There are many different ways that you could start a relationship with the decision maker of a business or a law firm. 1. The first way you can do this is through a referral and, of course, this is the way that everybody wants to grow their business. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if our business [...]
Med League Support Services a legal nurse consulting firm, had a premium location for a table at the recent New Jersey Association for Justice annual conference. We paid $1795 for the table and another $500 to help subsidize the food for a break, and many more dollars on pens, pencils, pads, flashlights and other giveaways. [...]
A fall later in life cannot be categorized as a “normal” event solely because the adult is over age 65; there are many older adults who never experience a fall. Rather, a fall by an older adult could be discerned “abnormal” when other criterion are considered, for instance, the presence of an acute or chronic [...]
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Attorneys and legal nurse consultants share one thing in common: the need to write clearly for an audience that has a different background. Attorneys write for nonlawyers; legal nurse consultants write for lawyers. Each group has its own unique way of looking at the world. Each group has to communicate that view to others of [...]
The nurses at Med League frequently get calls from attorneys about patients who fell within a healthcare facility. The attorney is looking for a well-qualified expert to review the case. Hip fractures or head injuries are often the medical consequences of these falls. The damages are often not in question. The attorney is usually asking [...]
Quitting your day job no longer seems impossible. When asked what you do at a party, you no longer fall over your words. You actually believe, deep in your heart, that you are as valuable as your brochure claims. Your children are finally impressed. Your attorneys take one look at a case and call you [...]
There is a strong trend to computerization of medical records. This method of recording information about a patient offers many advantages. Pen and paper medical records are plagued by illegible handwriting along with non-standardized and dangerous abbreviations, which can lead to medical errors. Electronic records are legible and are programmed to use only approved terminology [...]
There is a strong trend to computerization of medical records. This method of recording information about a patient offers many advantages. Access to a medical record may be electronically limited. For example, a nursing assistant may be permitted to only enter vital signs but not review orders, laboratory results, or write nursing notes. A paper [...]
My brother was recently discharged from a nursing home. I noticed he spent long hours in a wheelchair. There are numerous chairs and devices on the market that fulfill a variety of nursing home resident needs. For example, glider or rocking chairs with vinyl-covered cushions are used with residents who like to rock and have [...]
