Legal nurse consultants will encounter many medical records that detail types of wound treatment. Hyperbaric oxygenation, negative pressure wound therapy, surgical closure, debridement, and topical dressings are all treatment options for wounds. A combination of these modalities may be utilized to treat a wound. Virtually all wound treatment regimens incorporate the utilization of a topical […]
Read MoreYou’ve read about athletes who have suffered repeated concussions and resultant brain damage. This cause of injury is not new, but our understanding of the consequences is. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain in people with a history of repetitive mild brain trauma including multiple concussions. These injuries can […]
Read MoreCan people in the operating room multitask when it comes to counting sponges? I know surgeons listen to music, talk about the stock market and their investments, and chat with the OR staff. But when it comes to safety, there is no fool-proof technology system to detect retained sponges. Gel pads that alarm when a […]
Read MoreWHOA! Why can’t my brain latch on to a single thought? I’m feeling nauseous…sick…I gotta sit down! Oh, wait. I am sitting down. Are you guilty of self-sabotage? So often the best and most brilliant entrepreneurs get stuck, in what I like to call “Blender-Brain.” It’s that mind-spin of all your ideas, to-dos, responsibilities and […]
Read MoreDo you have a million dollar brand? Does that seem unattainable? What are brands and branding? Many times I get the question “What really is branding?” plus, the person asking says, “I am a little embarrassed to ask; it may be a stupid question”. BUT here is the honest truth! LOTS AND LOTS of people […]
Read MoreAttorneys and legal nurse consultants are increasingly performing medical records analysis using multiple monitors and Adobe Acrobat. Advantages of multiple monitors for medical records analysis 1. Multiple monitors make you more efficient. Time is money. Multiple monitors increase your speed which therefore increases the amount of work product that you turn out which therefore increases […]
Read MoreMany things can go wrong when you are running a webinar. It is important to practice in a very safe environment before trying it in real life. Here are some lessons I learned. How to avoid mistakes when running a webinar 1. As the moderator, you can lose your internet connection or it may cut […]
Read MoreThe inexperienced legal nurse consultant learns in the same way as the new clinical nurse – through on the job training. In nursing school we gain a tremendous amount of “book smarts” in the classroom but the most valuable training is accomplished in the clinical setting. Likewise, a nurse can learn the basics of legal […]
Read MoreNurses are the right people to testify about nursing standards of care, right? It was not always so self-evident. We can thank the Sullivan case for reinforcing the validity of this approach. The Illinois case called Sullivan V. Edward Hospital, 806 NE 645 (Ill. 2004) involved a man who climbed over side rails and was […]
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