Legal Nurse Consultants
Who Are They?
- Faherty, Bonnie
Bonnie Faherty, PH.D., R.N., C.S., has worked as a legal nurse consultant since 1979. She is active in several professional organizations and is a member of the Test Development Committee for the American Nurses Credentialing Center Adult Medical-Surgical Clinical Nurse Specialist Certification Exam. As a member of the faculty of the School of Nursing at UCLA, her responsibilities include clinical supervision of clinical nurse specialist master's degree students.
Author's Note: The author wishes to acknowledge feedback from Marisue Cody, Ph.D., R.N., and Jan Lee, Ph.D., R.N., C.S., on earlier drafts. The cooperation of LNC nursing colleagues who wish to remain anonymous is also recognized. Thanks to Nancy Montoya for computer assistance. Special thanks to volunteers for coding and data entry.
The cost of mailing the survey was subsidized by a specialty nursing organization. The findings and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent the position of any nursing association.
Parts of these data were presented at the Fourth National Conference, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, Chicago, Illinois, April 17, 1993.
