by MKC Medical | Jan 18, 2016 | AALNC, Best Practices, Kari Williamson, Legal Nurse Consultant, Legal Nurse Consulting, LNC
By Kari Williamson, BS, RN, LNCC, CCM MKC Medical Management What a difference 18 years makes. I was a rarity way back in 1997, when I became a Legal Nurse Consultant and it was still a fairly new specialty practice. Hardly anyone knew what an LNC was, much less what...
by MKC Medical | Mar 8, 2015 | AALNC, Best Practices, Legal Nurse Consultant, Legal Nurse Consulting, LNC, Medical Conditions/Terminology Blog Series, RN
By Danny Marshall, RN, EMT-P, CLNC What is biomechanics? It is a scientific discipline which applies principles studied in mechanics to the understanding of living organisms. So, what does this mean to the LNC? As a LNC we are challenged to determine if a claimant’s...
by MKC Medical | Jan 8, 2015 | Blog, Legal Nurse Consultant, Legal Nurse Consulting, LNC, Medical Conditions/Terminology Blog Series
By Danny Marshall RN, EMT-P, CLNC A definition of a mechanism of injury: Describes a particular set of circumstances that caused a given injury. An example: The mechanism of an injury from a car crash will often be described in terms of the speed, angle, and direction...
by MKC Medical | Dec 9, 2014 | Blog, Legal Nurse Consultant, Legal Nurse Consulting, LNC, Medical Conditions/Terminology Blog Series
By Laura B. Duhamel, RN BSN, CLNC My first blog was about the role of the nurse as a teacher. The other side of that coin is the nurse as a pupil. As a nurse, my teachers include patients (and their families), colleagues, doctors, attorneys and other nurses. While a...
by MKC Medical | Nov 11, 2014 | Blog, Legal Nurse Consultant, Legal Nurse Consulting, LNC, Medical Conditions/Terminology Blog Series, Uncategorized
Continuity of care and information are critical when reviewing a medical record. Continuum of information, evaluations and treatments start with the initial injury and travel through the medical record. But what first started out as a nice straight line quickly...
by MKC Medical | Oct 2, 2014 | Blog, Legal Nurse Consultant, LNC
By Laura B. Duhamel RN BSN CLNC As a registered nurse, what do you feel is your most important role? Depending on our specialty, we are caregivers, advocates, skilled clinicians and much more. My background, for example, is in emergency nursing. In such a fast-paced,...
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