Business Principles for Legal Nurse Consultants


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Being a Legal Nurse Consultant is your calling. You love what you do. You are ready to go into practice for yourself. You have the education, the drive, and the ability - but is that really enough to succeed? Business Principles for Legal Nurse Consultants is an invaluable resource developed under the auspices of the American Association of




Legal Nurse Consulting Principles and Practices


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Legal Nurse Consulting Principles and Practices, Fourth Edition, provides foundational knowledge on the specialty nursing practice of legal nurse consulting. Legal nurse consulting is defined, and essential information about the practice is discussed (history, certification, scope and standards of practice, and ethical and liability considerations). The essentials of the law and medical records are explored. Analysis of the various types of legal cases on which legal nurse consultants work is provided, as are other practice areas for legal nurse consultants. The various roles and skills of legal nurse consultants are explored, and the textbook concludes with discussion of the ways in which legal cases are adjudicated. This volume allows nurses to bridge the gap from their clinical experience to the unfamiliar territory of the legal world, with practical advice on topics including tactics for being cross-examined in the courtroom and investigative and analytical techniques for medical records. Individual chapters by subject-matter experts focus on the full range of legal, medical, and business issues that new or experienced legal nurse consultants and nurse experts will encounter in their work. A nuanced look at the realities and complexities of toxic torts, medical malpractice cases, civil rights in correctional healthcare, ERISA and HMO litigation, and other practice areas is offered. Suitable for experienced nurses studying for certification as legal nurse consultants, and for expert witnesses, practitioners seeking to expand their current legal nurse roles, and other healthcare and legal practitioners.




Legal Nurse Consulting Principles


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Over the past generation, the practice of legal nurse consulting has grown to include areas such as life care planning, risk management, and administrative law, as well as taking on a more diversified role in both criminal and civil law and courtroom proceedings. First published in 1997, Legal Nurse Consulting, Principles and Practices provided pro




Nurse's Legal Handbook


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An authoritative guide to the legal and ethical issues faced daily by nurses, this handbook includes real-life examples and information from hundreds of court cases. It covers the full range of contemporary concerns, including computer documentation, workplace violence and harassment, needlesticks, telephone triage, pain management, prescribing, privacy, and confidentiality. An entire chapter explains step-by-step what to expect in a malpractice lawsuit.




Legal Nurse Consulting Practices


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Over the past generation, the practice of legal nurse consulting has grown to include areas such as life care planning, risk management, and administrative law, as well as taking on a more diversified role in both criminal and civil law and courtroom proceedings. First published in 1997, Legal Nurse Consulting, Principles and Practices provided pro




Lncc Exam Secrets Study Guide: Lncc Test Review for the Legal Nurse Consultant Certification Exam


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***Includes Practice Test Questions*** LNCC Exam Secrets helps you ace the Legal Nurse Consultant Certification Exam, without weeks and months of endless studying. Our comprehensive LNCC Exam Secrets study guide is written by our exam experts, who painstakingly researched every topic and concept that you need to know to ace your test. Our original research reveals specific weaknesses that you can exploit to increase your exam score more than you've ever imagined. LNCC Exam Secrets includes: The 5 Secret Keys to LNCC & CLNC test Success: Time is Your Greatest Enemy, Guessing is Not Guesswork, Practice Smarter, Not Harder, Prepare, Don't Procrastinate, Test Yourself; A comprehensive review including: Basic Discovery Tools, Focus Groups, Deposition, National Practitioner Data Bank, Federal Register, National Vaccine Injury Act, Prelitigation Panel, Toxic Tort, Collaboration, HMO Litigation, Nursing Practice, Breach of Warranty, Postwriting, Carcinogenicity, Americans with Disabilities Act, Risk Management, Trial Testimony, Case Law, Nurse's Bill of Rights, Diagnosis Related Group, ASCII, Civil Code, Antitrust Laws, Court System, Code of Federal Regulations, Appellate Jurisdiction, Artificial Nutrition, Informed Consent, Patient Privacy, CMS 1500, SOAP Format, Medical Documentation, Workers' Compensation Manager, IDLH, Class Action Suit, Medical Records, Classes for Medical Devices, Summons, Code of Ethics, Third-Party Complaints, Malpractice Claims, Quasi Contract, Good Samaritan Laws, Hearsay Evidence, Personal Injury, Loss of Consortium, and much more...




Odyssey --The Business of Consulting


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This book provides consultants with a career framework to build, grow, and transform their consulting businesses by becoming brilliant at the basics. The Odyssey process challenges current thinking and offers a methodology to help readers rise to the top of the profession by applying leading-edge techniques and methodologies.An ideal companion to t




Nurse as Educator


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Designed to teach nurses about the development, motivational, and sociocultural differences that affect teaching and learning, this text combines theoretical and pragmatic content in a balanced, complete style. --from publisher description.




Business Principles for Legal Nurse Consultants


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With the interdisciplinary challenges required of legal nurse consulting, starting a business in this field requires yet another set of tools: knowledge of running a business. In this book, successful practicing LNCs share the benefit of their rich experience in starting up and maintaining an LNC business. They discuss developing a business plan, suggestions for marketing and advertising, building a Web site, technology issues, employees and contractors, maintaining cash flow, navigating the ethical minefield, managing change, developing and strengthening relationships with attorneys, and the role as an expert witness. This authoritative guide is a must for meeting the challenges of a new business.




Ethical and Legal Issues for Doctoral Nursing Students


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Designed for ethics courses in nursing PhD and DNP programs, the book fills the need for an expanded view of required ethics content in the nursing curriculum given the increasing responsibilities and decision-making authority of advanced practice nurses. Coverage of ethical patient care, care in vulnerable populations, legal influences on ethical care, ethical businesses practices, and research ethics are discussed and analyzed by experts, with special attention to cases where ethical theory must be applied in clinical and managerial decisions. Case studies provide real-world examples and facilitate classroom discussion. Specific chapters are devoted to research, legal and business ethics. Other chapters address ethics in pediatric, mental health, and women's health practice. This text is ideally suited for nursing doctoral course students, faculty, and nurse leaders. The course text is designed for doctoral ethics courses. Case studies are provided for real-world examples and classroom discussion. It contains website URLs throughout for further information. -- Provided by publisher.