Nursing home and long-term care nurse expert witness
A testifying expert in nursing home and long-term care nursing explains the standard of care and whether it was met. Credibility starts with a clinical background that matches the care at issue. Long-term care cases often concern slow, preventable decline.
What it costs
$1,450–3,900
Estimate for about 1,000 pages of records
How fast
Report in 2–4 weeks; testimony by agreement
Post a case in nursing home and long-term careFree to post · you pick the nurse and the price
What the nursing home and long-term care nurse checks
- Pressure injuries and repositioning
- Falls and supervision
- Weight loss and hydration
- Change-of-condition reporting to physicians and families
What the review examines
- MDS assessments, care plans and whether the plan was followed
- Weights, intake and output, and dietitian involvement (F692)
- Change-of-condition recognition and reporting to the physician and family
- Activities of daily living documentation and its consistency
- Infection prevention and timely treatment
- Staffing levels on the shifts in question
- Survey and complaint history for the facility
Proposals come from license-verified nursing home and long-term care nurses, with their fee and turnaround.
Post a caseRecords to request
- Complete chart including MDS assessments and care plans
- ADL flowsheets (CNA documentation)
- Weight and intake records
- Physician orders and progress notes
- Hospital transfer records
- Staffing records and payroll-based journal data
- State survey reports and plans of correction
- Elopement risk assessments and care plans
What you get
- Consultants who state they testify, with their testimony rates
- Clinical specialty, years of practice and certifications on every profile
- License verification before any consultant can propose
- Record review, report and testimony arranged directly with the expert you hire
Nursing home and long-term care consultant profiles
Post a redacted brief, compare proposals
Describe the case without names. License-verified nurses in the right specialty send proposals with their experience and rate. Records are shared only after you hire, in an encrypted workspace.
Need a physician for causation or a certificate of merit? Request one from the case. Already work with a nurse consultant? Bring them into the same workspace on a plan.