Tom’s Tuesday Tech Tip: An Open Invitation to Any Certified Legal Nurse Consultant to Share Your Own Tech Tip
Forgive me if you think I’ve lost my mind, but I know that the community of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants has a diverse experience with computers, smartphones, printers and just about every level of technology. Here’s your chance to share a tech tip of your own with your CLNC® peers.
My CLNC® amigos, all you need to do is click here to open a comment box and share your own tech tip. You’ll be just like your favorite Tech Tipper, Tom (but without the cool photo), sharing things you know and know that others need to know but might not know they don’t know or even that they need to know.
Let’s have it! Time to let loose and help spread the word. Every one of you has a tech tip inside so share your own personal favorite iPhone® app, BlackBerry® shortcut, tip for extending the life of your laser printer cartridges (shake ’em) or simply your favorite software for writing reports for your legal nurse consulting business. I want to hear it and I want to hear from all of you. Even Apple® users are invited to chime in.
Remember, commenting on blogs is a great way to get your name out there on the Internet and to possibly get business from other Certified Legal Nurse Consultants. Time to shine!
6 thoughts on “Tom’s Tuesday Tech Tip: An Open Invitation to Any Certified Legal Nurse Consultant to Share Your Own Tech Tip”
My newest discovery is Word 2007 – will allow you to insert timelines and calendars among lots of over goodies. Just open Word, click new, then “process”, then timeline.
There are also templates for calendars, planners, etc.
Hi Tom, this comment block sounds like a wonderful thing to share. Each week I read the information sent out and I find everything very useful. I am always interested in learning new computer information. Since in my own life using the computer has mostly been for fun. Now that I have started my own CLNC® business each tip improves my skills in the use of the computer. Thanks!
Not really a tech tip. I am definitely NOT a computer skilled Certified Legal Nurse Consultant. Here is a potential suggestion to consider in order to get or improve your tech skills CHEAP. Recently a local technical college started a nursing program and advertised for RN volunteers to serve on their advisory board. After serving on the advisory board for 6 months, I found a “perk” offered to advisory board members. I could take one course per year from the college for FREE (non credit, of course). I signed up for the Word, Excel, Powerpoint course as fast as I could. There may be other local technical colleges out there that offer such a perk to their volunteer advisory board members in appreciation for service.
I happen to love my iPhone App Epocrates. It is a drug program that gives me all kinds of drug information, including drug interactions, side effects, warnings, contraindications, pharmacology, dosing (peds and adults), safety and monitoring information and pill pictures. Now there is even OTC drug information. This is all free. You can upgrade and get lab values, alternative meds, infectious disease info, and general disease information. I use this all the time as a reference when I am writing reports and need to look something up quickly. I also use it for my own personal use for my own meds (more and more as I get older!) and for friends and family. It is a wonderful tool. They make this app for iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile and Palm.
Hi Tom,
While this is not really a “tech tip”, it helps with my marketing and telephone correspondence. My curent smartphone is a Blackberry (until Verizon is able to provide a full feature I-phone and while I love it, I hear a lot of great things about the versatility of the I-Phone).
As soon as I send marketing materials to an attorney, I enter his/her name into my Blackberry with a specific ringtone that I use for my attorney contacts. In this way, when it rings, I can identify that it is an attorney as opposed to other social contacts. I do the same for other CLNC® contacts. Not very sophisticated, but really helpful.
I also agree with Dale Barnes re: Epocrates apps. which I use all the time for reference. It usually trumps the written drug guides.
Dear Techie Tom,
I’m an avid Blackberry Geek. I use my leFt and right convenience keys to make changing features a breeze. Go to Settings – Options – Screen/Keyboard – scroll down to the settings for the Right & Left Convenience keys. I have my left key set for messages and the Right set for application Switcher. Anytime I need to check my email, I just click the Left key and it takes me to my emails etc (I have all of my email accounts combined into one message list). If I am on the internet or working in another application and I want to go to my Home screen, or any other specific application with the click of the Right key. It makes using my Blackberry easier.
Thanks, Tom for all of the great information you send us every Tuesday!
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Get started sharing your tech tip and keep on techin’,
My newest discovery is Word 2007 – will allow you to insert timelines and calendars among lots of over goodies. Just open Word, click new, then “process”, then timeline.
There are also templates for calendars, planners, etc.
Joyce McLeod RN CLNC
McLeod Consulting Gorup
703-201-5929
http://www.mcleodconsultinggroup.com
Hi Tom, this comment block sounds like a wonderful thing to share. Each week I read the information sent out and I find everything very useful. I am always interested in learning new computer information. Since in my own life using the computer has mostly been for fun. Now that I have started my own CLNC® business each tip improves my skills in the use of the computer. Thanks!
Not really a tech tip. I am definitely NOT a computer skilled Certified Legal Nurse Consultant. Here is a potential suggestion to consider in order to get or improve your tech skills CHEAP. Recently a local technical college started a nursing program and advertised for RN volunteers to serve on their advisory board. After serving on the advisory board for 6 months, I found a “perk” offered to advisory board members. I could take one course per year from the college for FREE (non credit, of course). I signed up for the Word, Excel, Powerpoint course as fast as I could. There may be other local technical colleges out there that offer such a perk to their volunteer advisory board members in appreciation for service.
I happen to love my iPhone App Epocrates. It is a drug program that gives me all kinds of drug information, including drug interactions, side effects, warnings, contraindications, pharmacology, dosing (peds and adults), safety and monitoring information and pill pictures. Now there is even OTC drug information. This is all free. You can upgrade and get lab values, alternative meds, infectious disease info, and general disease information. I use this all the time as a reference when I am writing reports and need to look something up quickly. I also use it for my own personal use for my own meds (more and more as I get older!) and for friends and family. It is a wonderful tool. They make this app for iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile and Palm.
Hi Tom,
While this is not really a “tech tip”, it helps with my marketing and telephone correspondence. My curent smartphone is a Blackberry (until Verizon is able to provide a full feature I-phone and while I love it, I hear a lot of great things about the versatility of the I-Phone).
As soon as I send marketing materials to an attorney, I enter his/her name into my Blackberry with a specific ringtone that I use for my attorney contacts. In this way, when it rings, I can identify that it is an attorney as opposed to other social contacts. I do the same for other CLNC® contacts. Not very sophisticated, but really helpful.
I also agree with Dale Barnes re: Epocrates apps. which I use all the time for reference. It usually trumps the written drug guides.
Dear Techie Tom,
I’m an avid Blackberry Geek. I use my leFt and right convenience keys to make changing features a breeze. Go to Settings – Options – Screen/Keyboard – scroll down to the settings for the Right & Left Convenience keys. I have my left key set for messages and the Right set for application Switcher. Anytime I need to check my email, I just click the Left key and it takes me to my emails etc (I have all of my email accounts combined into one message list). If I am on the internet or working in another application and I want to go to my Home screen, or any other specific application with the click of the Right key. It makes using my Blackberry easier.
Thanks, Tom for all of the great information you send us every Tuesday!