In this podcast titled How to Boost Your Legal Nurse Consultant Career by Overcoming Writing Challenges, Pat Iyer covers five major issues that prevent would-be writers from realizing their talents. LNCs who doubt their writing abilities may procrastinate and/or get bogged down in perfectionism, both of which will negatively impact their businesses. Pat Iyer considers herself fortunate to have received encouragement both from a home environment that valued reading and writing and from teachers who recognized her abilities. Knowing that others have not had these advantages, she devotes much of ..read more

In this podcast episode, Adriana shares how the LNC can contribute to the Social Security Disability application process. One of the most confusing subjects in the U.S. government is Social Security. It’s a maze-like institution, and it can be very difficult to navigate. For this reason, many people hire lawyers to help them navigate the system. Because lawyers and patients may have their own difficulties navigating the world of medical terminology, this is an opportunity for legal nurse consultants to get involved. Most legal cases concern Social Supplement Income (SSI), which may apply to th ..read more

In this podcast, Pat Iyer joins Jim Masters, host of Close Up Radio Live on the Empowered Women show. Pat shares her experience with decades of working as a legal nurse consultant, a business owner, writer of nursing-related books, coach, and teacher. When she was considering a career, few options were open to women. Because she wanted to help people, she chose nursing. She had another dream, though, nurtured by a high school English teacher, who encouraged her to write. In 1985, she co-wrote a book about nursing with colleagues, and the publication of that book in 1986 enabled her to approach ..read more

In this podcast, How I Got Started as an LNC: Tips and Tricks, Summer Redding, a legal nurse consultant, shares her learning path towards her first case and beyond. She prepared by taking a community college course. What makes her journey unique is that she also carefully studied YouTube videos of mock trials and depositions. She paused the video when something happened that she didn’t understand and took copious notes. Summer is a passionate advocate for networking. She took the time to get to know local attorneys, building an atmosphere of trust. Often, she had to educate the attorneys about ..read more

Do you use LinkedIn as a social media resource? Would you use it—or use it more regularly—if you understood how to do so? Pat Iyer, the host of Legal Nurse Podcast, is a LinkedIn veteran, and she wants you to become one, too. In this podcast, she shares how you can write posts that get you business. As you post, think of your target audience, which in this case is primarily attorneys. What do they want to know? What are their pain points? How can you position yourself as an LNC expert without shouting, “Hire me!”? How can you balance your posts and articles between entertainment, useful inform ..read more

Travel nursing is a unique career which involves on average a 13-week assignment. Cameron Totman, a veteran in this field, shares his experiences in this show. Although a nurse generally completes an assignment and moves on, sometimes they like either the hospital or the geographical environment and wants to stay there. This can provide new opportunities for employment and growth. Because travel nurses must have at least two years’ experience in nursing, they receive brief training at the particular hospital. Cameron emphasizes that this can be very challenging. You can be floated from floor t ..read more

Nurse Charles Cullen killed hundreds of patients over a 16-year period in hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania until he was apprehended in 2003. In this show, I share with you how he was able to escape detection, move from hospital to hospital, and continue to kill unimpeded for 16 years. This is a personal story for me. I was involved as a legal nurse consultant helping one of the prosecutors. I looked at the time sheets and medical records that contained Charles' name, and I read the reports created by the people who became suspicious of Charles. Also, Charles practiced in my state, in m ..read more

In this podcast episode, The Crucial Role of Medical Evidence In Forensic Cases, Teresa Devitt-Lynch, a forensic nurse and sexual assault nurse examiner, will take you into the intricacies of murder and assault cases. She begins by explaining some of the phrases we typically hear about such cases. Intent, recklessness, and negligence characterize different levels of seriousness in a crime, and all have sublevels of severity. Teresa elaborates on why circumstantial evidence can be enough for a conviction. If it’s strong and there’s enough of it, it can lead the jury to convict. Medical evidence ..read more

Murder mystery fans, take note. Pamela Tabor, a nursing Ph.D. who specializes in forensics, will take us deep into the world of healthcare serial killers: the chilling world of their psychopathology. You’ve heard about them, the serial killers who operate in a world they know well. They have a wide range of tools at their disposal, and some of their methods are truly ingenious. Their reasons for killing are equally wide-ranging. Some want to dispose of patients who take up too much time, including those with dementia. Others literally view themselves as angels of death. They are generally soci ..read more

Murder mystery fans, this podcast is for you. If you thought that only a forensic pathologist could determine whether a death was suicide or homicide, you’ll now hear from Teresa Devitt-Lynch, a board-certified advanced forensic nurse. She begins by emphasizing the fact that all physical evidence must be carefully analyzed. In addition, it’s important to evaluate the victim’s state of mind. Were previous suicide attempts made? Did the person suffer from chronic depression? These factors help to make a determination. Other specialists may be called in, such as mechanical engineers who determine ..read more