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Avoid guff in your marketing materials
Guff is the language of the bureaucrat. It is pompous, needlessly complex, and obscures understanding. The person who writes in guff uses long sentences, filled with stiff language, and technical terms. Here is an example of guff from a legal nurse consultant’s website: “Screening Medical Cases For Merit – I will document the departure from…
Read MoreHow to Use Multiple Monitors
One of the joys of having more than one monitor is to be able to have two documents, two programs or the internet and a program open simultaneously. I now use 3 monitors – two freestanding ones and one on my laptop computer. Benefits of Multiple Monitors One of the benefits of having a multiple…
Read MoreProfile of an Attorney Client You Do Not Want
Are you so hungry for work as a legal nurse consultant that you would say yes to any attorney client who asked you to provide services? Mr. Senior Partner slouched in his chair and glared at me. He was a prominent plaintiff attorney who had invited me to come to his office and to bring…
Read MoreSurprising Verdict: Fractured Wrist
Right now I have been reading recent medical malpractice verdicts to find great examples to include in a new book. The one below got my attention. It was a surprising verdict. Surprising verdict in a fractured wrist case The fifty-three year old plaintiff went through cervical surgery. When she awoke, her left wrist was swollen…
Read MoreThe Patient Removed His Own Staples
Would you believe a patient who said a nurse or physicians assistant told him to remove his own staples after he lacerated his leg? The patient removed his own staples. In this interesting case, a 68-year-old man went to the ED with a chainsaw laceration of his left knee. He developed a severe infection in…
Read MoreNursing Liability for Spinal Cord Injury
A patient arrives in the emergency department with a possible spinal cord injury. Or a patient falls in the hospital. One of the first things, which nurses must do, is to assess the patient and determine if there are any changes from the baseline assessment. Recognition of changes in assessment and changes from the baseline…
Read MoreSpinal Cord Injuries: Nursing Liability
Spinal cord injuries cause devastating injuries. Lawsuits may result with the injuries occurred as the result of someone’s negligence: falls on someone’s icy sidewalk, injury from speed motor vehicle crashes, or falls in a healthcare facility, for example. Paralysis from a spinal cord injury causes major emotional, physical, and financial damages. Spinal cord injury has…
Read MoreLegal Nurse Consultants: Avoid These Commonly Misused Word Traps
I’ve recently come across several commonly misused word traps, just in the last week. Legal nurse consultants may avoid embarrassing errors by reviewing these commonly misused and misspelled words. Peak versus Pique “This really peaks my curiosity.” Right or wrong? The correct spelling should be pique, a French word from “a prick, irritation.” As a…
Read MoreGifts for Attorneys: The Principle of Reciprocity
Are you using the principle of reciprocity when you market to attorneys? Here is how to harness the power. Principle of Reciprocity Applied to Legal Nurse Consulting You are making a marketing call on a potential client and wonder if you should bring along a gift. The holidays are approaching and you wonder if you…
Read MoreLegal Nurse Consulting: Part of a Fast Growing Sector (Ed-Med)
Legal nurse consulting is part of the largest sector of jobs in the U.S. economy and the fastest growing sector in the rest of the world: the Ed-Med sector. This means the jobs devoted to education or medicine/health care. We know that manufacturing is on the decline and the service industry is on the rise,…
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