579 Expanding nursing expertise to Legal Nurse Consulting – Mary Jorgensen

Mary Jorgensen, a board-certified legal nurse consultant, has worked in jobs with nursing expertise as varied as being a union representative and an LNC specializing in nursing home cases.

Her story will especially inspire you if you are struggling to balance work with parental responsibility. Mary has made career changes several times to accommodate the demands of a growing family. As you will see these changes enriched her professional life and enhanced her marketability.

She has spent much of her career working for law firms. She has gained a solid understanding of the roles personality and office politics play in her work and learned how to handle them.

A highlight of her career came when she read a notice asking for a nurse with nursing home experience. Though she hadn’t worked directly in a nursing home, she had extensive experience in related legal cases. She decided that her experience was enough to get the job, and she was right. Her message is: Don’t underestimate your knowledge and abilities. You will learn and gain inspiration from this podcast.

Expanding nursing expertise to Legal Nurse Consulting – Mary Jorgensen

  • What are the pros and also cons of working for a law firm?
  • What are the particular challenges of working for a law firm?
  • How does nursing home litigation differ from other forms?
  • Why is it important to not underestimate your suitability for a job?
  • What are the advantages of subcontracting?

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Your Presenter of Expanding nursing expertise to Legal Nurse Consulting – Mary Jorgensen

Mary has over 29 years of nursing expertise experience in various settings including critical care, hospice, home care, long-term care, critical care transport, EMS, labor relations, and also quality improvement. She was board-certified as a critical care nurse during her bedside career and is now a board-certified Legal Nurse Consultant. Mary worked as a Nurse Paralegal for DLA Piper in New York City for the defense team of a major pharmaceutical company in class action diet drug litigations.

She worked for Deacon Moulds & Stofer, PA in St. Petersburg Florida as a Nurse Paralegal in defense of medical malpractice claims and allegations of long-term care negligence. She has now joined Rimkus to provide the expertise and work products her clients need to efficiently defend or prosecute medical-related legal cases.

Connect with Mary at https://rimkus.com/practice-areas/legal-nurse-consulting/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-jorgensen-rn-lncc-60495b7a/

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