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Medical
Legal Quick Tips, 2nd Edition: Helpful
Hints for Legal Professionals and LNCs
Compiled by
Patricia Iyer RN MSN LNCC
244 pages
2002, Med
League
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This handy reference guide is designed
for attorneys or legal nurse consultants who handle personal injury
or medical malpractice cases. It is filled with both medical and
legal tips that will speed the interpretation of medical records
and the process of resolving a claim. Tips are broadly divided
into three categories: business, legal, and medical.
In
this second edition,
new tips have been added to all sections. A new appendix defines
over 2,300 commonly-used medical abbreviations.
You will be inspired by the business
tips in the sections identified as attitude, communication, personal
success, secrets of management and the business of being in the
legal business. The legal tips will help you obtain vital information
during discovery, effectively use expert witnesses, and prepare
clear demonstrative evidence.
The medical tips cover a variety
of essential areas, such as orthopedic, obstetrical, critical
care, neurological and other areas. Also included are tips useful
for understanding medical records and how nursing homes and hospitals
are run.
This is a book you will
want to keep on your bookshelf to refer to in your daily practice.
Table of Contents
Business
Attitude 2
Positive Attitudes 2
Adversity 2
Visionaries 2
Fear 4
Overcoming Obstacles 4
Communication 6
Personal Success 9
Cooperation 9
Politics 9
Character 10
Problems 12
Hard Work 12
Risking 12
Secrets of Management 15
Leadership 15
The Business of Being in Business 17
Become an Entrepreneur 17
Office Politics 18
Travel 23
Working with Clients 24
Legal
Defense 29
Nursing Homes 29
Nursing Defendants 29
Physician Defendants 30
Negotiating Strategies 30
Demonstrative Evidence 32
Basics 32
Medical Summaries 34
PowerPoint 36
In the Courtroom 37
Depositions 39
Nursing Homes 39
Nursing Defendants 39
Strategies 39
Discovery 41
Anesthesia 41
Critical Care 41
Discharge 42
Emergency Department 42
Head Injury 43
Incident Reports 43
Nursing Defendants 44
Nursing Homes 46
Obstetrics 47
Policies and Procedures 48
Toxic Tort Cases 48
Expert Witnesses 51
Economist 51
Life Care Planning 51
Nursing Experts 53
Physician Experts 54
Role of Experts 54
Trial Strategies 55
Vocational 56
Home Care Liability 58
Hospital/Nursing Home Administration 59
Chain of Command 59
Skills 59
Humor 61
Jury Consulting 64
Justice 65
Legal Nurse Consultants 66
Managed Care 68
Medical Errors 69
Medical Records 70
Obtaining Records 70
Organizing and Analyzing Records 71
Charting Policies 72
Tampering 74
Emergency Care 76
Obstetrics 80
Nurse Defendants 81
Neonatal Malpractice Issues .83
Physician Liability in Nursing Homes 86
Screening Medical Malpractice Cases 87
Analysis 87
Liability 88
Damages 90
Nursing Home Cases 91
The Inside Look on Malpractice Cases 92
Trial Strategies 94
Phases of the Trial 94
Courtroom Aids 95
The Jury 98
The Nurse Defendant 99
Medical Experts 100
Medical
Calculation 103
Cardiovascular 105
Critical Care 109
Diagnostic Tests 111
Fall 113
Restraints 114
Gastrointestinal 116
Medications 119
Musculoskeletal 123
Neonatal and Pediatric 125
Neonatal 125
Pediatric 128
Neurological 130
Brain 130
Tests 132
Scores and Scales 133
Signs and Symptoms 136
Obstetrical 140
Pregnancy 140
Labor 141
Delivery 143
Oncology 145
Orthopaedic 146
Skull Fractures 146
Spinal Injuries and Fractures 146
Herniated Intervertebral Disks 147
Fractures 147
Pain and Suffering 150
Pain 150
Suffering and Children 153
Recovery from Injury 155
Death 155
Pearls 157
Pearls for Physicians 157
Pearls for the New Nurse 157
Psychiatric 159
Skin 162
Bed Sores 162
Skin Trauma 162
Burns 164
Surgical 166
Trauma 168
Assessment 168
Signs and Symptoms 168
Appendix: Medical Abbreviations in Medical Records 170
Index 244
Order Form 248
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