5. Keep informed of the latest trends in the Legal Nursing profession !
4. Stay on top of the Hot Topics and Current Issues of today !
3. Take advantage of great webinars, CEU’s and educational offerings from LNC leaders !
2. Increase your business’ exposure in the LNC world while maximizing your profit !
AND……….. #1. Meet and network with other LNCs, attorneys, nurses and others in the world of healthcare !
Read More »Are you long on stress and short on vacation time? Do you need to be re-energized? Do you enjoy seeing beautiful parts of the Caribbean? Join us for an 8 day Eastern Caribbean Cruise on the elegant Royal Caribbean Ship, Freedom of the Seas from June 14-21, 2015. Seven Reasons Why You Need a Cruise 1. You’ll be sitting on a sun drenched beach looking at the aquamarine ocean. 2. You’ll have fun, make friends, and enjoy the nightly entertainment. 3. You’ll earn up to 26 contact hours – enough to satisfy many states’ requirements for 2 years. 4. You’ll gain vital information that will have a direct impact on your practice. 5. You’ll be able to enjoy yourself knowing your children are loving the extensive children’s program. 6. You’ll learn and still have time for excursions and afternoon activities. 7. You’ll have a memorable vacation in a beautiful part of the world. The time to book is now. Nurses Pat Iyer, Barbara Levin and Sandy Higelin have teamed up to offer you 12 hours of dynamic nursing continuing education during the days the ship is at sea, and an opportunity to earn up to 14 additional hours. TLC Travel has locked in some excellent prices on staterooms for this cruise. To keep these prices the cabins must be under deposit with names attached to the cabin. That means if you are interested in this great experience, don’t wait to book! Prices are going up daily on the ship’s inventory. TLC Travel can only hold the contracted prices for a short time. Cabins not under deposit will be taken back and sold at the prevailing rate. All it takes to hold your price and cabin is a $500 deposit! It is fully refundable until the final payment is due! Don’t miss the boat! Get the details at www.patiyer.com/hb .
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This program is for attorneys, legal nurse consultants and clinicians.
Do you want to sharpen your skills in understanding liability issues of hospital acquired infection cases?
Are you a legal nurse consultant or attorney who is asked to evaluate an infection case for liability, causation and damages?
Are you a clinician interested in understanding the medical and legal implications of these infections?
Get more details at www.patiyer.com/hb
Content
Let’s look at the facts: Hospitals are increasingly being penalized for the development of hospital acquired infections (HAIs). CMS reimbursement guidelines have changed the game. HAIs have increased the liability of not only hospitals, but also physicians. Seven out of the 17 conditions on the non-reimbursable list relate to infections. We will discuss and review 3 of the events that hospitals are not reimbursed by Medicare and many of the private payors for
· Catheter-associated urinary tract infections or CAUTIs-most common HAI as reported by the Joint Commission
· Central line associated bloodstream infection or CLABSI
· C. Difficile infection
Starting in 2011, hospital data about infection rates became available to the public. Beginning in 2013, hospitals will have to report health acquired infection rates that were not present on admission. Catheter associated urinary tract infections, the most common event, as well as vascular or central line catheter-associated infection and C-difficile are all reportable events. Mortality rates and the resulting healthcare expense burden have brought national attention to this issue.
Patients and their families are actively pursuing claims against facilities for contracting hospital-acquired infections. Attorneys and legal nurse consultants need to understand how to evaluate these cases. CAUTI, CLABSI and C-difficile hospital acquired infections are important and timely healthcare safety issues that have caught the attention of both plaintiff and defense attorneys. These types of infections are an urgent issue in part due to healthcare clinician transmission, antibiotic resistance and event mortality.
Objectives
At the end of this program you will know
· How hospital acquired infection cases are treated and prevented
· Common strategies used by plaintiff attorneys to prove a hospital acquired infection case
· Common defense strategies
Presenter
As a corporate legal nurse consultant, Valerie Lane RN CLNC knows how important this issue is from the clinical, legal, and financial perspectives. Ms. Lane is managing partner of Lane & Associates, a private legal nurse consulting firm. Lane & Associates is based in Springville California, located in the Central Valley of California. She has been a registered nurse for 19 years and a legal nurse consultant since 2007. Her experience includes the operating room, PACU and corrections. She has presented on various topics and is currently a corporate legal nurse consultant for Dignity Health; a large west coast based healthcare delivery system. She is an active member of Juris Educational Resource Knowledge group.
“Valerie Lane’s C-difficile presentation was well organized and received. It was an extremely relevant topic. The presentation will be useful as a reference during case investigations.”
– Diane Luthi, RN, MSN, LNC-Legal Nurse Consultant Reno Nevada
Added Bonus
All participants will receive a hospital acquired infection CAUTI, CLABSI and C-difficile quick fact sheet. Other optional bonuses are available with the purchase of the program.
Purchase the Hospital Acquired Infections Webinar at www.patiyer.com/hb
Read More »The Medical Legal News has been featured on the list of the Top 100 Sites for Nursing and Medical Law that was recently published by OnlineFNP.com. View the complete list at: http://onlinefnp.com/nursing-law/
Read More »Legal nurse consulting is a specialty practice of nursing that encompasses a variety of medicolegal practice areas such as medical malpractice, personal injury, risk management, case management, life care planning, forensic nursing, worker’s compensation, and more. Promote your expertise and professionalism in this nursing specialty by becoming board certified. Legal Nurse Consultant Certified (LNCC®) is the only legal nursing certification accredited by the Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification, formerly known as the American Board of Nursing Specialties (ABNS) Accreditation Council.
AALNC is offering an expanded LNCC® Review Course in 2013. The course consists of a series of twelve 90-minute webinars held on the second Tuesday of every month starting on January 8, 2013 and concluding on December 10, 2013. Based on the LNCC® exam blueprint and the 3rd Edition of Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles & Practice, each webinar will cover advanced content from the different practice areas found on the exam. The course is designed to offer the Test Taking Tips and Sample Questions webinars immediately prior to the 2013 spring and fall LNCC® exam testing periods.
The webinar series is ideal for those wishing to prepare for the LNCC® exam, and the individual webinars will serve as a refresher for LNCs wishing to review a particular practice area. The course faculty has extensive content-specific experience, consists primarily of LNCCs, and includes past Presidents of AALNC and past Chairpersons of the American Legal Nurse Consultant Certification Board (ALNCCB), as well as current Board Members of AALNC.
Incorporated into this comprehensive course are additional resources designed to enhance the participant’s preparedness, including a suggested reading list, test-taking tips, and practice questions developed by the ALNCCB. This is the only LNCC® Review Course endorsed by the AALNC.
The American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants Education Committee is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Registration for the LNCC Review Course: Advanced Concepts in Legal Nurse Consulting will be opening soon! Please check back to AALNC’s Webinar Series page for more updates on this and other educational Webinar presentations.
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WordPress: It’s About Time
You may think of WordPress as something that is used by people looking to write a blog. You would be right. The truth is that WordPress is the number one tool for bloggers. It is ALSO a fantastic way that YOU can create your own website and be completely in charge of it.
Who can make the changes in your WordPress site? YOU can! That’s right! Even if you don’t have experience with websites. You do not need a web developer who is not available when you need help, or someone to write code. YOU can make changes whenever you want or need to make a change.
Also, you can CREATE a site. Who knows better what to go onto a website than YOU! There is no need for a middle man to charge you a lot of money when it won’t be right the first time. You can create it (and other sites if you want).
Some changes are so easy to make, your web person doesn’t want you to know just how simple it is because you will find out how easy it is! Here is a big secret… Setting up a website only takes a few MINUTES to create. That is right. Just minutes! And to make changes sometimes only takes SECONDS!
Join us for our WordPress course, starting next week: Tuesday night, October 9. Get details at www.patiyer.com/hb
Take the Blogging Minicourse only
Are you thinking, “But I already have a website?” Does this describe you?
Blogging is a way to demonstrate your knowledge of a subject of interest to your visitors. Once you clearly define your target market, your blog enables you to share new insights, stories, news, advice, tips and other helpful details. A blog has become a way to talk about the things that you are interested in and the services you offer. Use your blog to provide fresh content to help with your website’s search engine ranking.
Websites tend to be static, whereas a blog can be changed as often as you like. Some people blog daily; others blog 2-3 times a week or less. Search engines thrive on fresh information. A blog that contains strategically placed keywords in the blog title and body helps draw search engine attention and business.
Other people in your niche will read your blog, share your ideas, and link to your blog. This will help to spread your ideas far beyond your close circles. Your quality content will travel through the social media world and gain you more visitors. It all starts with a blog post!
Blogging Minicourse
Boost your blog and website with three power packed hours on blogging. October 23, 2012 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM Eastern
In this two hour session, you will learn:
October 25, 9:00-10:00 PM Eastern: Blogging Questions and Answers:
In this follow up session, ask your burning questions about blogging. Get individualized help for your questions.
Presenter: Patricia Iyer MSN RN LNCC maintains 3 blogs and has written over 500 blog posts in the last 3 years. She will take you by the hand to bring new life to your website. Invest in your website and your blog by attending this minicourse on blogging.
Can’t join us on these dates? Get the replay of the sessions and watch the webinars at your convenience.
Price: We would normally charge $141 for a three hour minicourse. You’ll get the 2 hours on blogging and the 1 hour question and answer session for only $79 for all three hours. Sign up at www.patiyer.com/hb
All the best,
Pat Iyer
As nurses and professional healthcare providers, we are subject to the laws and regulations established by the board of nursing and nurse practice act in the state or province in which we work.
The regulations in each state define the scope of practice for the various levels of licensed nurses. The regulations are designed to ensure the public’s safety.
Since the days of Nightingale, nursing practice has expanded dramatically. The technological exposition, explosion, greater autonomy for nurses, increased demand for cost containment, and better educated patients who have higher expectations in the quality of the healthcare services they receive, have contributed to the expansion.
Nurses now find themselves in roles that have more responsibilities, and they are being held accountable for the actions or lack of actions. As a direct result, more nurses are being named defendants in malpractice lawsuits.
This continuing education offering will provide an overview of the major concepts that are used to define nurses’ legal responsibilities, discussions of the nurse practice act, the standards of care and how they may be used as evidence during malpractice litigation.
What You Need to Know About
Patients’ Right to Freedom of Choice
A 90-Minute Lunch & Learn Audio Conference
(designed & beneficial for case managers, including discharge planners)
by
Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq.
Health Care Attorney & Consultant
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
****1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time****
Audio-Conference Description
Revised national standards of care published by the Case Management Society of America (CMSA) require case managers/discharge planners to advocate on behalf of patients and to respect their rights, including patients’ right to freedom of choice. Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoP’s) for hospitals and other sources also support this legal and ethical obligation. This teleconference will educate case managers/discharge planners about this obligation and how to meet it. What about presenting lists to patients? What if patients do not choose? What about doctors who want certain providers to render services to their patients? Practical ways to comply will be emphasized.
Objectives:
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This is how it works: Complete the attached Registration Form for your organization and return to Elizabeth Hogue. Registered locations will be sent an email confirmation on Tuesday, October 2, with dial-in information and handout materials and/or resources. On the day of the conference, simply join the call by dialing the toll-free number and giving your organization name and conference ID number. Gather your staff and listen via speakerphone to the presentation, follow along with the handouts and participate in live, interactive Q&A.
PLEASE NOTE: The registration fee of $169.00 is based on each dial-in connection; multiple call-ins from your organization will be charged. We are unable to accommodate more than one organization per call-in.
REGISTER TODAY! Save time and travel costs, and include all staff members who will benefit from this program! |
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107 Guilford Drive Summerville, SC 29483-5583 Office: (877) 871-4062 Fax: (877) 871-9739 |
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What You Need to Know About Patients’ Right to Freedom of Choice A 90-Minute Lunch & Learn Audio Conference by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. Wednesday, October 3, 2012
THREE SIMPLE WAYS TO REGISTERBE SURE TO INCLUDE ALL INFORMATION REQUESTED BELOW:
Please register by Monday, October 1, to ensure that you receive e-mailed confirmation details before the audio conference.
PAYMENT METHOD [__] Check (payable to Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq.) [__] VISA [__] MasterCard [__] American Express Cardholder’s name (print) __________________________________________________________________
107 Guilford Drive Summerville, SC 29483-5583 Office: (877) 871-4062 Fax: (877) 871-9739 |
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The Pat Iyer Group
260 Route 202-31, Suite 200
Flemington, NJ 08822
http://www.patiyer.com/
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908-788-8227
No business owner can afford to not have a website. If you are serious about reaching your target market, you need a professional appearing and easy to maintain website. WordPress is an easy to use, customizable website platform that is rapidly becoming the top choice of business owners.
WordPress is an easy to use, customizable website platform that is rapidly becoming the top choice of people who want easy to maintain websites.
Most non-WordPress websites need a webmaster to make changes. Does it make sense to pay someone $100/hour to copy and paste the wording of some text? Once your WordPress site is set up, you as the owner can maintain it without having to contact a webmaster and pay hourly fees to make simple changes.
Here is a big secret… Setting up a website only takes a few MINUTES to create. That is right. Just minutes! And to make changes sometimes only takes SECONDS!
Who can make the changes in your WordPress site? YOU can! That’s right! Even if you don’t have experience with websites. You do not need a web developer who is not available when you need help, or someone to write code. YOU can make changes whenever you want or need to make a change.
Also, you can CREATE a site. Who knows better what to go onto a website than YOU! There is no need for a middle man to charge you a lot of money when it won’t be right the first time. You can create it (and other sites if you want).
Some changes are so easy to make, your web person doesn’t want you to know just how simple it is because you will find out how easy it is!
This course is for you if you own a website in a platform other than WordPress, if you pay a webmaster to make changes for you, or if you do not have a website, and you know how to use a word processor like Microsoft Word.
In this course you will learn how to:
Format and Schedule
Learning is spread out over four 2 hour sessions with opportunities to apply what you are learning in between sessions. Our three additional hours of questions and answers will give you an opportunity to clarify points, get more individualized attention, and help you move forward. Visit www.patiyer.com/hb for a more detailed schedule.
Can’t make all the sessions? All sessions will be recorded and transcribed. Your registration fee includes the live programs, question and answer sessions, replay links of the live programs and question and answer sessions, and transcripts of each session. You will be able to go back, review, and study the steps you will follow to create and maintain a professional WordPress site.
Visit www.patiyer.com/hb for all the details. The Early Bird Special price of $277 ends Monday, September 24, 2012 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time!
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