1. Outline an effective method an LNC could use to determine if a conflict of interest might exist prior to working with a law firm.
2. Discuss at least two methods by which an LNC could inadvertently violate client confidentiality and present methods by which this could be avoided.
3. Explain the testifying nurse expert’s role in deposition and trial.
4. Relate the legal definition of “standard of care” to the clinical definition
5. Which 5 of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct do you feel are most important for a legal nurse consultant to be/remain aware of? Why? In reaching your conclusions, consider the following:
   1. The reasoning behind the rule
   2. the potential consequences of its violation
   3. The LNC’s typical role and duties in a law office
   4. The LNC’s potential to contribute to its violation, consciously
   5. or unconsciously
   6. The LNC’s ability to ensure
   7. that it is not violated
6. List and describe briefly at least 5 of the potential causes of action a patient could bring against a healthcare provider resulting from treatment issues that involve breach of the standard of care.
7. For each of the following scenarios state whether there has been a violation of any of rules of ethics that we have discussed, and if a violation has occurred, discuss the nature of the violation and what action should be taken to correct the violation.
   1. Janet, an LNC working for a personal injury law firm, sees Samantha, one of the firm’s partners, destroy papers that Janet knows are damaging to Samantha’s client’s case. Janet does not discuss what she has seen with anyone.
   2. Frank has just established a business as an independent LNC. To advertise his services, he stands outside a hospital and gives his business card to every apparently injured person that enters and leaves the hospital.
   3. Stuart is an LNC for a very busy and very large law firm. When he provides the attorney, Jake, with a set of interrogatories that he has prepared for Jake’s approval, he notices that Jake places the document in an envelope and prepares them for delivery without reading the interrogatories.
   4. Melinda is an independent LNC who has worked extensively for Chronos Insurance during the past five years. She experiences a falling out with Chronos Insurance in the middle of working on the case of Smith v. Chronos Insurance. She immediately accepts a position with the firm that is representing Mr. Smith in the same case.
8. Please provide a list of 3 pros and 3 cons for the following:

1. Working as an in-house LNC

2. Working as an independent LNC

Which working scenario would you prefer and why?

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