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 | Sep 2, 2014 | Blog, Legal Nurse Consultant, LNC, Medical Conditions/Terminology Blog Series
By Debra West, RN, BSN, BSN, CCM A close, knowledgeable analysis of what is written in the medical records can provide critical information when determining whether an injury is acute. This can be a challenge to a non-medical observer, since medical terminology is...
by MKC Medical | May 25, 2014 | Blog, Legal Nurse Consultant, LNC, Medical Conditions/Terminology Blog Series, Uncategorized
by Neely L. Cotten, MSN, ACNP-BC While I was watching the nightly news a few evenings back, I cringed. I watched as the manicured anchorwoman talked in depth of “two-type diabetes.” As a healthcare provider, her misuse of medical terminology sounded like fingernails...
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