Texting and driving is never a good idea. In fact, it’s becoming illegal in more and more states. It’s illegal where I live and, that being Texas, is probably a capital offense (and if it isn’t, it should be).
Savvy CLNC® consultants have realized that smartphones are their mobile office and use them not just to talk with their attorney-clients, but also to keep up with their appointments, contacts and important email. No more waiting until you get to your computer to check your email or respond to an attorney-client.
Like most Certified Legal Nurse Consultants, I’ve recycled more than a few older phones – flip phones, handsets and various models of the Blackberry®. I’ve always been a little uncomfortable wondering where exactly the final resting place for those phones is and if they’ve been properly broken down or just ended up in a landfill.
The Fourth of July has passed along with the fireworks, the beer, the barbeque and quite possibly your cell phone, depending upon how hard you partied last night while celebrating the birth of our nation. There’s no faster way to lose a cell phone than to be in some unfamiliar place (or physical state) and put your phone down for just a second. You lay it on the picnic table, tilt the box to get that last bit of white zin and next thing you know you’ve walked away, leaving Steve Jobs’ finest accomplishment behind.
Some time ago I blogged about privacy concerns for legal nurse consultants and using a frameless privacy filter on your CLNC® business’s laptop screen. A privacy filter keeps people (like your spouse or some other nefarious villian) from looking over your shoulder while you’re working (or not) and seeing what you’re working on (or not). I spend a lot of time on airplanes and am amazed at the things I see on people’s computer screens, things that make me blush!
I’ve been working with and around Certified Legal Nurse Consultants for a long time and one of the things I’ve learned is that nurses are generally germ-o-phobics. Vickie tells me nurses don’t sit on toilets – they squat. I’ve seen nurses walk out of restrooms with their hands mummy-wrapped in paper towels so that they don’t have to touch the door handle. All CLNC consultants know that there are a lot of scary germs out there and they do their best to avoid the obvious ones.
Last week I talked about what to do when you or someone not close to you anymore, spills a drink onto your laptop. This week I’ll discuss something that’s even more common – a wet cell phone. This is a must read for any cellphone user – wet or dry.
*The opinions and statements made by Vickie Milazzo, the founder of Medical-Legal Consulting Institute, Inc. are based on her experiences and expertise, should not be applied beyond the specific context provided, and do not guaranty or project actual results. Vickie Milazzo is no longer involved in the operations or management of the business, but is involved as an independent education consultant.
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