Providing objective nursing opinion to win your medical negligence case.

Why use a Registered Nurse for a medical negligence case?

Registered Nurses are highly experienced health care professionals who can identify the main issues in a medical negligence case and provide an objective report on nursing standards of care.

Reports can be provided for the plaintiff or the defendent.

Registered Nurses have a comprehensive overview of the health care system and can assist with identifying the relevant specialty to provide a report.

How Can Unity LNC assist you?

Types of Cases

Medication errors
Triage errors
Post-operative complications
Iron infusion staining
Wound management
Injuries from falls
Failure to recognise deterioration
Workplace injuries in healthcare
Inappropriate discharge
Death or injury from chocking in healthcare or aged care
Assault in healthcare
IV infections

Medical Record Review

Screen potential medical negligence cases
Decipher the medical jargon to identify legal issues
Identify which specialty is potentially required to provide a report
Assess if the standards of care, policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines have been followed
Provide a chronological timeline of events related to the case

Education for Healthcare Providers

In-depth knowledge of nursing standards, guidelines and regulations
Education provided in person or online
Education on documentation standards and legal issues in healthcare
Improve the documentation and communication skills of your staff
Available for hospitals, community nursing, aged care and maternal and child health

Kristi Gilbert CCRN

Registered Nurse with 32 years of clinical and management experience. I started nursing as an Enrolled Nurse in 1993 and completed my Bachelor of Nursing in 1997, I obtained a Graduate Diploma in Critical Care Nursing in 2000, and am currently completing a Maser of Advanced Nursing Practice.

I have extensive experience in intensive care, emergency, anaesthetics/recovery, aeromedical retrieval, community nursing, wound management, aged care, palliative care, and nursing management. I am a qualified immunisation nurse. I currently work in community nursing (district nursing, hospital in the home, post-acute care) and palliative care.

I am a member of the Australian College of Nursing, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, and Palliative Care Nurses Australia.

Current registration with AHPRA.

Full professional indemnity insurance.

FAQs

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A Registered Nurse can review the file and determine if there is medical negligence and which specialist might be most beneficial for your case. If there is negligence from a nursing error, a Registered Nurse can provide a report based on the standard of care that should have been applied and how this has impacted your client.

The cost involved depends on how many pages there are in the medical file and what format the file comes in. The more pages there are, the longer it takes.

A report generally involves a timeline of events and then the questions in the letter of instruction. The length of the report will depend on the complexity of the case and the number and detail of the questions asked.

Contact UNITY LNC for a preliminary quote.

Generally from the time of the enquiry until the report is around 2-4 weeks depending on the urgency of the report, if the relevant information is available and organising a teleconference (if required). Urgent reports can be done within 3-5 days.