Safety Principles for Preventing Patient Injury

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There are multiple opportunities for patient injury to occur. Those of us with knowledge of how the healthcare system works see that facilities use safety principles for preventing patient injury. When the system fails, the litigation system may become involved. Consider the safety issues in this case. A forty-two year-old woman was admitted to the…

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Prevent Website Hacking

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How do you prevent website hacking? You’ve got a lovely legal nurse consulting website. You’re proud of it. One day you discover that cybercriminals have gotten to it and inserted nasty code that infects everyone who views it. Prevent website hacking with strong user names and passwords What are the two worst passwords? Never use…

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Could You Have a Hacked Website?

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You’ve heard about cybersecurity and people who are able to break into a website. A hacked website results in loss of data, reputation and business. Could it happen to you? A Hacked Website is a Real Risk Google says every day thousands of websites are hacked by cybercriminals. You may not realize for days or…

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Are you being self destructive?

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It can be a subtle habit. You can send a lot of messages to yourself that are self destructive. You have the power to change that. Catch yourself when you are saying something negative like, “I’m having a senior moment”. You’re not really having a senior moment. You’re having brain clutter. As I say to…

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Self Esteem and Age Esteem – Vital for Effective Functioning

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How does self-esteem esteem affect our role as legal nurse consultants? How does age esteem play into this? First, what does age esteem mean? I interviewed Bonnie Fatio about this topic for a Legal Nurse Business Podcast. Bonnie is a vibrant woman in her 70s who exhorts us to embrace your age, realize your worth,…

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Technology Addiction Awareness – What are the Effects?

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How far-reaching is technology addiction awareness? In doing a quick Google search on this term, I found a site that provides the startling statistic that young people spend an average of 7.5 hours a day consuming media. This doesn’t include computer use for schoolwork, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. This site is offering a…

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Content Marketing for Getting Attorney Clients

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Are you using the power of content marketing for getting attorney clients? Attorneys have to relate to you and believe you understand medical issues. There are different ways of conveying your expertise: Blogs Reports Videos Are you using any of these forms of content marketing for sharing your knowledge? If you are not, you are…

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Sharing an Errors Story with Clinicians

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Can your LNC practice involve educating by sharing an errors story with clinicians? I argue it not only can, it should. Here is a story I use for educating clinicians. The beginning of the errors story Two elderly Italian men with the same name were patients in an inner city hospital. Joe #1 was moved…

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5 Success Tips for Your LNC Business

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Need some success tips for your LNC Business? Subcontracting 1. Do subcontracting work for other LNCs if it makes sense for you in your phase of business development. It will make sense for you if you can afford to work at a rate that will be considerably lower than the rate you would charge the…

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3 Tips for Tackling Procrastination

Do you need help tackling procrastination? Procrastination is an umbrella term that really doesn’t tell you anything except what your behavior is. It does not tell you the cause of why you’re procrastinating. The most important thing you can do at the moment that you notice that you’re not doing what you should to be…

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