Perfectionism is not only rewarded in your RN job, it’s expected. For healthcare administrators “good enough” isn’t good enough. Mistakes can be the difference between life and death. I’m sure even small mistakes don’t win any points with your nursing supervisor either. But do our toilets have to be so immaculate and the conversation with the attorney so manicured?
Presenting your legal nurse reports and marketing brochures in style is a must to get the attorney’s attention. I’m happy to announce that LegalNurse.com just added personalized, CLNC-themed presentation folders to the CLNC Marketing Center. All you have to do is add your business name and contact information.
Nursing was everything I wanted – and more. And more. And still more. Last year, I assumed a full management role in my hospital job. What eventually pushed me over the edge, the push I needed to launch my legal nurse consulting business, was being assigned five nursing units. I had to manage mother-baby, neonatal intensive care, medical-surgical and the pediatric center by myself. On top of all that, I had to work staff in labor and delivery. I’m a board certified ED nurse and have never in my life worked labor and delivery. The situation was a risk nightmare.
Sunday’s Academy Awards presented many concrete examples of what it means to be awesome. If you saw the movie Steve Jobs starring the awesome Oscar-nominated actors Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet you have an insightful view of the man who changed our world through awesome vision and constant, superlative execution.
To consult with attorneys as a legal nurse consultant you must first be able and willing to talk to them. Why am I stating the obvious? Because when first starting out in the legal nurse occupation, many registered nurses are terrified of talking to and approaching attorneys.
In this video Lucinda Perkins, RN, CHPN, CLNC shares that her first case as a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant was a huge case leading to repeat business from the attorney-client.
A new Certified Legal Nurse Consultant should never be intimidated or embarrassed to talk about her CLNC business. The most successful CLNC consultants are the first to say, “I tell everyone about what I do. It is not a secret or something to hide.”
I recently mentored a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant who had a case from an attorney sitting in her post office box, but didn’t know it. By the time she got around to checking the mailbox the attorney had moved on to another CLNC consultant because he hadn’t heard back from her.
In speaking with registered nurses I’m often asked, “How can I become a legal nurse consultant?” To which I always reply, “Get certified!”
I love to mentor Certified Legal Nurse Consultants, but I’m sometimes puzzled by the absurdness of the CLNC Mentoring requests that come across my desk at LegalNurse.com.
*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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