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 […]
LNP 276 The Vulnerable Elderly in Nursing Homes Donna Denert
Donna Denert has been involved in healthcare since the age of 16. She’s a third-generation nurse and she’s worked in numerous nursing capacities, currently in long-term care for the last 17 years. She is a nurse consultant with the Middletown Connecticut Health Department and a board-certified legal nurse consultant. Donna is also interested and trained […]
LNP 275 Defending the Pressure Sore Case
In Legal Nurse Podcast 274, Heidi Cross commented on the unavoidable pressure sore. In this podcast, I go a bit deeper into the concepts of how pressure sores cases are defended. I spent 20 years testifying as a medical surgical nursing expert. Some of those cases involved pressure sores. Listen in as Pat Iyer chats […]
LNP 267 Homeless for Two Weeks
We became homeless on April 15, 2013: the day bombs exploded during the Boston Marathon. We won’t soon forget the images and stories of people affected – people who lost their limbs or lives. I was the first one in our house and immediately realized something was drastically wrong. Every surface of the house was […]
LNP 266 How to Plan for a Crisis Linda Fostek
Linda Fostek is a bestselling author, an international speaker, and an educator who focuses in on getting off the “worry-go-round.” She helps you to focus by giving resources that help you deal with and ward off potential disasters in your life. We often don’t think about what happens to family members and people whose lives […]