November 2014 - Page 2 of 2

13Nov2014

Certified Legal Nurse Consultant Alert: FDA Warns of Dangers of Dietary Supplements

One of the largest over-the-counter (and often over-the-Internet) markets in the world is for dietary supplements. Every day, consumers turn to dietary supplements to improve their lives. Body-builders seek to increase muscle-mass, the elderly (and some spouses) seek to improve memory and cognitive function and others seek to improve digestion or battle depression with supplements such as creatine, ginkgo biloba, probiotics, St. John’s Wort and Vitamin E.

12Nov2014

How to Become a Legal Nurse Consultant: Understanding Certification

In speaking with registered nurses I’m often asked, “How can I become a legal nurse consultant?” To which I always reply, “Get certified!”

11Nov2014

Here’s One Way for Legal Nurse Consultants to Avoid Being Speechless in Front of Attorneys

In the speaking world, we have a saying that some people at a funeral would prefer to be in the coffin than stand up and deliver the eulogy. There’s something that happens to all of us when we have to get in front of people. Tom jokes with me, “Vickie, you talk incessantly. You have something to say all the time, but when I turn the video camera on, you’re speechless!” Yes, sometimes that’s really true, even about me.

10Nov2014

An Easy Way for Certified Legal Nurse Consultants to Organize Medical Records for Attorneys

There’s nothing worse than observing a testifying expert fumbling through the record, at deposition or trial, to find an entry the attorney is referencing. And there’s absolutely no excuse for a testifying expert to ever appear disorganized because of a sloppy record handed to her by an attorney. It’s in everyone’s (attorney, legal nurse consultant, experts, etc.) best interest to have one model set of records that is organized and paginated in a logical order.

7Nov2014

Vickie’s Favorite Quotes: My Dad, Sal Milazzo

Everyone loved my dad and that’s probably because he loved people so much. It was very unusual to hear him say anything negative about a person – even a person who didn’t do right by him. He would always laugh and say, “I’m a lover, not a fighter.”

6Nov2014

Go Big or Go Home for Legal Nurse Consulting Jobs

When I did the book tour for my New York Times bestseller Wicked Success Is Inside Every Woman, I spoke to so many business and networking groups (large and small) that I lost count. I signed a lot of books and ate a lot of bad meals that I don’t remember, but one memory still stands out today. I still remember vividly how many of those business groups were ineffective. Networking, is all so frequently, NOT working.

5Nov2014

Tom’s Tech Tip: Dropbox Made Easy for Certified Legal Nurse Consultants

One of the most useful websites I’ve found is Dropbox. It’s a cloud-based storage site that allows you to securely upload and download large documents. Certified Legal Nurse Consultants will find this site useful to send a report that’s too large to email to an attorney-client.

4Nov2014

The State of Ebola Hospital Preparedness 41 Days Later

It’s been 41 days since Thomas Eric Duncan presented as the first Ebola patient to be diagnosed (and misdiagnosed) on American soil. I’ve been on national TV four times to address hospital preparedness for Ebola and I am in deep gratitude to the 500 registered nurses throughout the U.S. who took your time to share what you know about the state of hospital preparedness.

3Nov2014

12-Hour Shifts Are a New Legal Nurse Consultant’s Best Friend

CLNC students sometimes express concern about getting their first legal nurse consulting job while working a full-time RN job at the hospital. My response: 12-hour shifts are your best friend, providing you use your four days off each week to grow your legal nurse consulting business.

Month: November 2014