According to the Associated Press, an Arizona appellate court has ruled stating the state’s law on medical malpractice lawsuits is unconstitutional.

This ruling came in a case in which the trial judge dismissed a malpractice suit after ruling that a doctor was not qualified under the state law to serve as the plaintiff’s expert witness.

As a legal nurse consultant we are often encouraged to exhibit at events targeting attorneys such as the Bar Association meetings or the Trial Lawyers Association. Consider the average salary of a legal nurse consultant coupled with the fact that we ARE the business, exhibting can be tough.
I just spent three days in Hot Springs, AR for the Arkansas Bar Association annual conference. Besides the fact that the hotel was $165 per night, I had the expense of meals, the booth ($650), printing ($897), travel, giveaways, …

Through her almost three decades of reviewing medical records in nursing malpractice cases, Laura Mahlmeister, RN, PhD, has seen an increasing emphasis and scrutiny on charge nurses’ response to emergency events and to problems on units that jeopardize patients’ well-being.
Not all charge nurses understand they are responsible for everything on their units, says Rita Kae Restrepo, RN, BS, CPAN. “The charge nurse is being increasingly drawn in to claims of negligence if they do not respond to assist the nurse at the bedside and evaluate the quality of …

The Arkansas Chapter of the AALNC will hold our next meeting on June 17th, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. at 823 South Market, Benton, Arkansas. Those interested in legal nurse consulting are encouraged to attend. The first meeting is always free.
To learn more about this exciting field for Registered Nurses, check out the national office of AALNC. AALNC is a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to the professional enhancement and growth of Registered Nurses practicing in the specialty area of Legal Nurse Consulting and to advancing this …