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From The President’s Desk… Fall/Winter 2024
Rapid Response Teams: The Case of Failure to RescuebyChristine Dorman, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, CCRN Vantage Point Legal Nurse Consulting, LLC (Sources for this article are included in the Sidebar.) IntroductionThe development of cardiac arrest (code blue) teams has been...
From The President’s Desk… Spring/Summer 2024
The ABCs of Trauma...From the ED Nurse Perspective by Amanda Freeman, RN Imagine you are the nurse working in the emergency department, and the call comes in from EMS over the radio. You hear them say, "This is County Rescue 99. We have a 20-year-old female involved...
From The President’s Desk… Winter 2024
Kennedy Terminal Ulcer - Skin Failureby Lydia A. Meyers, RN, MSN, CWCN The Kennedy terminal ulcer (KTU) (skin failure) is an unavoidable pressure injury and is not looked at lightly. The term "Kennedy terminal ulcer" was first used in 1989, and was coined for Karen...
From The President’s Desk…Fall 2023
Who's at the Head of the Bed?byMichelle Gaines, MNA, RN, CRNA You are scheduled for surgery. Someone from the anesthesia department calls you and reviews your history and answers your questions. The day of surgery you are greeted at the bedside by a professional...
From The President’s Desk…Summer 2023
Hospital Discharge: Home versus Skilled Nursing Facility by Tory Palivoda, BS, RN, LNCC Since the introduction of the prospective payment system (PPS), hospitals have had a financial incentive to discharge patients quickly because Medicare, for the most part, pays a...
From The President’s Desk…Spring 2023
SEPSIS: A Frequent Culprit in Medical Malpractice by Kenyetta Christmas, MSN, RN, ACNP-BC, CLNC Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by the dysregulated host response (uncontrolled, unbalanced pro-and anti-inflammatory state) to infection. These...
From The President’s Desk…Fall/Winter 2022
THE DANGERS OF MISSED ECTOPIC PREGNANCY by Mary Smallwood, RN Bleeding from an ectopic pregnancy (EP) causes 10% of all pregnancy-related deaths and is the leading cause of maternal death in the first trimester. It also carries a high risk of future health...
From The President’s Desk…March 2022
THE BIGGEST LEGAL NURSE CONSULTING EVENT OF THE YEAR IS COMING TO ORLANDO! That's right! The American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC) Annual Forum is LIVE again this year, and is coming to the beautiful Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate, Orlando,...
Fall 2021 From The President’s Desk
The Effects of Alcohol on Wound Healing Healthcare providers have always been under pressure to ensure a good outcome for their patients. However, while they can control the care they give, providers can never guarantee the positive results of a patient's treatment....
Summer 2021 From The President’s Desk
Medication Errors and Patients’ Rights of Medication Administration - Implications for Medical Experts It is estimated that medication errors are among the top three medical malpractice allegations in the United States. Up to half of these may have been preventable...
Winter 2021 From The President’s Desk
Not Just Stress: Recognizing the Signs of Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease In the summer of 2018, the family of a distinguished New York judge in her early 50's began to worry about her health. She complained of feeling exhausted and frequently forgot conversations...
Fall 2020 From The President’s Desk
What strange and stressful times these have been! As legal nurses many of us are no longer at the bedside, but we can still imagine what our colleagues in the trenches are enduring. I recently read an article written by Lisa Mancuso, BSN, RN, PCCN, CCRN, CLCP, LNCC,...
Summer 2020 From the President’s Desk
Cruise Ship Cases: Think Outside the Box I recently had the opportunity to talk to an expert who dealt exclusively in cruise ship injuries, causing me to ponder personal injury, and medical malpractice cases outside the “norm.” Although most cruise travel has been...
Winter 2020 From the President’s Desk
BURN INJURIES: Pitfalls to Recognize In researching a recent burn injury case, I came across some information that might interest some of you and be useful in your own cases. Burn injuries can be devastating and are one of the leading causes of accidental death and...
Fall 2019 From the President’s Desk
Mass Tort Litigation and the LNC Mass tort lawsuits involve a group of people who share the same grievance, but are represented by attorneys as separate cases, conducted together. The claims are structured and have varying degrees of compensation, based on the level...
Summer 2019 From the President’s Desk
A New Form of HACKING: Medical technology has come a long way in recent years, with advent of devices meant to improve patient safety and facilitate provision of care by health workers. New types of intravenous pumps deliver fluids and medications with built in...
Winter 2019 From the President’s Desk
Telemedicine: Are You Ready? We live in a digital age and what we have always seen and done in healthcare is changing with that. Are we as legal nurses ready to evaluate the changes that will accompany the advancement of telemedicine? It has been estimated that 80%...