Superior Training for Legal Nurse Consultants
March 3rd 2022 10:30 AM to 5:30 PM Eastern
Crash Course in Mechanisms of Injury in Motor Vehicle Collisions - Arlene Klepatsky Esq RN
It was a dark and stormy night when the EMS got the call: “Come to the scene of a T bone crash and rollover.” One car struck another at 70 MPH.
Our crash victim had multiple rib fractures and a pelvic fracture. He sustained serious injuries and was in the ICU, on a ventilator, and trached. Our 4 clinical speakers will reveal his story, piece by piece.
With the guidance of our presenter, you’ll see how to
- ● Describe the direction of occupant movement in various types of motor vehicle collisions
- ● Identify the most common injuries suffered in various types of motor vehicle collisions
- ● List potential defendants in motor vehicle collision cases
Arlene Klepatsky Esq RN is an attorney at law in California and is experienced in evaluating motor vehicle crashes after 20+ years of working with a biomechanics / causation of injury expert. She co-developed an ABA-approved, university-based LNC program and taught in it for nearly 10 years. She contributed 2 chapters to Legal Nurse Consulting, Principles and Practices, Second Edition, edited by Pat Iyer. Arlene also wrote multiple journal articles.
Using Guerilla Publicity to Get More Clients - Jill Lubin
How can you attract more attorney clients to you? How can you increase your authority and credibility with your clients? Consider how to use the tool of publicity and learn from a master.
In this session you’ll discover:
- ● Proven secrets to understand what the media outlets want
- ● Get instant, actionable techniques that will boost your visibility.
- ● Learn how to drive prospects to your door and profits to your pockets!
Jill Lublin is a 4 time Best-selling author, international speaker and master publicity expert. She helps authors get book deals and teaches a virtual Publicity Crash Course. Her books include Guerrilla Publicity and The Profit of Kindness, which went #1 in four categories.
Critical Issues in Critical Care - Kenyetta Christmas
Our crash victim is admitted to the ICU. There, the critical care team takes over, and must conform to the standards of care. How do you as an LNC analyze and interpret the critical care documentation?
In this session, experienced critical care nurse practitioner Kenyetta guides you to explore
- ● how LNC's can assist attorneys with complex medical cases.
- ● what key factors in critical care records a LNC should look for.
- ● the complexities of personal injury/med mal cases.
Kenyetta Christmas MSN, RN, ACNP-BC, CLNC has been a nurse for 18 years. Her nursing background includes trauma, cardiovascular, neuro, and medical-surgical critical care. She is actively practicing as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner for the last 14 years and is currently working in a large intensivists practice. Mrs. Christmas has been doing legal nurse consulting work for several years and assists with plaintiff and defense cases. Her LNC work spans litigation support and serving as a testifying expert in acute care /critical care nursing and advanced practice.
Being The Difference: Sales for the Heart Centered - Jason Tracey
Sales is so easy, but we make it so hard! In this presentation Jason will share the secrets to overcoming sales stigma and becoming a top sales producer no matter your personality type.
From working as a certified nursing assistant in a nursing home, to helping businesses overcome their challenges and excelling, Jason combines his experiences to help you
- Finetune your confidence
- Gain a clear vision of how to spot low-hanging opportunities
- Attract and get cases from your ideal client
Jason Tracey is a Difference maker who speaks with sheer energy, humor, raw emotion, and real-life experience. Subscribed to an “Eat Faces” mentality, he has survived and thrived his own personal jungle, and shares with his audience the keys to Uncaging the Lion inside. Over the course of a 20-year career in sales & leadership, serving small businesses, Jason developed a system of Being the Difference that has transformed the lives & careers of entrepreneurs and sales teams around the world.
March 4, 2022 10:30 AM to 5:30 PM Eastern
LNC Success Connection Pat Iyer
This membership program is specifically designed for you, a legal nurse consultant looking to build or sustain your business. Whether you are just getting started or been in business for awhile, you’ll find a handy resource for getting help with your questions.
You’ve got questions and we’ve got answers. You feel isolated and we’re going to grow a community. You want to know how to systematically succeed, and we’ve got strategies that work
Pat Iyer MSN RN LNCC
Pat began her career as an LNC in 1987. Starting with her first expert witness report, she’s since written thousands of screening reports, chronologies, expert witness, expert fact witness, analysis and other kinds of reports. Pat is a past president of AALNC and the author or editor of 49 books, primarily for LNCs and attorneys.
Breathe! Barbara Levin & Joe Curro
When our crash victim needs to go on a ventilator, clinicians like Joe Curro take over. Confused about how to interpret oxyhemoglobin curve and respiratory care flowsheets? Get insider tips from Joe and Barbara as they explore how respiratory conditions are worsened or caused by trauma. Our respiratory therapist Joe Curro will address standard of care for a trach patient as well as travel with a trach patient. He will also discuss different types of equipment, sleep apnea and other respiratory care issues. This session reveals a medical malpractice twist in the case.
A lifetime respiratory therapist, Joe Curro held positions as a clinician, educator, and administrator. He is the past Director of Pulmonary Services at Brigham & Women's Hospital and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. In addition, Joe managed the Pulmonary Diagnostic and Pulmonary Rehab Departments at Brigham & Women’s Hospital. Joe’s responsibilities included respiratory care of the adult, newborn and ECMO population. In addition, Joe is currently adjunct faculty at Northeastern University and Harvard Medical School. Joe has been involved with medical-legal review since 2006 and has collaborated with numerous LNC's on a variety of pulmonary, mechanical ventilation, and emergency airway issues.
Barbara Levin BSN RN ONC CMSRN LNCC is a medical surgical expert witness who has testified in cases involving orthopaedic trauma. She is the Clinical Scholar of the orthopaedic trauma unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. Barbara served as the Chair of the Massachusetts Board of Registered Nurses and was the President of the AALNC. Barbara has been published on many orthopaedic and legal nursing topics and has collaborated with Pat Iyer on several publications.
Business Systems For Success Pat Iyer
From the moment you get a call about a potential case to the moment you send your last invoice, what do you need to effectively and systematically run your LNC business? In this chock full of tips session, you’ll get the concrete guidance you need to set up, refine and leverage your systems.
Pat Iyer MSN RN LNCC entered the field of legal nurse consulting as an expert witness in 1987. In 1989, she established Med League Support Services, a multimillion dollar independent LNC company. Through trial and error, she learned what systems to use to efficiently run her business so that details did not fall through the cracks. She’ll share tips, tricks, and systems that you can immediately use.
Effective Litigation of a Personal Injury Case - Joe Flores
How does a personal injury attorney litigate an injury case with both personal injury and medical malpractice components? In this interview, Joe will share his perspective as both an attorney and nurse.
Joe Flores MSN RN NP, ESQ is both a nurse practitioner and an attorney in Texas. He has practiced in several areas of the law, including criminal, personal injury, traumatic brain injury cases, whistleblower law, and the defense in cases where nursing and the law overlap.
While Joe earned his BSN, he started reviewing medical records for attorneys. His expert witness work helped fund his nurse practitioner program and law school. Joe feared attorneys when he was a nurse and did not think of becoming one.
His first case as a legal nurse consultant changed his perspective when he found the nursing home lied about how much a resident ate and starved them on purpose. Joe serves in a dual role now: trial attorney and nurse practitioner.
How to Win More Clients Darin Adams
You know your LNC business like no one else. The problem is that it’s not enough to just be good at what you do. When a business fails, it’s often because it wasn’t organized to run or grow efficiently. Thanks to new technology, you can concentrate on your strengths and let new tools help you get organized and take care of the steps that will make you successful.
- · How can you do better at “speed to lead”? Getting the new contact in your business system in record time allows you to follow up with them better.
- · Make it easy for your customer to contact you and schedule time with you. If it’s as easy as clicking on a button, it will happen more often.
- · Stay in touch and you’ll be “top of mind”. If you are providing a real solution, your audience wants to hear from you more often.
The best part is that, while marketing and sales can be overwhelming, tools are available that make it easier than ever before. It now can happen in seconds, not days. Darin shares tips to accomplish these goals in this fast-paced session.
Darin Adams
Darin Adams is an award-winning marketing expert who has coached thousands of businesses how to build connections with their audiences. All success starts with relationships; he has taught people all around the world how to build those relationships through automation. Now he’s here to show you how you can get organized, get customers, and get paid.