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11 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…
Read MoreTrouble in First Class – Airline Rage
Have you ever seen airline rage? What I noticed about him first was that he was busily rearranged the items in the overhead compartment. He spent so much time doing it that I thought he was a flight attendant until I looked at what he was wearing – a white long sleeve shirt with cuff…
Read MoreHow to Keep Attorney Clients – 3 Tips
Do you want to keep attorney clients? Here are three surprising things you MUST focus on to keep attorney clients. 1. How you make their life easier Don’t give them hoops to jump through to get what they need to be successful. Make the attorney’s life easier. Stress the benefits of working with you. 2.…
Read MoreHow to Win at the Airline Rebooking Game
The text message dinged on my cell phone while I was driving through heavy traffic north of Philadelphia Airport. “Your AirTran flight to Atlanta has been cancelled. Please go to www.southwest.com to rebook.” I was on my way to Atlanta to attend an internet marketing conference that began the next morning. When I strode into…
Read MoreRisk Factors for Falls (And the Damage They Cause)
There are a large number of risk factors for falls. The results of patient falls can be staggering: falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injures in people 65 years-old and older in the United States. They can play a catastrophic role in this population. Injurious falls can have huge financial implications due…
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