Pat Iyer is an experienced educator and legal nurse consultant who loves to teach legal nurse consultants, healthcare providers and attorneys. Bring her, an experienced legal nurse consultant to your conference, institution or law firm for a medical-legal education seminar! Presentations are geared to help participants understand more about nursing liability, patient safety, and risk management—they can be tailored to your needs. Pat is an experienced expert witness and nursing author who shares lessons learned from years of reviewing medical records for liability. She is a member of the National Speakers Association. The author of 185 books, chapters, case studies, articles or online courses, Pat has presented seminars at several law firms and conferences for nurses and attorneys. Pat's technical requests for her presentations
Contact Pat at 908-237-0278 or by email at patmedleague at gmail dot com to learn how you can benefit from her expertise.
Past programs
New Jersey Association for Justice
May 1, 2014
Boardwalk Seminar
How to Make Medical Records Your Friend
Kansas Medical Mutual Insurance Company
April 8, 2014
Reducing Risk through Proper Nursing Documentation
Legal Issues for Clinical Nurses and Legal Nurse Consultants Cruise Eastern Caribbean Cruise February 8-15, 2014
These are sessions Pat taught:
- Is the Chart Telling the Whole Story?
- Death in the Same Day Surgery Unit
- Bullying: A Huge Risk to Patient Safety
- (With Barbara Levin): Untangling Charlotte's Web: A True Story of a Medical Disaster that Changed the U.S.
- Who Wins in a Nursing Malpractice Case – and Why
- (With Barbara Levin) When Pressure Rises and Explodes in Legal Action – Mock Trial
The Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing and Health Studies
March 8, 2014
Legal Nurse Consultant Symposium, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ
Who Wins Nursing Malpractice Cases and Why?
New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education
July 31, 2013
Medical Records
International Council of Nurses
Melbourne, Australia
May 21, 2013
- The Impact of Bullying in the Nursing Workforce
- Using Teleseminars for Patient Education
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
Chicago, IL
April 5, 2013
An Overview of Brain Injury Lawsuits with Case Examination: Nissen v. Parcellano et al with copresenter Margaret Battersby Black, Esq.
Third Annual JERK Conference
October 19-20, 2012
Raleigh, North Carolina
Screening Medical Malpractice Cases
2nd Northeast Regional Legal Nurse Consultant Conference
October 2, 2012
Northampton, Massachusetts
Pearls and Pitfalls of LNC Billing
New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education
January 26, 2012
New Brunswick, NJ
Obtaining and Analyzing Medical Records
American Association of Ambulatory Care Nurses
May 2, 2012
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Safeguard Your Ambulatory Care Practice, Preconference Workshop
National Orthopaedic Nurses Association
May 18, 2011
Baltimore, MD With Barbara Levin, BSN RN ONC LNCC
Mock Trial: When Pressure Rises and Explodes into Legal Action
"I attended your session @NAON and have to say, it was by far the most informative session I have ever attended." Barbara Rinehart BSN RN CNOR
Atlanta Chapter of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consulting
July 30, 2011
Atlanta, GA
Sailing the 7 Seas of Smooth Writing Skills
"Our Board chose wisely when we asked Pat Iyer to speak at our 2011 regional conference in Atlanta: The Essentials of Legal Nurse Consulting. She is always the wisest professional in the room, but at our conference, we saw another side of Pat. She has that unique ability to teach with humor and engage her audience. She was by far the most popular speaker at our conference, and we would be honored to have her again next year." -Alice M. Adams, RN, 2011 President, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants - Atlanta Chapter.
Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses
Boston, MA
September 8, 2011
Preconference
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- Legal Strategies for Protecting the Patient, Professionals and Organization
with Barbara Levin and Linda Willette
- Untangling Charlotte's Web with Barbara Levin
Excellent and engaging! Practical and important information for every nurse. - Elaine Jewell
- I wish every nurse I know could hear this. Very helpful and needed. - Pamela Amos
"A real eye opener how important it is for nurses to be conscientious and be more assertive as patient advocates to all patients under their care." - Jennifer Caing
- Very interesting content!! Thank you for relating 'the story!' It helps us to understand the 'why' for some of the many expectations of our role. - Debra Peter
Juris Educational Resource Knowledge for Legal Nurse Consultants
September 30, 2011
Does Your Writing Sell your worth? Tips for Marketing Through Writing
Northeast Regional Legal Nurse Consultant Conference Northampton, MA
October 3 and 4, 2011
Finessing Your Writing Skills
Sample of comments about Finessing Your Writing Skills
Pat Iyer has so much knowledge and knows how to share! Excellent and useful!! Well thought out. She is fabulous! She is a master at her craft. I always enjoy Pat’s presentations! I always also learn something. Organized. Informative. Wonderful use of humor to get point across. Very well done! Excellent speaking skills. Great presenter, good sense of humor. Very informative and interactive. This was one of the best presentations. Excellent presentation. Very informative. Excellent. Strengths ~ clear concise, informative, visual aids to enhance presentation, humor added. Finer points of writing could not have been better presented. Loved it, want more. Very clear concise manner. Enjoyed interjection of humor. Good clarity. Excellent speaker – Relevant, good ‘common sense’ info.
National Nurses in Business Association
November 5, 2011
Webinars and Teleseminars: How You Can Use Them in Your Business
Joint Implant Special Interest Group of the American Association of Justice
July 2011
Using Medical Records to Establish Damages