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347 Should You Lower Your Fees?
It’s happened to every legal nurse consultant at one time or another—probably more than once. You quote your hourly rates, only to have your potential client respond with, “That sounds great, but I can’t afford it. You charge THAT much? Can you lower your rates for me?” An attorney approaches you to review a case…
Read More346 Hot Tips for Watching Your Money Sue Thompson
Sue Thompson is a whiz when it comes to looking at some of the money issues associated with running a small business. She’s a bestselling author. She’s a regular magazine contributor with a monthly financial column, and she has worked in international finance for over three decades. Sue speaks on business and finance for multiple…
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…
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