Core Curriculum for Legal Nurse Consulting
About the AuthorWhen Vickie L. Milazzo, RN, MSN, JD pioneered the field of legal nurse  consulting in 1982, she single-handedly created a new nursing specialty.In 1994, she developed and implemented the first national certification  program for legal nurse consultants. Widely recognized by attorneys, the  CLNC® Certification is the official certification of theNational  Alliance of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants. Vickie is the  authoritative educator in this field and is nationally known for her  innovative approaches to training, coaching and mentoring tens of thousands  of RNs, empowering them to take control of their lives while creating  exciting and profitable careers.Vickie is the bestselling author ofInside Every Woman: Using the 10  Strengths You Didn't Know You Had to Get the Career and Life You Want  Now.In addition to serving as the editor of the bimonthly electronic  newsletter, Legal Nurse Consulting Ezine, Vickie is the author of numerous  legal nurse consulting textbooks and audio and video programs. She has been  featured on radio and TV and her work has been published in a variety of  nursing and legal publications includingUSA Today, NurseWeek, Nursing  Spectrum, allnurses.com, Medical-Legal Reporter, National Medical-Legal  Journal, Forensic Nurse, JAVA, National Nurses in Business, Association of  Trial Lawyers of America Newsletter, Revolution,andAmerican  Journal of Nursing.As a successful entrepreneur, Vickie has been profiled inThe New York  Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Houston Business Journal, Houston Woman  Magazine, JAVA, The Progressive, UST Insider, Priority, NurseWeekandTexas Bar Journal. Feature articles on Vickie and legal nurse  consulting have appeared inLawyers Weekly USA, Entrepreneur, Houston  Chronicle, Texas Lawyer, Women's Enterprise, L.A. Daily Journal, Employment  Review, West U Examiner, Emerging Business, Pittsburgh Business Times,  women.com and Ladies Home Journal.A nationally acclaimed public speaker and member of theNational  Speakers Association, Vickie has spoken for groups such as theeWomen Network, Texas Conference for Women, Association of Trial Lawyers  of America, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Farmers Insurance, National  Association of Neonatal Nurses,and Oncology Nursing Society.Vickie was honored as one ofInc.'s Top 10 Entrepreneurs, received  theStevieAward as Mentor of the Year andNurseWeek's  Nursing Excellence Award for Advancing the Profession. The Vickie Milazzo  Institute was named to the Top 50 Woman-Owned Businesses by Houston  Business Journal and her company occupies a spot on the Houston Business  Journal's list of Houston's Top 100 Small Businesses.Vickie earned her bachelor of science in nursing at St. Thomas University  and her master of science in nursing at Texas Women's University, both in  Houston. She earned her juris doctor at South Texas College of Law.Vickie is a powerful advocate for women in business and for nurses. Her  vision is to revolutionize nursing careers one RN at a time. The most  common refrain from CLNC®s is, "She changed my life!"