Head injuries or brain damage can occur anywhere - in the workplace, in an MVA, in medical malpractice, toxic torts, a domestic fall, and environmental exposures. In order to put post-injury impairment into perspective, it is important to know who the patient was prior to injury.
Among chronic pain patients, dependent upon the research study, between 50% and 90% of the patients report sleep problems, sleep deprivation, insomnia, restlessness, nightmares and other complaints. Some of this is naturally emerging due to the impact of pain upon the sleep cycle. Equally as often, the use of narcotics for pain creates poor sleep [...]
Relying upon their wives for financial survival of the family is an emasculating experience. Those men, whose income was based upon one or concurrent manual labor positions, now remain at home, attending doctor visits and going to various therapies. They saw themselves as robust fellows, using their hands in good, honest labor. They will tell [...]
Everyone here probably knows about LinkedIn, is on LinkedIn, or thinking about joining. It's very easy to do, but not everyone does it well. Here are a few tips from personal experience. To me, groups are the heart and soul of LinkedIn. Joining a group says you are interested in the topic area and gives [...]
Words reflect knowledge and experience, and how you put those words together in a sentence indicates the work product you can provide to an attorney. This is such an important issue that attorneys are constantly learning about the best way to write a brief, develop a line of questioning for depositions, or structure interrogatories to [...]
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. [...]