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Business
Principles for Legal Nurse Consultants
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Chief
Editor
Patricia
Iyer, MSN, RN, LNCC was the chief editor of this
text. She received her diploma in nursing from Muhlenberg Hospital
School of Nursing in Plainfield, NJ, and her bachelors and masters
degrees in nursing from University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Iyer’s
career as an author began in 1980 with the publication of her
first article. She has coauthored and edited many books for nurses
and attorneys, including Medical
Legal Aspects of Pain and Suffering, Nursing
Home Litigation: Investigation and Case Preparation,
Nursing Malpractice,
and Nursing Documentation:
A Nursing Process Approach. Her
nursing process text has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese,
and Japanese. Ms. Iyer served on the board of directors of AALNC
for 5 years, including one year as president. Additionally she
was the first chair of the Educational Steering Committee (for
a term of two years) and received the distinguished Lifetime
Achievement Service Award from AALNC in 2005. Ms. Iyer owns
Med League Support Services, Inc. which provides legal nurse consulting
services to plaintiff and defense attorneys handling medical and
nursing negligence claims, products liability and personal injury,
as well as criminal cases. She is a member of the Philadelphia
and New Jersey AALNC chapters.
Associate
Editors
Jan
Aken, RN, IBCLC was an associate editor for this project.
Ms. Aken received her nursing diploma from Trinity Hospital School
of Nursing, Minot, North Dakota. She attended Everett Community
College and City University, Seattle, WA. Ms. Aken has been an
Obstetrical Nurse for over 36 years working in all areas of obstetrics
and she currently works per diem in the Birth Center at a community
hospital. Ms. Aken is a board certified lactation consultant and
has retained that certification for over 12 yrs. She is published
in the Journal of Human Lactation. Currently Ms. Aken currently
writes obstetrical articles for a LNC newsletter. Ms. Aken has
been an independent legal nurse consultant for 4 years and owns
her own business, Puget Sound Legal Nurse Consultants. Ms. Aken
served as secretary for the Puget Sound Chapter AALNC and is presently
serving her second term as president of the chapter. She has been
a member and served on the AALNC Education Task Force. She is
an associate member of the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association
and Washington Defense Trial Lawyers in Washington.
Kathie
W. Condon. MSN, BSN, RN was an associate editor for this
text. She received her Associate Degree in Nursing from Mississippi
Delta Community College at Morehead, Mississippi. She continued
her education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham receiving
a BSN and MSN. Ms. Condon has been an independent legal nurse
consultant for 6 years. She is past president of the Greater Birmingham
Alabama Chapter of AALNC and is currently serving as treasurer.
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