Expertise
348 Occupational Health and LNCs Kim Alvis
Kim Alvis, is a certified occupational health nurse through the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses. She’s worked on many emergency responses, such as hurricane disasters, floods, and chemical plant fires. And she also works as an LNC and is working towards her certification as a legal nurse consultant. She works for the Center for…
Read More345 Substandard Charting or Fraudulent Charting
Is the charting merely substandard? The attorney tells you she has a suspicion that the medical record has fraudulent charting. She thinks the medical charting of healthcare providers may be incomplete, untimely, illegible, or incorrect. You know that substandard documentation may itself result in an untoward outcome for the patient and thus factor into a…
Read More344 The Ins and Outs of Colorectal Malpractice Dr. Stephen Cohen
Stephen Cohen is a board-certified colon and rectal surgeon, the first such person in Atlanta, Georgia. He is an innovator, a pioneer, and a pacesetter when it comes to innovative colorectal techniques. And in addition to having his medical degree, Dr. Cohen realized that medicine is big business and he got his MBA degree, as…
Read More343 Failure to Rescue: The LNC Role
We talked about some of the reasons why a nurse might be forced to go before the Board of Nursing on Podcast 343 (the last podcast). One of the reasons relates to clinical judgment. Certainly, in addition to Board actions, a nurse might find himself or herself in a courtroom because of decision making in…
Read More342 How the Board of Nursing Functions Sandra Nichols
Sandra Nichols is eminently qualified to talk about fascinating things that happen behind the scenes at a Board of Nursing hearing . She spent three years on the Board of Nursing in Florida. She has her PhD. She is an advanced nurse practitioner and probably the only person who I know who is board certified…
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