A  CLNC^® is a Registered Nurse who uses his or her existing understanding of healthcare combined with training from the Vickie Milazzo Institute to assist attorneys on all types of medically related cases.

Why use a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant^cm (CLNC^®)?

A CLNC® assists the attorney in getting the best results for their clients, as the CLNC^® has a unique vantage point on the health care system. The CLNC^® understands the information locked in the medical record. The CLNC^® can save the attorney time and money by organizing, translating and summarizing the health care issues identified in the medical chart to achieve the best results for their clients.

A CLNC^® consultant bridges that gap between the health care system and the legal system. The attorney is the expert on the law and legal matters, the CLNC^® is the expert on the inner workings of the health care system.


If I already have a paralegal, what can a CLNC^® consultants do for me?

Your Paralegal is an invaluable part of your legal team. Make the CLNC^® a welcomed addition. CLNC’^® standards of care and can identify the adherence to or the deviation from the applicable standards. CLNC's^® provide you with an understanding of medicine and health care while your paralegal addresses the legal issues.

What types of cases can a CLNC^® professional consult on?

Any medically related case. Nurses have a unique vantage point in the health care system. We have an inside view of the daily ongoing care that a person receives. This view only comes from being at the bedside. For a complete list of services please click here.


What are Advance Directives?

A means to make your health care wishes known in the event that you are unable to make those decisions for yourself. It allows you to appoint a health care agent. Your health care agent is the person you name as the individual who will make healthcare decisions for you in the event you are unable to make them for yourself.

Your Health Care Agent makes decisions for you any time you are unable to make those decisions for yourself. This can include but is not limited too if you were under anesthesia or sedated for a medical procedure, or had an altered mental status, or you were in an accident.


Writing advance directives is about being prepared.

It is about making your wishes known both in writing and via a conversation with your Agent (The person you are appointing to make those decisions for you) as well as any and all family members who may want to be involved in your care if you were not able to make decisions for yourself. Having everyone on the same page makes it easy for all involved to make the right decision. The right decision is what decision you would make.

There are many decisions that should be discussed while drafting Advance Directives. Have New York Legal Nurse Consultants Inc. on your team. We are the team that understands first hand the tough choices that need to be made.



Usually an Advance Directive is composed of two parts

1) Appointing a person to speak for you on health care matters (An Agent). The document may be called a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care.
2) A description of medical treatments you want (A Living Will or a Health Care Treatment Directive).

In New York State, a Health Care Proxy form can be utilized to identify the Agent (The person you appoint to make health care decisions for you), and you may use this form to direct your agent on medical treatments you would or would not like to have performed. It is suggested to fill out a Living Will form as well as the forms differ from state to state.


Advance Directives are not only about “Pulling the Plug.

If you are not able to make health care decisions even temporarily in the case of an accident, you are disoriented, or you are having surgery and are under anesthesia, someone else must make decisions for you. Appointing an Agent allows you to remain in control of what medical treatment you receive.
It is about being prepared.

Advance Directives are a form of insurance and assurance. They allow you to communicate your wishes to loved ones so they may act on your behalf .


What is a Health Care Proxy?

A document that identifies who you would like to make your health care decisions in the event that you are not able to make them for yourself. You are able to control and limit this person’s authority. You may dictate specific instructions on this document. You may obtain a Health Care Proxy form from www.health.state.ny.us/forms/doh/1430.pdf


What is a Health Care Agent?

This is the person that you name on your health care proxy form.

A Health Care Proxy is the document.
The Health Care Agent (or the Agent) is the Person you identify on your health care proxy form to make healthcare decisions for you.


What Authority does Your Health Care Agents Have?

The person you appoint by listing them on your Health Care Proxy form can only make decisions once two doctors determine that you have lost the capacity to make decisions for yourself.

You have the choice to give this Agent as little or as much power to make your health care decisions as you wish. This is noted in limitations on the Health Care Proxy form.

It is important to communicate your wants and beliefs regarding artificial nutrition and hydration. You may do this verbally or by writing it on your health care proxy form.

Your Health Care Agent will have the authority to decide if you will receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) unless you specify on the Health Care Proxy form that your agent cannot make this decision for you.

Once your Agent’s authority begins he or she has the right to obtain your medical records so that s/he may make informed decisions about your care.

Your Agent’s decision is final unless an objecting family member or facility obtains a court order overriding the decisions or disqualifying Agent.

Your Agent is not financially responsible for the cost of your care.

Overall your Agent is required to make decisions regarding your health care in accordance with your wishes, religious and moral beliefs and in your best interest.


Why Use New York Legal Nurse Consultants, Inc. to assist you in discussing your your Health Care wishes?

If you appoint someone to make health care decisions for you and they don't know what you want done, how can they carry out your wishes? New York Legal Nurse Consultants. Inc. is staffed with highly trained, clinically active, seasoned Registered Professional Nurses. 

For the nurses at New York Legal Nurse Consultants these discussions are natural. We have seen first hand the turmoil caused by not having signed Advance Directives has caused.

Medical technology has come very far in increasing the quantity of time we exist. We have not come as far with quality. Quality is a definition that cannot be measured. This is a personal choice and belief. NYLNC nurses are here to assist you in clarifying your beliefs. We are there to advocate for your choices by facilitating this very difficult conversation with you, your Agent, family, and loved ones.
NYLNC facilitates Advance Directives with a five step process

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