Bullying behavior is not confined to the United States, I confirmed when I was teaching in Australia in May. Bullying is a global issue. After I presented about bullying at the International Council of Nurses Quadrennial Conference in Melbourne, Australia, several nurses from other countries spoke to me about bullying in their countries. Bullying is […]
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Bed entrapment may be fatal. What factors can lead to a patient being killed by a mattress? I worked on a case involving a man who strangely himself on a side rail. The staff left the facility for a fire drill. The man, who had bilateral wrist restraints, slid off the mattress and got his […]
Read MoreFirst, I am assuming you have a unique LNC website. If you don’t, read why you need one. The drawbacks of not having a unique LNC website Do you have a cookie cutter website? Many LNC websites have identical information on them. The only page that is changed is about the business owner. Plus the […]
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Marketing lessons for legal nurse consultants are often learned the hard way. Let’s assume you are meeting a potential client/prospect in his office. When you are discussing your services and fees, you begin to wonder if the client is being receptive to your presentation. He shows some negative reactions to what you are saying. Can […]
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Are we winning the global fight against AIDS? I remember first reading about AIDS in the early 1980s. Then AIDs was diagnosed in fewer than 20 patients in the U.S. Millions of Africans were infected, but there was no way to detect this. Dr. Michel Kazatchkine was one of the physicians involved in the early […]
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Whenever you sit down to prepare a report, think about your audience. Who is going to read this report? What are his or her needs, level of understanding of medicine, and objectives? Writing a report is based on the needs of your reader – address each of these points. Ask yourself, “What do I want […]
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What can the Plan Do Study Act model do for your business? Has this ever happened to you? You realize that your cash flow is way down, and it is because you have not been sending out invoices in a timely way. Many legal nurse consulting companies are challenged by the need to keep up […]
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Do you accept why LNCs need a website or are you still thinking it is too complicated to get a site? • Why is it crucial that you have a well-designed legal nurse consulting website? • How do you get one? • What do you do with it to market your business? • How do […]
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I recently came across the 10 social media best practices by ASNE. I’ve modified them for legal nurse consultants. Social Media Best Practices for LNCs 1. Break news on your website, not on Twitter. The purpose of announcements and press releases is to drive traffic to your site. You can tweet a link to your […]
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You’ve gotten a case as a nursing expert witness. Now what? What are your expert witness opinions? Forming expert witness opinions Read all of the pertinent documents before you offer an opinion. It is rare that a nursing expert witness has to read every page of a medical record, and most attorneys would not be […]
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