Expert witness
5 Tips on How to Shine as an Expert Witness
You are either an expert witness or an independent legal nurse consultant. Do you run an expert witness referral business? These are critical performance elements that will endear you to an attorney. 1.Calls with attorney: be responsive The expert calls the attorney’s office to acknowledge she got the materials that were sent either through email…
Read MoreExpert Witness Qualifications video
What does it take to do well as a nursing expert witness? Does the expert really have the right qualifications in the form of education, training and experience? Sometimes an attorney asks nursing expert witnesses in a very confrontational way during a deposition, “What makes you think you’re an expert?” The expert has to be…
Read MoreLegal Nurse Consultant Reports: How to be Persuasive
Your attorney client asked you to prepare a report to explain your opinions about a case. You could be screening a case for merit, writing an expert witness report, or offering consulting (behind the scenes) consulting services for a variety of cases. Follow these tips to write a persuasive legal nurse consultant report. 1. Everything…
Read MoreExpert Witness Advice: How Do I Get Out of a Case? Part 2
Withdrawal of an Expert Witness In Part 1, I wrote about the expert witness’s surprise when finding out a case is not going to settle and the expert has to go to court to testify. This is additional expert witness advice: What factors allow an expert witness to withdraw from a case? There are a…
Read MoreExpert Witness Advice: How Do I Get Out of a Case? Part 1
“The attorney told me I would never have to testify. Now I found out it is going to trial! I don’t want to go.” Have you ever heard this complaint from an expert? Ever made that statement yourself as an expert? Responsibilities of an Expert Witness An expert enters into an agreement with an attorney…
Read MoreNursing Standard of Care: Just following orders? Part 2
In part 1 of this blog, I shared facts to analyze the standard of care. I described a case of a man seen in the ER. The patient had a significant change in his condition on discharge, yet was sent home anyway and subsequently died. Did the ER nurse meet the nursing standard of care?…
Read MoreNursing Standard of Care: Just following orders? Part 1
I have had the question posed to me by an attorney in a deposition (on more than one occasion), “So you think you know more than the doctor”? The nurses’ responsibility does not end with blindly following a physician’s order. I have personally testified at 3 depositions and was asked this question at 2 of…
Read MoreFrequently Asked Questions about Nursing Expert Review
Nursing expert witnesses play a crucial role in resolving nursing malpractice cases. Here are some common questions. My nursing expert review records are a mess I got the records directly from the law firm. They are a mess. What should I do? It is difficult to review records that are not organized. Make every effort…
Read MoreNursing Expert Witness – Arrogance
Have you encountered an arrogant nursing expert witness? I did. You need a highly credentialed expert witness for a case. You supply experts. You form impressions about experts when you talk with them. Don’t refer experts who don’t get past your screening. One recent phone call left an impression on me. Our client asked us…
Read MoreExpert Witness Discredited
An expert witness’ secret had a devastating effect on a case; the result – a discredited expert witness. Sally Signal was a retired head nurse of an operating room. She was used to being in charge and had a headstrong personality. She went into the hospital for signs of a possible stroke. She had a…
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