A patient arrives in the emergency department with a possible spinal cord injury. The defense attorney contacts you to find out if his client, the hospital, has exposure for the ultimate outcome of this patient. One of the first things emergency department nurses do is to assess the patient and determine if there are any […]
338 Critical Aspects of Neuroscience Nursing Filissa Caserta
Filissa Caserta is an acute care nurse practitioner. She has 32 years of experience and she specializes in neurocritical care and endovascular neurosurgery. She is on the staff of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, and she’s lectured extensively, both nationally and internationally. in addition to her clinical role, Filissa runs a nurse success consulting practice and […]
337 Medical Errors and Competency
As a legal nurse consultant, you see medical errors from the perspective of what has already happened. Not listening to the concerns of staff nurses may have played a part in the events leading up to the medical error. In his podcast, Kevin O’Connor discussed what happens when physician competencies are stretched by not working […]
336 Physician Leadership: Is it Really Improving? Kevin O’Connor
Kevin O’Connor has a deep insight into how the healthcare system works. He’s not a physician. He works with physicians. He’s a certified speaker, which means a certified speaking professional. This means that he has achieved a designation that is quite rare within the speaking industry. He’s a consultant, he’s an educator, and he specializes […]
335 Tampering with Medical Records: Red Flags
What are the red flag warning signs that someone may have tampered with medical records? This is Pat Iyer with Iyer’s Insights, one of the twice weekly shows of Legal Nurse Podcast. I’ve spotted altered medical records and want to share some of the clues with you. What are the responsibilities of facilities for maintaining […]