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Rachael Arruda

Rachael Arruda, R.N.

"Advocacy is my top priority - working with people toward a positive outcome."

Rachael Arruda, R.N., LNCC is a Legal Nurse Consultant who performs in-depth medical record reviews in the areas of medical negligence, product liability, and catastrophic injury. The LNCC certification is the only credential for legal nurse consulting that is recognized by the American Board of Nursing Specialties. The LNCC credential is designed for those who have demonstrated experience, knowledge, and professionalism in the specialty of legal nurse consulting.

Previous to joining Deluca & Weizenbaum, Rachael was employed at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island where she managed the collection and submission of a data validation project to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.

Rachael has an Associate of Science degree in Nursing. Her clinical experience was performed at a critical care facility. She has been performing in-depth medical reviews for over 15 years.

Rachael has lectured for the National Business Institute on the topics of Medical Records for Rhode Island Attorneys and Medical Records for Rhode Island Paralegals. She has co-authored To sue or not to sue; an attorney's perspective (MedHealth RI, 2000).

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