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		<title>Guest Blogger Wendy Votroubek, RN MPH presents &#8220;Divinely Led in Nursing&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Richter</dc:creator>
		
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There are days, especially when I am with students, when I feel my life has been divinely led. Tonight was on of those evenings. My clinical setting is a SNF for medically fragile children- one of a handful in the country. Kids there have trachs, g tubes, j tubes and  soon will start [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tara Spradley RN BSN presents: &#8220;Ethical Issues in ESRD&#8211;Averting Adverse Outcomes&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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As Legal Nurse Consultants we may be faced with reviewing charts where any number of these issues have occurred.  These are problems that when patients and families face them, lead to unpleasant discussions, many times very emotional outcomes, and frequently lead them to believe that someone needs to be sued because the outcome was not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Nurse experts: Are YOU prepared for cross-examination?&#8221; by guest blogger Lori Combs RN, LNC</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Richter</dc:creator>
		
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For many Legal Nurse Consultants (LNCs), the thought of testifying in a trial is extremely intimidating. No matter how much your attorney has prepared you for what might come at you from the other side; the thought of the unknown can be terrifying. Even seasoned testifying expert nurses can experience anxiety and apprehension during trial. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest blogger Pat Iyer RN presents &#8220;Controversies in Pressure Ulcer Classification Systems&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Richter</dc:creator>
		
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In December 2011, a panel of experts rocked the pressure ulcer world by attacking some of the underpinnings of the current pressure ulcer classification systems (Staging, Grading, Categories). They said that some of the language creates problems from clinical, regulatory, legal and economic perspectives. The advisory panel is proposing the new Superficial Changes &#38; Deep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest blogger Pat Iyer MSN RN presents &#8220;Tips for Improving Writing Skills&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Richter</dc:creator>
		
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Today, people are using very different writing styles, not just what you learned in school from your English teacher. Informal writing has changed. Text messaging, in particular, has caused us to think in terms of brevity of communication. But the real risk in brevity is that you are going to miss things and you will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest blogger Pat Iyer MSN RN presents &#8220;Six (more) Tips: Building a Successful Legal Nurse Consulting Practice&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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This blog is part two of a series. You can look back to the prior blog post on this topic to see part one.
Recently I taught a program at the National Nurses in Business Association on the factors that lead to a successful business. Here are some strategies you can implement to create a strong [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest blogger Tara Spradley RN BSN presents: ALARM FATIGUE&#8211;Problems &amp; Plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 14:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Richter</dc:creator>
		
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In the world of medicine we are bombarded with alarms.  Alarms are found on beds, on equipment, on doors, and every time a nurse turns around an alarm is going off.  As a whole, the more alarms go off, the less we pay attention to them.  Our sense of hearing becomes accustom to the sounds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest blogger Pat Iyer RN presents Six Tips: Building a Successful Legal Nurse Consulting Practice</title>
		<link>http://www.thejerklnc.com/blog/?p=1555</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Richter</dc:creator>
		
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Recently I taught a program at the National Nurses in Business Association on the factors that lead to a successful business. Here are some strategies you can implement to create a strong legal nurse consulting business.
1.  If at all possible, create your business launch so that you are not under pressure to make a profit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest blogger Pat Iyer MSN RN presents &#8220;Avoid guff in your marketing materials&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.thejerklnc.com/blog/?p=1546</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Richter</dc:creator>
		
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Guff is the language of the bureaucrat. It is pompous, needlessly complex, and obscures understanding. The person who writes in guff uses long sentences, filled with stiff language, and technical terms.
Here is an example of guff from a legal nurse consultant’s website:
“Screening Medical Cases For Merit - I will document the departure from the established [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest blogger Pat Iyer RN MSN presents: &#8220;Impact of Pain &amp; Suffering Hits a Juror&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Richter</dc:creator>
		
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The description of pain and suffering was enough to cause a juror to faint in a Philadelphia courtroom this month. The case involved Gary Petter, who was hit by a PATCO truck after he crossed the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. The impact threw him into a median strip and broke his leg. The defense conceded liability [...]]]></description>
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