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How do you deal with challenges?
Are you standing on a pile of dirt or being buried by it? This video talks about the process of change and coping with life’s challenges.
Read MoreIdeas for Legal Nurse Consulting Newsletters
Many legal nurse consultants use a legal nurse consulting newsletter (paper or electronic) or a blog as a way to develop a relationship with the attorneys who they want to attract to their website or services. I will use the terms of newsletter or blog interchangeably in this blog post. Goals of creating a legal…
Read MoreLegal Nurse Consultants: How to Estimate a Length of a Project
Can you estimate the length of a project? How long do you think this is going to take? This is a pretty broad question and it is hard to give a precise answer. As a legal nurse consultant, I got asked this question by some of our clients when they sent me a set of…
Read MoreLegal Nurse Consultant: How do You Find Attorney Clients?
Legal nurse consultants wonder, “How do you get attorney clients when you are starting or growing your legal nurse consulting business?” This is one of the most commonly asked questions I hear. Here is what I say. Tell everyone you know that you have started a legal nurse consulting business. Define your ideal client and…
Read More11 Top Reasons Why it is Great to be a Legal Nurse Consultant
Legal nurse consulting has been a rewarding choice of a career for me. Here are some of the top reasons why it is great to be a legal nurse consultant. 1. Your efforts may result in getting money to victims or the chance to defend the innocent. 2. You help the attorney assist his client…
Read MoreLessons Learned While Exhibiting
Here’s one of the painful lessons learned while exhibiting. Literally. The legal nurse consultant who worked in my business at the time, Marianne (name changed) and I made plans to exhibit at an American Association for Justice annual meeting in San Diego. The trip did not start off well. I missed the exit to the…
Read MoreTop 3 Grammatical Errors
Avoid these top 3 grammatical errors if you want to present yourself as a skilled legal nurse consultant writer. Use of the apostrophe Last week I was setting up books on a table for a book sale. One of the books I came across was called “Cave of the Bat’s”. I was horrified, not by…
Read MoreHospital Quality of Care – Data Available to the Legal Nurse Consultant
Where does the LNC find out information about hospital quality of care? Legal nurse consultants who help attorneys handling medical malpractice and personal injury cases soon develop an understanding of the quality of care rendered by local hospitals – those who appear over and over in the plaintiffs’ medical records. We may provide our clients…
Read MoreDo you have a card?
Do you have a business card? I could feel my face flush as the three people stared at me. I was searching in my purse for a little piece of paper. If you learn from my mistake you will never feel embarrassed like I was. A prominent attorney asked me to come to his office…
Read MorePrevention and Early Detection of Intravenous Infiltration and Extravasation
Intravenous infiltration and extravasation instances are dreaded complications of IV therapy. Intravenous Infiltration and Extravasation Cases Infiltration is the accidental infusion of a non-vesicant solution into the tissue. An extravasation (pronounced ex-trav-a-sa shun) is an accidental infusion of a vesicant solution into the tissue. The vesicant is typically a caustic medication or a concentrated intravenous…
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