Expertise
6 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 MoreCritical Care Nursing – “If you are not on top of your game patients die”
The critical care nurse in this video describes the high risk aspect of caring for patients.
Read MoreCritical Care Nursing and Team Communication
Collaboration and communication form the cornerstone of effective care. Critical care nursing exemplifies this principle. The involvement and interaction of critical care personnel have a critical impact on the outcome of critical illness. The outcome is influenced by the degree of interaction and communication between nurses and physicians. Critical care nursing and team communication are…
Read MoreCritical Care Nursing – High Risk Practice
Critical care nurses take care of some of our sickest patients. They practice in a high risk environment – both clinically and in terms of litigation. We take critical care nursing for granted, but they were not always among us. Critical care nursing in the United States began with the recognition that specialty nursing was…
Read MoreNursing Standard of Care: Just following orders? Part 2
In part 1 of this blog, I shared facts to analyze the standard of care. I described a case of a man seen in the ER. The patient had a significant change in his condition on discharge, yet was sent home anyway and subsequently died. Did the ER nurse meet the nursing standard of care?…
Read MoreNursing Standard of Care: Just following orders? Part 1
I have had the questioned posed to me by an attorney in a deposition (on more than one occasion), “So you think you know more than the doctor”? The nurses’ responsibility does not end with blindly following a physician’s order. I have personally testified at 3 depositions and was asked this question at 2 of…
Read MoreFrequently Asked Questions about Nursing Expert Review
Nursing expert witnesses play a crucial role in resolving nursing malpractice cases. Here are some common questions. My nursing expert review records are a mess I got the records directly from the law firm. They are a mess. What should I do? It is difficult to review records that are not organized. Make every effort…
Read MoreIndex of Medical Records: A Key to Success
You are an expert witness or a legal nurse consultant who sends medical records to an expert witness. An up-to-date index of medical records is a key to success. It helps both the expert and the attorneys quickly determine which records an expert has received. How to create an index of medical records Avery produces…
Read MoreNursing Expert Witness – Arrogance
Have you encountered an arrogant nursing expert witness? I did. You need a highly credentialed expert witness for a case. You supply experts. You form impressions about experts when you talk with them. Don’t refer experts who don’t get past your screening. One recent phone call left an impression on me. Our client asked us…
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