Patricia Iyer was honored by the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants in April 2005 when she was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Service to AALNC, an award given out only three times in the organization's history. Pat served on the board of directors for 5 years, including one year as president. She was the chief editor of two AALNC textbooks: the profession’s core curriculum, Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practice (2nd ed.), and Business Principles of Legal Nurse Consulting, published in 2005.