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Legal Nurse Consultant Reports: 6 Video Tips
Discover how to polish your legal nurse consultant reports with the tips in this quick video by Pat Iyer MSN RN LNCC.
Read More5 Grammatical Mistakes in LNC Reports
After proofreading thousands of LNC reports, I prepared this list of 5 grammatical mistakes in LNC reports. This is a list of common offenders. Do you want to present yourself a well-qualified communicator, one who understands how attorneys scrutinize every word in a report? Here is what NOT to do. 1. Don’t confuse possessive and…
Read MoreLegal Nurse Consulting Reports: Are you Being Redundant?
Like the twins in this picture, redundancy can be eye catching. You don’t want your client to stumble over cliched, redundant phrases in your legal nurse consulting reports. Don’t pair nouns, verbs or adjectives that express the same concept in your legal nurse consulting reports Don’t include redundant ideas: Few and far between Conclusive proof…
Read More7 Tips for Top Notch LNC Reports
You labor over your legal nurse consulting report because you want to do the best job possible for your attorney client. You want to produce a top notch LNC report. I understand. I’ve written or proofread thousands of reports. Here are commonly occurring errors I find when proofreading LNC reports. Don’t get tripped up by…
Read MoreStreamlining Communication with Attorney Clients with SBAR
Do you know how to have great communication with attorney clients? Consider this situation: Your client asks you to review a case for merit and to prepare an analysis report. Legal nurse consultants come from the medical world where targeted communication is prized. You see concerning changes in your patient’s condition. You pick up the…
Read More6 Tips for Overcoming Writer’s Block
Do you ever find you need help overcoming writer’s block? What does this look like? You need to create a legal nurse consulting report but you are stuck. How do you begin? Here are 6 tips to getting started overcoming writer’s block. 1. Get the basics right. Look at what is holding you back. Are…
Read More3 Ways to Avoid Common Writing Traps for LNCs
I often get asked to help legal nurse consultants and nurse writers with reports, journal submissions, theses, dissertations, or book chapters. These are some of my favorite hints to help them engage their readers with clarity and precision and avoid common writing traps for LNCs. Legal nurse consultants: take note. These tips will help you…
Read More6 Proofreading Tips for Legal Nurse Consultants
Learn 6 tips for proofreading your material so you can prepare polished reports and articles. Get details about the book at this link
Read MoreNursing Expert Witness Reports: 10 Tips for Presenting Facts and Opinions
I have written or read thousands of nursing expert witness reports over the last 26 years. Your nursing expert witness report will be read by the attorneys on both sides, claims adjusters, the risk manager, the judge, and opposing experts. You must be able to craft a powerful nursing expert witness report in order to…
Read MoreLegal nurse consultants and PDFs
Are you effectively using software to create Portable Document Format files when you write legal nurse consultant reports? Legal nurse consultants and PDFs go together for medical record review. Adobe Acrobat is probably the most recognized application for use in viewing PDFs. Another application is eCopy PDF Pro Office. Features available within these applications offer…
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