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My Most Memorable CLNC® Case: My First Case Still Inspires My Role as a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant 16 Years Later

My most Memorable CLNC® Case is the first case I consulted on. The case involved a nursing home patient who choked and expired as result of improper basic life support (BLS) by the staff. I was able to put my nursing expertise and new Certified Legal Nurse Consultant skills to work to help someone who had a poor outcome from negligent care.

Jun 2, 2020 3 Comments

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My Most Memorable CLNC® Case: This Home Health Care Case Gave Me the Kick to Market My CLNC Business

My most Memorable CLNC® case was one of the first cases I reviewed as a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant. I was hired by a plaintiff attorney on a home health agency case. I was both nervous and confident since my background is operating a Medicare Certified home health agency.

Aug 20, 2019 3 Comments

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My Most Memorable CLNC® Case: My First Attorney-Client Gave Me the Confidence to Feel Anything Is Possible

My most Memorable CLNC® case was one of my first cases. Although the case isn’t worthy of historical significance, it was the confidence builder I needed as a new Certified Legal Nurse Consultant.

Jul 23, 2019 1 Comment

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My Most Memorable CLNC® Case: Consulting on a Case Outside of My Specialty Taught Me How to Expand My CLNC Business

My most challenging and Memorable CLNC Case is that of a woman who was blinded during a blepharoplasty. The plaintiff attorney handed me four photographs and seven pieces of paper with doctor scratching.

Jul 9, 2019 No Comments

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My Most Memorable CLNC® Case: This Certified Legal Nurse Consultant’s Unwavering Opinion on a Single Case Led to the Attorney-Clients She Consults with 10 Years Later

One of my most Memorable CLNC cases came early on in my career. I had just obtained a legal nurse consultant job from a local plaintiff attorney who specialized in nursing home litigation.

Jul 31, 2018 1 Comment

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My Most Memorable CLNC® Case: Identifying a Tampering Issue Taught Me to Trust My Instincts as a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant

I was working as a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant for a year when I received what came to be one of my most memorable CLNC cases. I began reviewing the records and discovered something wasn’t matching up. The documentation was perfect. In fact, it was too perfect – yet the patient’s condition continued to deteriorate.

Dec 26, 2017 2 Comments

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My Most Memorable CLNC^® Case: My First Case Proved I Could Succeed as a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant

My most memorable case involved a 32-year-old Caucasian male with a long history of chronic abdominal pain controlled with prn Dilaudid. He was hospitalized for additional diffuse abdominal pain and passing blood.

Nov 21, 2016 4 Comments

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My Most Memorable CLNC^® Case: Ectopic Pregnancy Legal Nurse Consultant Job

My most memorable case involves a failure to timely diagnose and treat ectopic pregnancy. I obtained this legal nurse consultant job through an attorney I met at a legal conference.

Aug 29, 2016 2 Comments

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My Most Memorable CLNC^® Case: My Legal Nurse Consulting Discovery of a Patient’s Secret Ended This Case

One of my most memorable cases is a legal nurse consultant job involving alleged missed diagnosis of a glioblastoma multiformis (GBM) in an elderly patient. My CLNC role was to screen the case for merit and to submit a written report.

Aug 1, 2016 3 Comments

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My Most Memorable CLNC^® Case: I Received My Biggest Single Check ($7,500) on a Legal Nurse Consultant Job

One of my most memorable cases is a legal nurse consultant job involving a teenage male, John, who became a quadriplegic following a sports-related injury. He was admitted to the hospital for a routine revision of his suprapubic catheter and discharged home five hours after the procedure in reportedly stable condition.

Jun 28, 2016 7 Comments

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