Would you believe a patient who said a nurse or physicians assistant told him to remove his own staples after he lacerated his leg? The patient removed his own staples. In this interesting case, a 68-year-old man went to the ED with a chainsaw laceration of his left knee. He developed a severe infection in […]
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A patient arrives in the emergency department with a possible spinal cord injury. Or a patient falls in the hospital. One of the first things, which nurses must do, is to assess the patient and determine if there are any changes from the baseline assessment. Recognition of changes in assessment and changes from the baseline […]
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Spinal cord injuries cause devastating injuries. Lawsuits may result with the injuries occurred as the result of someone’s negligence: falls on someone’s icy sidewalk, injury from speed motor vehicle crashes, or falls in a healthcare facility, for example. Paralysis from a spinal cord injury causes major emotional, physical, and financial damages. Spinal cord injury has […]
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I’ve recently come across several commonly misused word traps, just in the last week. Legal nurse consultants may avoid embarrassing errors by reviewing these commonly misused and misspelled words. Peak versus Pique “This really peaks my curiosity.” Right or wrong? The correct spelling should be pique, a French word from “a prick, irritation.” As a […]
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Are you using the principle of reciprocity when you market to attorneys? Here is how to harness the power. Principle of Reciprocity Applied to Legal Nurse Consulting You are making a marketing call on a potential client and wonder if you should bring along a gift. The holidays are approaching and you wonder if you […]
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Legal nurse consulting is part of the largest sector of jobs in the U.S. economy and the fastest growing sector in the rest of the world: the Ed-Med sector. This means the jobs devoted to education or medicine/health care. We know that manufacturing is on the decline and the service industry is on the rise, […]
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Legal nurse consultants are often involved in medical records management. Here are some tips to make the job of organizing medical records go more smoothly. 1. Let the attorney know if you need a certified medical record or an abstract. A medical malpractice case involving a specific admission would be difficult to evaluate without a […]
Read MoreHow do you respond to beggars? I had to answer this question on a dark Las Vegas street. I was searching for a drug store. The lady at the convenience store assured me the CVS was only two blocks away. I set off at dusk, thinking the CVS was close. It turned out to be […]
Read MoreAre you standing on a pile of dirt or being buried by it? This video talks about the process of change and coping with life’s challenges.
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Many legal nurse consultants use a legal nurse consulting newsletter (paper or electronic) or a blog as a way to develop a relationship with the attorneys who they want to attract to their website or services. I will use the terms of newsletter or blog interchangeably in this blog post. Goals of creating a legal […]
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