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15Oct2019

14 Legal Nurse Strategies for Making a Business Meal an Attorney Relationship Builder

One of the most famous paintings in history, DaVinci’s Last Supper, is about 13 well-known people sitting around a table sharing bread and wine. From the beginning of mankind people have used food as a way of bonding. The tradition of “breaking bread” goes back to before knives were present at the table. Bread was considered essential to life and it was the ultimate act of sociality to break or share bread with another party – friend, stranger or foe.

11Oct2019

Vickie’s Favorite Quotes: Maori Proverb

There’s a Maori proverb that says “Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you.” Yesterday I met a guy, Joshua, who has multiple sclerosis and lives this proverb.

8Oct2019

It’s Time to Get Off Your Phone and On Your Legal Nurse Consulting Success

Look around. There isn’t a retail clerk, flight attendant or restaurant server that doesn’t have a phone in their hands or within arm’s reach. There’s probably also a nurse or two. I’m just as guilty and am increasingly feeling chained to this device. To top it off, I’ve added the Apple® Watch this year only to find that the pull this tiny device has over me is more powerful than I’d like to admit.

2Oct2019

Tom’s Tech Tip: 3 Certified Legal Nurse Consultant Tips for Turning on the (Microsoft Word) Tables

The easiest way to create a report for your attorney-clients is using the Tables function in Microsoft® Word. Tables take all of the guess work out of formatting and are easy to use. But they do require some patience and practice to ensure they format correctly, page breaks appear where they need to appear and header rows display as you intend.

1Oct2019

CLNC® Success Story: How I’ve Built My Legal Nurse Business with This One Unique Service to Attorneys

Nursing has always been my passion, and the law has always held my complete fascination. Legal nurse consulting allows me the freedom to indulge both, while providing a valuable and cost-effective service to attorneys.

27Sep2019

Thoughts for Success: To Be a Good Teacher You Have to First Be a Good Student

I’ve always thought of myself as a good teacher. I hope that having trained thousands of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants is proof that I’m good at what I do (Did I mention I’m modest too? LOL). To become a good teacher I had to first become a good student.

24Sep2019

Do Attorneys Hire Legal Nurse Consultants Who Don’t Have a BSN Degree?

An RN, Lori, interested in becoming a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant asked me: “Vickie, I have 15 years’ experience in Level 3 NICU, but I don’t have my BSN. Is this a problem?” If you have the same concern as Lori there’s no need to worry.

18Sep2019

Tom’s Tech Tip: Windows 7 End of Life Warning for Certified Legal Nurse Consultants

On January 14, 2020 mainstream support for Windows® 7 will end. This means that Microsoft® will consider Win 7 as End of Life (EOL) and discontinue all paid support, security updates, patches and other fixes. In other words any new vulnerabilities discovered after January 14, 2020 will not be fixed. If you’re lucky enough to be running Win 7 Professional (or an Enterprise edition) you will be able to purchase extended support – but everyone else will be out of luck.

13Sep2019

Vickie’s Favorite Quotes: Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is the time of year to make a change in your nursing career or grow your legal nurse consulting business to more success.

4Sep2019

Tom’s Tech Tip: Time for Certified Legal Nurse Consultants to Turn on Their (Windows 10) Night Light

If you’re a busy Certified Legal Nurse Consultant you’ve probably worked late into the night on more than one occasion. In fact, you probably do it as a matter of course. It’s well known that the blue light from electronic devices such as laptops, monitors and phones can suppress melatonin production, affect your sleep and even contribute to health issues. This Tech Tip gives you an excuse to stay up late and improve your health. But it’s best to wait until after dark before implementing the steps below. Plus you’ll be able to see the differences as you work through it.

Year: 2019