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Breaking Down the Nursing Home Chart
Nurses without long-term care experience may be very hesitant to review one of these cases due to their lack of knowledge of these industry specific records. Once you understand where important information is located within a nursing home chart you can use them to create your analysis of the matter. Minimum Data Set in a…
Read MoreWhy legal nurse consultants need a business coach
Today’s competitive environment demands that every LNC who wants to succeed as an independent consultant have a business coach. Why now? The economic downturn in the economy has affected large and small businesses. It has resulted in downsizing of some law firms, and for some very experienced attorneys to leave firms and start their own…
Read MoreLegal nurse consultants: How to lose a client in one report
Want repeat business? Do you want to know how to lose a client – so you don’t? Here are some report “don’ts”. Striking the wrong key Relying on the computer to function as the only proof reader of your LNC report is sure to miss a few common typographical or grammatical errors. An example I…
Read MoreCreating a marketing mindset
How would you like to learn over 25 ways to market yourself on a shoestring budget? Do you have the right marketing mindset? Will you use every one? Probably not, but the ones you do use will be very effective. I personally have used every one and built several businesses from them. Have I ever…
Read MoreHow to market inexpensively
Who does not want to market inexpensively? Marketing is a very misunderstood word and often gets confused with sales. Marketing makes people aware of who you are and what product or service you have to offer. A sale happens when you close the deal. One usually depends upon the other, but in many large companies…
Read MoreWound treatment 101
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 MoreChronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: The only preventable cause of dementia
You’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 MoreRetained sponges: no thing left behind
Can 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 MoreSelf-Sabotage, Blender-Brain and the Entrepreneur by Guest Author Kathleen Aston
WHOA! 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 MoreDefining a million dollar brand by Guest Author Jena Rodriquez
Do 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…
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