An attorney asks you to review a case involving a 40-year-old man who fell on a sidewalk and sustained a traumatic brain injury. His CT Scan showed a small right- sided subdural hematoma. He was taken to the ICU and given supportive care including serial neurologic exams. You are asked to perform an analysis of […]
Archives for January 2018
LNP 150 Analyzing a Stroke Case: The LNC Role Jason Atienza MD
Jason Atienza is a physiatrist who talks about a stroke cases that can cause some significant damages. Jason works in the Orlando area as a rehabilitation physician. His focus is catastrophic conditions, including severe stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury and multiple trauma. Certainly, if you have worked on personal injury and some medical malpractice cases, […]
LNP 149 My Biggest Nightmare Client and What I Learned from Him
Business intuition is a lot like clinical intuition. You learned as a clinical nurse that some nurses have intuition about a patient. They might say, “Something is not right with this person. I need to get help.” There may be subtle signs of a change. Something is off. The concerned nurse mobilizes the healthcare team […]
LNP 148 How to Profit from Kindness as an LNC Jill Lublin
Jill Lublin talks about how to profit from LNC kindness. The benefits of kindness affect us as legal nurse consultants not only in the realm of interacting with our clients who are attorneys, but also the fact that lack of kindness can end up setting up a climate where people get angry with the care […]
LNP 147 When the LNC is Screening a Medical Malpractice Case for Merit
You are a legal nurse consultant who is asked to be involved in screening a medical malpractice case for merit. The medical records are in hand; someone needs to review them. Who should review them, and in what sequence, depends on numerous factors. When should the attorney screen the case and when should an LNC? […]