On a broad range of matters involving serious medical-legal issues over the past five years, I have had the pleasure to consult with Alice Adams. I have worked with similar consultants, both in-house and outside this firm, and therefore have a valid basis of comparison. She provided an eleventh hour consultation in a high profile [...]
Would you like to know what it takes to be a legal nurse consultant? The average LNC will be a nurse with a minimum of five, preferably more, years of clinical experience in the hospital/OR/ICU/CCU or nurse case manager arena. This nurse is intelligent, competent, independent, confident, and willing to try something new despite misgivings. [...]
Who could question any MD’s intellectual ability to review a medical record? But physicians do not think like nurses. In hospitals, they assess medical conditions; listen to the observations of support personnel, order the care they believe is appropriate, and move on to the next patient. If all errors arose from the wrong order or a misdiagnosis, [...]
Alice is very diligent with her review of medical records and her recommendations on files. I trust her opinions and her expertise. I highly recommend Alice as a consultant. S.R., Esq., Frank Burns Law Firm, Atlanta
A nurse’s comment on last week’s blog prompted this week’s content. She asked me how an attorney could be impressed by her writing style if she had never submitted a report for his review. The reality is that others form opinions of us with the first contact that occurs, whether that is through verbal or [...]
It is true. These are legal nurse consultants, working at the limits of their physical capacity, and never complaining about aches, pains or the horrible nausea from chemotherapy. I have known some LNC ‘s for years before they told me they had cancer or Crohn’s or a debilitating orthopedic condition. I am fortunate to be [...]