Expertise
LNP 299 Systems Errors and Medication Tragedies
The term “system errors” describes errors in the medication administration process that support error-prone practices rather than practices which cannot lead to or do not support errors. Lucian Leape and co-authors described 13 system errors which were identified as “Proximal Causes” of medication errors. These are the system errors they pinpointed. Listen in as Pat…
Read MoreLNP 298 Toxicology Expert Witnessing: More than Numbers Dr. Allison Muller
Dr. Allison Muller is a board-certified toxicologist and registered pharmacist with over 20 years’ experience in the field of clinical toxicology. After a nearly 20-year career leading the poison control center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, which included consulting on toxicology cases from 21 counties in Pennsylvania and Delaware, Dr. Muller is presently an…
Read MoreLNP 297 How to Polish Your LNC Resume
You want to put your best foot forward and supply a potential client with a resume. You will need to send an LNC resume. What should you know about how to present your credentials? You have accumulated a lot of great professional expertise and experience. Your potential client asks for a copy of your resume…
Read MoreLNP 295 Wheelchairs and Their Risks: More Than a Seat on Wheels
In our previous podcast, LNP 294, Steve Henry shared his knowledge about the intricacies of wheelchairs. The chairs Steve described were specially fitted orthotic devices. As I interviewed Steve, I thought of the type of wheelchair that I was more familiar with – the kind used for transport. Intended to move patients from one place…
Read MoreLNP 294 Wheelchairs for Catastrophically Injured Patients Steve Henry
Steve Henry is talking about a subject that influences catastrophically injured people and has a direct impact on the work of life care planners and legal nurse consultants Steve has vast experience in home care, durable medical equipment, adaptive feeding, and complex rehab technology. That technology seems to be changing and improving all the time.…
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