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10Oct2013

My Most Memorable CLNC® Case: My Compassion Helped Settle the Case for $2.5 Million Dollars

My most memorable case involved a 21-year-old Portuguese speaking woman who was about to have her second child. During the C-section closure, the patient sustained an injury to her bladder which resulted in the development of a vesicouterine fistula and vesicovaginal fistula. She suffered for five days without being able to communicate her needs, pain or fear to the medical staff. She was eventually transferred to a tertiary care hospital but had to undergo a hysterectomy to repair the injury to her bladder. The failure to recognize the injury lasted five days.

9Oct2013

Who Are You Really?

I’m wired for action, and I want you, as a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant, to be wired for action too. But before you take action, you have to understand that action is most relevant and will serve you best when you know yourself.

8Oct2013

Tom’s Tuesday Tech Tip: Best iPad Keyboard Ever – Maybe!

I love my iPad^® and I’m sure that any Certified Legal Nurse Consultant with an iPad feels the same way. I’ve really taken to it, whether I’m proofing the CLNC^® Online Certification Program, watching movies or reading books. It’s simple, easy to use and accompanies me anywhere I need a large format screen but not a computer or iPhone^® (think Rome, Kigali or Chengdu). What I do not love about my iPad is typing on the onscreen keyboard.

7Oct2013

6 Strategies for Fixing the Broken Healthcare System

“The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care” is an intriguing and thought-provoking article published in the October issue of Harvard Business Review

4Oct2013

This Isn’t It! What CLNC® Consultants Can Learn from the Michael Jackson Trial

A defense verdict was rendered after three days of deliberation in the 5-month-long trial of Michael Jackson’s survivors versus his promoters.

3Oct2013

What the Great Dancers Know – And You Should Too!

I love dance of all kinds and have seen some of the greats – Baryshnikov, Nureyev, Alonso, Godunov. Their technique was flawless, but it’s not technique that made them great. It was the fire inside.

2Oct2013

3 Steps to Get the Attorney’s Attention Every Time

Have you ever wondered how some people can speak brilliantly on a topic right off the cuff? You’re riveted by their every word. Professional speakers, especially, have the ability to make extemporaneous statements sound like polished presentations.

1Oct2013

Tom’s Tuesday Tech Tip: Don’t Repeat My Near Catastrophe

Every Certified Legal Nurse Consultant knows a laptop is not really a laptop. But sometimes a laptop isn’t even a laptop, it’s just a boat anchor. My new super-spiffy, NSA-grade, Cray UltraPricy came with two built-in hard drives. An SSD (solid state drive) and a regular spindle hard drive. The installation guru imaged Windows^® 7 from the spindle drive and put that image on the SSD drive and left the spindle drive alone. He then built the new computer (software-wise) on the SSD drive.

30Sep2013

Whether You’re 4 or 40, Every Day Should Be Independence Day!

I have a 4 ½-year-old great-niece Reese. She’s really a great niece and has boundless energy. She also has a fierce, very strong independent streak. As long as we’ve played together, if I try to help her with something she’ll firmly tell me, “No Vickie. I’ll do it.”

27Sep2013

Where Is the Most Dangerous Place to Call Attorneys?

Yesterday I overheard a young woman breaking up with her boyfriend while on the toilet. I felt like I was invading her privacy, even though she’s the one who chose to bring this conversation to a semi-public forum. I was happy that it wasn’t anyone from my office and I didn’t want to hear more of the exact details so I washed my hands and got back to work.

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