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Intake
Free 15-minute intake call
We talk through the case, the records and what you need.
Legal Nurse Consulting
Clarity in the chart. Strength for your case.
RN-led medical record review, chronologies, and standard-of-care analysis for attorneys. Specializing in surgical, perioperative, and cardiac surgery cases.
About
Meet Your Nurse Consultant
Tiffany
Registered Nurse | Founder, Champian Legal Nurse Consulting
A registered nurse with cardiovascular operating room and cardiac-surgery experience and a Juris Master in legal studies. Tiffany brings bedside clinical judgment and legal fluency to every chart she reviews, so attorneys get clear, defensible medical insight on surgical, perioperative, and cardiac cases.
Registered Nurse CVOR & Cardiac Surgery Juris Master, Legal Studies
Why Champian
An RN who reads surgical records like an expert.
Operating room expertise
Registered nurse with CVOR and operating room experience, including cardiac surgery. I know what should be in a surgical chart, and what's missing.
Legal training
Juris Master in legal studies, so findings are organized the way attorneys build cases.
Clear, cited work product
Every finding tied to the exact page in the record. Delivered on time, HIPAA-secure.
Services and starting rates
From first screen to deposition prep.
| Service | What you get | Starting rate |
|---|---|---|
| Case merit screening | Record review plus a short written opinion on medical merit | $125/hr Typically 3–6 hours |
| Medical chronology | Date-by-date timeline of care with page citations and flagged gaps | $125/hr or flat fee from $750 |
| Standard-of-care review | Where nursing or surgical care fell below standard, and why | $150/hr |
| Missing records audit | Records that should exist but weren't produced | $125/hr |
| Deposition and discovery prep | Medical questions for depositions and interrogatories | $150/hr |
| Medical research | Clinical guidelines and literature supporting the case theory | $125/hr |
| Notary Public Services — Coming Soon | Florida notary services for affidavits, declarations, records certifications, and other case documents. | Coming soon |
Payment & Billing
Simple, secure billing for law firms.
Retainer
An opening retainer of $500–$1,000 secures your case and is applied to your final invoice.
Invoicing
Itemized monthly invoices, net 30. Rush work under 5 business days adds 25%.
Ways to Pay
ACH bank transfer (preferred), credit or debit card, or business check.
Secure online payment link is sent with every invoice.
Payments are processed securely; Champian Legal Nurse Consulting never stores card details.
Case types
Where the chart tells the story.
- Surgical errors and retained items
- Post-operative complications and infections
- Cardiac surgery outcomes
- Anesthesia and positioning injuries
- Medication errors
- Failure to monitor or rescue
- Hospital and nursing negligence
- Personal injury damages review
How it works
Five steps from intake to strategy.
02
Retainer
A retainer opens the case
- $500–$1,000 retainer
03
Records
Secure record upload
Records are handled HIPAA-securely from the moment they arrive.
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Findings
Review and findings delivered
Every finding comes with page citations to the record.
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Strategy
Follow-up consult
Time for your strategy questions once you've read the findings.
Policies
Simple terms, stated up front.
- Free 15-minute intake callFree
- Rush turnaround Under 5 business days+25%
- Invoiced monthlyNet 30
- All records handled HIPAA-securelyHIPAA
Legal Nurse Insights
What the records reveal.
What a Surgical Chart Should Contain, and What's Often Missing
The records that make or break a perioperative case.
A complete surgical record includes the pre-op assessment and consent, anesthesia record, intraoperative nursing record, surgical safety checklist and time-out, count sheets, implant logs, operative report, PACU notes and post-op orders.
Gaps, late entries, missing count sheets or an unsigned time-out are often where a case turns. A missing records audit identifies what should exist but wasn't produced.
Why Every Case Needs a Medical Chronology
A date-by-date timeline turns thousands of pages into a clear story.
A medical chronology organizes care in date order with page citations, flags gaps and inconsistencies, and highlights key events like delayed response to warning signs.
It speeds case evaluation, supports depositions and expert review, and helps attorneys spot strengths and weaknesses early.
Failure to Rescue: Recognizing Post-Operative Warning Signs
When early signs of complications go unrecognized or unanswered.
Failure-to-rescue cases often center on missed or ignored changes in vital signs, unaddressed patient complaints, delayed physician notification, or lapses in post-op monitoring.
An RN review compares the documented assessments and escalation against the standard of care to show where intervention should have happened.
Educational content, not legal advice.
Contact
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Serving attorneys throughout Florida and nationwide. Based in Central Florida.