Growing up watching the courtroom dramas of Raymond Burr’s Perry Mason, a successful television series spanning 1957-1966 helped instill in me a lifelong interest in the legal system. Set to iconic 1960’s-era the show featured a fictional LA criminal attorney and his stylish secretary, Della Street. Together, with Private Investigator Paul Drake, countless murder mysteries were solved – all within the span of 60 minutes!
Today the legal process may include the skills of the legal nurse consultant. According to the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC), these registered nurses …

As nurse consultants working in the legal field, we often have to generate reports for our clients.  My friend, Pat Iyer, is working to educate legal nurse consultants on how to sharpen their writing skills.  She held a contest recently in which contestants were to submit their best writing tip.  The top tip was from Barbara Boschert of St. Louis Missouri.  She states,  “Whenever possible, I keep specific turning points in a box because it is a way to pull them out, set them apart, …

Are you interested in legal nurse consulting?  Are you confused about what course to take?  Have you taken a course, but yet you still feel lost?  Would you like some hands on training?
My friends, Dana and Angela, have the solution.  Their company, the Legal Nurse Consulting Institute, or LNCI, is holding a case analysis workshop next month.  They will teach you to work up a case from start to finish.  You will spend the day drafting your own analysis of a medical malpractice case.
The workshop includes examining the records and …

Mark your calendar. The NNBA is celebrating its 25th anniversary on Saturday night, November 6, 2010, and you are invited to the Annual NNBA Educational Conference in Orlando, Florida. The party will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Suites Airport Hotel.  The hotel was chosen for ease in and out of the area and you can learn more about it on their website.
This NNBA conference will present business best practices that are applicable to all nurses in business. A best practice is one that has proven to work best in …