Expertise
LNP 287 Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
I am in the process of finishing ghostwriting a book with an author whose childhood in a very rough part of Chicago exposed him to a variety of traumatic experiences. Against all odds, he escaped the environment and made a huge success of himself. Why he succeeded when so many of his classmates and family…
Read MoreLNP 286 The Impact of Childhood Domestic Violence Dr. Linda Olson
With over 30 years in private practice specializing in childhood domestic violence, abuse, and trauma, Dr. Olson has a dual masters in clinical social work and also clinical psychology from the University of Iowa. She also holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology. Her post-doctoral work has focused on…
Read MoreLNP 281 Killed by a Tree
The expert fact witness summarizes medical records of people who have suffered catastrophic injuries. I completed over 500 expert fact witness reports. Let me explain the role by telling you the story of Mr. and Mrs. Gorman. In this case, I served as an expert fact witness in a case involving an 80-foot tree that…
Read MoreLNP 280 How I Almost Lost My Leg Amberly Lago
Amberly Lago is a woman who experienced what I would describe as probably one of the most severe personal injury cases I’ve encountered. She went through an extended recovery and her story is one that gives you, as a legal nurse consultant, a perspective about what it’s like from the patient’s point of view to…
Read MoreLNP 277 Evaluating Nursing Home Falls
One of the common reasons attorneys contact legal nurse consultants is because they are handling a case involving a fall. Or as the attorneys like to call them, “fall down cases”. Falls in the nursing home may result in no or mild injury, and you are not going to hear about those cases. But the…
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