Bedside to Business with Legal Nurse Consulting: The RN's Guide to More Freedom, Flexibility, and Income

The long shifts. The staffing shortages. The endless meetings, metrics, and administrative demands. After years of dedicating your life to patient care, you may find yourself wondering if there’s another way to use your expertise without walking away from nursing altogether.

In Bedside to Business with Legal Nurse Consulting, Jason C. Goodwin shares the path that transformed his own career, and the careers of countless nurses who discovered that their clinical knowledge holds tremendous value beyond the hospital walls. What began as a chance conversation about expert witness work opened the door to a profession most nurses never hear about: legal nurse consulting.

Drawing from more than two decades of nursing, leadership, military service, education, and consulting experience, Goodwin provides a practical roadmap for nurses who want greater flexibility, professional autonomy, and additional income while continuing to leverage the skills they’ve spent years developing.

Inside, you’ll learn:

• What legal nurse consultants actually do – and what they don’t do
• How to transition from employee thinking to consultant thinking
• The legal concepts every nurse needs to understand
• How to review medical records, identify standards of care issues, and develop defensible opinions
• How to communicate effectively with attorneys and legal teams
• Strategies for landing your first clients and building a sustainable consulting practice
• How to create work products that generate repeat business and referrals

This is a candid, step-by-step guide written by someone who lived through the uncertainty, the learning curve, and the quiet early days before building a thriving consulting business.

If you’re ready to take control of your career without abandoning the profession you worked so hard to build, this book will show you what’s possible, and how to get started.