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“If you didn’t chart it, you didn’t do it” Part 3: The Nursing Home Defense Perspective
Do you subscribe to “If you didn’t chart it you didn’t do it”? Incomplete nursing records plague all types of settings and complicate nursing home defense strategies. Nursing homes are particularly vulnerable due to the low number of professional staff available to document. Nursing homes have many challenges, many of which directly affect the quality…
Read More“If you didn’t chart it, you didn’t do it” Part 2: The Nursing Home Defense Perspective
Nursing homes are affected by many challenges, many of which directly affect the quality of care and allegations of nursing home negligence. Nursing home defense may center around the documentation. The challenges were highlighted by speakers at Preventing and Defending Long Term Care Litigation at The Conrad in Miami. Pat Iyer moderated a panel of…
Read More“If you didn’t chart it you didn’t do it.” Part 1
In the medical legal world, “if you didn’t chart it, you didn’t do it” engenders more fear in nurses than almost any other phrase as it is used to reiterate the importance of documentation. The phrase is also used to accuse nurses whose documentation is not complete. Incomplete documentation can dramatically affect a malpractice case.…
Read MoreThe Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Be Using WordPress
Why should you be using WordPress for your LNC website? 1. WordPress is Easy to Use Every LNC business needs to have a website today; that is a known fact. An important part of having a website is being able to easily add, change, and delete content that is on the site. WordPress allows all…
Read MoreExpert Witness Evaluation of Liability for Healthcare Fall
Injurious healthcare falls are one of the most common reasons why providers are sued. Spinal cord injuries, head injuries, and fractures make these serious cases for attorneys and nursing expert witnesses. Many states have regulations that govern who is qualified to act as a liability expert. These factors make a strong expert witness: a combination…
Read MoreAnalyzing liability for a healthcare fall
You’re a legal nurse consultant asked to be involved in analyzing liability for a healthcare fall. When injurious falls occur in a healthcare facility, a lawsuit may result. Here are some of the common deviations from the standard of care that may lead to a fall. The plaintiff’s expert witness may allege any of these…
Read MoreDead woman awakens in OR: medical malpractice case?
Is this a valid medical malpractice case? A story of a medical event got my attention. Colleen Burns took an overdose of medications and was brought to the emergency department of St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center. A series of mistakes led to a near catastrophe. Colleen had been in a coma after the overdose, but…
Read More3 Faces of Bullying in Health Care
Bullying in health care shows up in many forms. Here are some examples. Bullying by a patient An angry young male is admitted to the hospital after he was shot by police during a drug deal. He becomes demanding and treats the nurses like they are his personal servants. One of the nurses finds a…
Read MoreHow the Legal Nurse Consultant Can Assist an Attorney with a Fall Case
The legal nurse consultant (LNC) assists the attorney by providing services to identify the liability, causation and damages associated with a fall case. These are some of the services. LNC Services for a Fall Case A chronology of medical care The LNC goes through the records of the plaintiff from before and after the fall.…
Read MoreIs your legal nurse consulting business stalled?
Is your legal nurse consulting business stalled? What is really stopping you? Is it the economy? Is it the competition? Is it your inexperience as an LNC? The answer is in the mirror. You are stopping yourself: your doubts, insecurities, fears, and procrastination. Today is a new day. You’ve spent money and time learning how…
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