Business Management
Self Esteem and Age Esteem – Vital for Effective Functioning
How does self-esteem esteem affect our role as legal nurse consultants? How does age esteem play into this? First, what does age esteem mean? I interviewed Bonnie Fatio about this topic for a Legal Nurse Business Podcast. Bonnie is a vibrant woman in her 70s who exhorts us to embrace your age, realize your worth,…
Read More5 Success Tips for Your LNC Business
Need some success tips for your LNC Business? Subcontracting 1. Do subcontracting work for other LNCs if it makes sense for you in your phase of business development. It will make sense for you if you can afford to work at a rate that will be considerably lower than the rate you would charge the…
Read More3 Tips for Tackling Procrastination
Do you need help tackling procrastination? Procrastination is an umbrella term that really doesn’t tell you anything except what your behavior is. It does not tell you the cause of why you’re procrastinating. The most important thing you can do at the moment that you notice that you’re not doing what you should to be…
Read More4 Stages of Team Development
Ever think about the reason for medical errors as related to team development? Anyone who reads depositions of nurses and doctors understands the way that team dynamics can affect patient safety. There are four stages of team dynamics or team development. A dysfunctional team can directly affect communication and lead to patient injury. Forming The…
Read MoreIntroverts and Their Quiet Nature in the Business World
My boss was the Vice President of Nursing who hired me in the last job that I had as an employee in 1986. Not knowing I was one of the introverts, she would observe me sitting in staff meetings with the upper management of the nursing department. After a while she said, “You know Pat,…
Read MoreLNC Success: Facing Your Fears
What are some key ingredients for LNC success? I hear from LNCs who are discouraged by some of their marketing efforts. They feel like they are hitting a wall. Discouragement will kill your business aspirations. Discouragement, disillusionment and disappointment lead to doubts, and to quitting. There are only three requirements for LNC success: Decide what…
Read MoreDealing with Resistance: How to Cut Off the Dreamstealers
Are you dealing with resistance to your dreams to have a legal nurse consulting business? Many LNCs are working full time or part time and also using free time to market to attorneys, work on their businesses or work on cases. That may mean a shift in responsibilities within their household. Multitasking – keeping a…
Read More4 Myths about Legal Nurse Consulting
Have you heard these myths about legal nurse consulting? 1. It is easy money. You’ll charge big bucks, sit home in your pajamas and read cases all day. The reality: Legal nurse consulting is for the detailed oriented, analytical person who has good writing and computer skills and a love for finding out information. Not…
Read More9 Tips for Starting a Legal Nurse Consulting Business
Here’s the advice of Mindy Cohen MSN RN LNCC about starting a legal nurse consulting business. Groundwork for Starting a Legal Nurse Consulting Business 1. Get connected with AALNC. Order and read the Scope and Standards of Legal Nurse Consulting Practice. It will give the new legal nurse consultant a background in what we do,…
Read MoreHire an attorney through UpCounsel
In my previous post, I described Fiverr and Upwork – two on demand platforms for outsourcing work. In this post, I share how you can hire an attorney through UpCounsel to work for you and your business. Hire an attorney through UpCounsel A lot of solopreneurs aren’t familiar with UpCounsel. It’s an on demand platform…
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