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Becoming Perfect? Ask Joe
Is becoming perfect possible? “Joe” (name changed) had on the surface everything going for him. He was a graduate of an Ivy League college and ran a successful business. He was personable and friendly and made others feel important and respected. But Joe had a piece missing from his personality: a conscience. He was a…
Read MoreHow to Overcome Your Fear of Exhibiting
Have you tried exhibiting at an attorney conference as a way to exhibit your legal nurse consulting services? Do you have fear of exhibiting? Tackling a Fear of Exhibiting I knew that exhibiting at an attorneys’ conference was a good way to market my legal nurse consulting services, but I was deeply anxious about the…
Read MoreNew Years Resolutions: Is There Hidden Garbage in Your Life?
The setting was perfect – crystal white sand, a calm blue green Gulf of Mexico, deep blue beach umbrellas dotting the sand, and some puffy clouds. My friend and I had walked along a boardwalk through mangroves to reach the restaurant that perched on the edge of the land (seen in this photo as the…
Read MoreLegal Nurse Consultants: What I Learned from Handling Volumes of Cases (Part Two)
Legal nurse consultants: did you know volumes of cases can radically change your business? I did not know what was ahead of me when I received a call from a defense attorney who approached me to assist his firm and client defend a series of claims involving an orthopedic device. In Part One I described…
Read MoreLegal Nurse Consultants: What I Learned from Handling Volumes of Cases (Part One)
Volumes of legal nurse consulting cases can radically change your business. I did not know what was ahead of me when I received a call from a defense attorney who approached me to assist his firm and client defend a series of claims involving an orthopedic device. He was handling dozens of cases which had…
Read MoreDifficult Decisions
These are two books I recently read about difficult decisions. Who should you protect? How can well-meaning decisions hurt you? On an icy winter night a seasoned midwife was faced with a difficult decision – allow a fetus to die or perform an emergency cesarean section on a woman she believed had died from a…
Read MoreTrust and the Christmas Gift
I received the most beautiful bathrobe I had ever seen when I was ten years old. My Christmas gift was made of chenille. Chenille is a material that consists of soft little tufts of fabric that are punched into a backing that makes up the garment. Primarily pink, my bathrobe had edging of blue on…
Read MoreLegal Nurse Consultants: 4 Medical Record Analysis Barriers
What are the 4 most common medical record analysis barriers you will encounter as a legal nurse consultant? Disorganized medical records The records come into your possession in no particular order. They were scanned and saved to a disk before they were organized, which requires you to sift through them to rearrange pages. You may…
Read MoreExpert Witnesses: Supporting Your Nursing Opinion
Expert witnesses need to provide an attorney with evidence to support their opinions. I am an independent legal nurse consultant with over a decade of experience who has reviewed dozens of expert cases and thousands of “behind the scenes” cases. I have provided deposition and trial testimony. Communicating this evidence of your opinion can be…
Read MoreUpsell Hell – What I Learned from the Shower Grab Bar Salesman
My husband decided he wanted shower grab bars installed. Our neighbor gave him the names of two local companies that provided this service. One company (A) quoted 2 bars installed for $89. The other company (B) quoted 2 bars installed for $180. The man at Company B told us that Company A was not licensed…
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