They may also have a separate
organization or association
which they may claim is their
"certifying body" of certification
to make their course “look” more
important. Make sure to clarify
that this body is not a legally
governing body but just another
organization or association
created by the business which is
offering the course. |
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Small vs. Large Class Sizes |
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Evans & Associates Ltd. has
small online and onsite class sizes to promote
learning and group
participation. Not only do we
provide the “hands on
experience” you need but each
instructor will interact with
you personally and will be able
to answer all your questions as
you progress through the class. |
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Other Certification or
Certificate programs may have a
couple hundred if not more
students. At this size how will
one instructor interact with all
the students which have attended
the class. You may fail to get
the experience you need during
the course if you do not get the
hands on experience along with
individual interaction with the
instructors teaching the class. |
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Affordable Courses |
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RLNC
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Evans & Associates Ltd.
encourages our potential
students to compare other
courses with our extensive
course outline on our website.
This way a potential student can
see how extensive our course is
and how taking Evans &
Associates Ltd. RLNC Course will
save any potential student
hundreds to thousands of
dollars.
Evans & Associates has two
course packages which you can
choose from [Online or Onsite]. There are no
additional hidden costs. We do
not charge you extra for the
“hands on” experience that other
courses may charge.
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The cost of
other LNC courses may
cost thousands of dollars more
than Evans & Associates Ltd.
RLNC course and
may not be as comprehensive.
Other courses may talk a lot of
talk but not have an extensive
outline for you to review and
compare to other courses.
Other courses may offer a “hands
on course”, “apprenticeship”
or internships,
after the certification or
certificate course is completed
for an additional course fee.
Remember paying more does not
mean you are always getting
more. Do your
comparison before you decide
which certification
course is right for
you. |
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Reasonable Recertification Fees |
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The
student will be required to
complete 8 hours of continuing
education in legal nursing. The
fee for recertification every
two years is $100.00 and must be
submitted with proof of
continuing education hours
completed and nursing license.
The student at all times must
hold an active nursing license
to use the RLNC credentials.
Evans & Associates Ltd. allows
our students to submit CEU’s not provided by Evans & Associates. |
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Other courses may charge
hundreds of dollars for
recertification fees along with
the fees you will pay for their
continuing education.
Other courses may not allow past
students to take other
Continuing Education Units other
than the ones they provide. |
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