FIRST Annual J.E.R.K. LNC Conference
Friday, October 1, 2010
Now at a more convenient location!
Embassy Suites Raleigh - Crabtree
4700 Creedmoor Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27612
(919) 881-0000
Registration deadline is September 10, 2010. Seating is limited.
Join the J.E.R.K. listserv by September 10, 2010 for a one-time exclusive savings!
$100.00 for new J.E.R.K. nurses who join the listserv between August 1 and September 10, 2010
$125.00 for regular J.E.R.K. members
$150.00 for non-J.E.R.K. registered nurses
You may pay for the conference by visiting http://www.thejerklnc.com.
Click the Donate button on the right side of the page to use Paypal or credit card.
For more information, email Paula Bell at Paula@Bellmedicalrecords.com or Claire Hull at rntolaw@nc.rr.com
Preliminary Schedule
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m Breakfast Provided
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m Paula Bell, RN, Master of Ceremony
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Pat Iyer, RN, MSN, LNCC
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m. Lee Houston, RN, BSN, LNC
12:00 a.m – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Provided
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lisa Mayhew, MS
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Valerie Lane, RN
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Debra Flowers, MSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Patricia Bemis, RN
5:00 p.m. - Networking, Door prizes, and Beverages
Our Speakers
Pat Iyer, MSN RN LNCC is a legal nurse consultant with 22 years of experience assisting attorneys with medical malpractice and personal injury cases. She has served as president of the AALNC and is the chief editor of Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practice and Business Principles for Legal Nurse Consultants. Mrs. Iyer is the only legal nurse consultant in the country who has been honored by AALNC two years in a row. She was given AALNC’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005 and Volunteer of the Year Award in 2006. Mrs. Iyer is a certified legal nurse consultant, having earned certification from AALNC. The LNCC credential is the only legal nurse consulting certification that meets the standards of other nursing certifications and the American Board of Nursing Specialties (ABNS) and is open only to legal nurse consultants who are experienced. No other medical legal consultant has written as much as Mrs. Iyer. A prolific author, Pat Iyer has written or edited 22 books, and authored 43 book chapters, in addition to writing numerous articles.
Paula Bell, RN is a legal nurse consultant with 15 years of clinical experience. She is a specialist in the complex arena of state and insurance charting documentation and regulation for hospitals and long term care facilities. Ms. Bell is adept at interpreting and transcribing physician orders and lab results and determining the accuracy of medication adjustments. She is also an expert in wound care prevention, treatment and expected outcomes, and evaluating the course of orthopedic physical therapy progression. Ms. Bell is also experienced in the area of home care and the proper provision of outpatient wound care, home I.V. medication administration, hospice and respite care for all age groups. She comes to us from Pennsylvania, is a founding member and forum administrator for the J.E.R.K., determining policies and procedures for that group and establishing guidelines for membership.
Lee Houston, RN, BSN, LNC is a graduate of Itawamba Community College in Fulton, MS; Regis University in Denver, CO; Davidson County Community College in Lexington, NC; and graduate of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Law Enforcement Training Academy in Jackson, MS. Mr. Houston followed a career in emergency medicine, critical care and law enforcement at world class facilities (Duke University Health System, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics), which lead to his founding of Emergency Legal Nurse Consulting, LLC. He is experienced in research, clarity in writing, meticulous detail, and organization. Mr. Houston is a member of many associations, including the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC), the Heart of Carolina chapter of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), and the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators (AMLS). He has earned certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Basic Life Support, Advanced Medical Life Support, Trauma Nurse Core Course, is a North Carolina Interventions Instructor for the North Carolina Department of Mental Health, and is also a Notary Public.
Valerie Lane, RN Corrections, provides nursing supervision for 25-30 Registered Nurses, Licensed Vocational Nurses and Certified Nurse’s Aides, for an institution of 6,000 inmates weekly. Ms. Lane is responsible for providing the Correctional Treatment Center and Temporary Treatment Area with leadership, policy and procedure direction and offers her skills to the staff by giving direction, education, and administration of policy and procedure. She works with the implementation and management of quality improvement programs to guarantee that care is supplied according to state regulations and standards of care. Ms. Lane also provides employee evaluation, along with counseling and discipline as required.
Lisa Mayhew, MS, graces us from Chapel Hill, North Carolina as a Child Death Scene Investigator and Trainer for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. She is also an Adjunct Instructor at the North Carolina Justice Academy in Salemburg, NC. Ms. Mayhew has earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Child Development and has worked as a child development specialist in North Carolina since 1992. She has offered direct therapy services to children, and has also provided consultation and training in North Carolina and across the United States. She specializes in the age 0-3 population and works with children with special needs and interdisciplinary collaboration. She has served as the Child Death Investigator and Trainer for the Office of Chief Medical Examiners since 2000 and has conducted investigations of child deaths statewide while also providing assistance in investigations to local and state agencies. Ms. Mayhew also oversees the Child Death Investigation Training Program in conjunction with the North Carolina Justice Academy to agencies involved in child fatality investigations statewide.
Deborah Flowers, MSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P Adult Health, Children’s Health,works as a Program/Coordinator/Nurse Consultant for the Child Medical Evaluation Program that is based in the Department of Pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine. She is certified in emergency nursing and as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner for both adults and adolescents. Deborah Flowers offers a multitude of services in the Child Medical Evaluation Program based in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, including program coordinator and nurse consultant. She is certified in emergency nursing, and is also a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner for both adults and adolescents. She is currently enrolled in the UNC-CH School of Nursing’s post master’s pediatric nurse practitioner certificate program.
Patricia Ann Bemis, RN CEN, is the president of the National Nurses in Business Association. She has held the position since 1999. She received the Great 100 Nurses award presented by the Florida Nurses Association in 2009 in the entrepreneur category. She is the author of the following books and columns: Self-Employed RN: Choices, Business Aspects, and Marketing strategies; Nurse Entrepreneurs:Tales of Nurses in Business; Emergency Nursing Bible (a peer-reviewed textbook); a regular column for RN Magazine on nurse entrepreneurship and one for The Medical-Legal News. Ms. Bemis developed the following courses: RN Self-Employment 101; Emergency Nursing Review: ACE the CEN and Legal Nurse Consulting: the Business Side.
