by Elizabeth Rudolph | Aug 10, 2013 | Legal Nurse Consulting
Each Professional Legal Nurse Consultant (PLNC) has his/her own spirit. The key is defining this and conveying it in your PLNC business. Let’s break this down into two easy-to-understand parts: what it is and how to “put it out there”.
Spirit defined: Quick, name two things you value. For example, is it honesty, ambition, beauty, achievement? The
values list could go on and on. You want to live your values in everything you do in order to achieve harmony, right? So, first you must clearly identify your values. Once you “live it”, only then can you “put it out there”.
“Put it out there”, your spirit, that is: Your PLNC business is you. Your marketing materials reflect who you are, your written reports relect who you are, you emails reflect who you are. You must keep everything you do consistent in order to achieve and maintain success. For example, if beauty is one of your values, then your marketing materials must be beautiful. This might mean multi-colored images with clearly defined lines. It might mean black and white with flowing features. Regardless, if you wanto convey your value, your entire business must reflect it.
Pearls:
1. Know at least two things you value.
2. All things related to your Professional Legal Nurse Consultant business must reflect your values.
3. Only then will your true spirit shine through.
by Elizabeth Rudolph | Jul 2, 2013 | Legal Nurse Consulting
Four people recently made reference to Friday, even though it was not a Friday when two of them said it. What does this mean specifically for the Professional Legal Nurse Consultant?
Meaning of a “Friday”: Fridays are viewed as happy, healthy, fun-filled with the anticipation of the weekend approaching. That feel of excitement is the rush that keeps us vibrant and alive. For a Professional Legal Nurse Consultant (PLNC), that means your business will be thriving and exciting. Further, that you are in demand and your services will be needed in cases.
The Secret for Friday – Every Day of the Week,: The PLNC who wants to make his/her day a “Friday”, must plan for it. Yep, it is not spontaneous. The secret is, it is PLANNED. Sure, you can pepper some surprises into each day, but a planned day is a day well spent. Translation: Make a “To Do” list with at least five items you can accomplish each day. Then, set out to do each one.
To repeat, you must PLAN your day. When you wake up each morning, you should ask yourself “What is my plan for today?” Only then, can you make each day a “Friday”.
by Elizabeth Rudolph | Jun 26, 2013 | Legal Nurse Consulting
Every Professional Legal Nurse Consultant (PLNC) should attend conferences, seminars and workshops on clinical issues in nursing practice. You want to stay current, as well as ahead of the curve, in your nursing practice and your professional legal nurse consulting practice. One of the best ways to accomplish this is through education.
Consider your options for getting ahead:
1. Attend continuing education on legal topics.
2. Participate in online education on current nursing clinical issues.
3. Go to live conferences, seminars and courses on nursing care concerns that can improve your nursing skills.
Then, be sure you add these educational offerings you have attended to your resume! Not only will you have expanded your nursing knowledge, you will strengthen your Professional Legal Nurse Consultant skills. And, you should be handsomely rewarded.
by Elizabeth Rudolph | May 27, 2013 | Legal Nurse Consulting
We reflect today to think of the men and women who have given of themselves this Memorial Day. As it has been said “all gave some, some gave all”. We, as Professional Legal Nurse Consultants (PLNC) can apply this lesson in our practice. When you truly give of yourself, give a project your “all”, you can reap the benefits.
Apply these two aspects of giving:
1. The more you give, the more you receive: The act of giving provides a feeling of not only satisfaction, but of contentment. In your PLNC practice, when you know you did a thorough job of reviewing the medical records, you know you gave your client the best assistance you could provide. This is a warm, fuzzy feeling.
2. Make another life happy: Not matter what your opinion may be of the facts after reviewing the medical record, you will have enhanced the life of the other individual. Whether it is is to persevere or defend more rigorously, your opinion matters.
You matter. Your review of the medical records matters. Your opinion matters. As a Professional Legal Nurse Consultant, you affect the lives of others. Remember that as you reflect on the meaning of life.
by Elizabeth Rudolph | Apr 2, 2013 | Legal Nurse Consulting
There are nurses and then there are nurses. Same for Professional Legal Nurse Consultants. You want to be extraordinary. You want to excel to the highest possible degree in your Professional Legal Nurse Consultant (PLNC) profession.
How do you become the best PLNC possible?
1. Think outside the box. This means, you need to give the best possible Professional Legal Nurse Consultant services you can give. Provide lots of different services. For example, organize the medical record, tab documents that are particularly meaningful, cite to the pertinent entries in your report.
2. Meet or exceed the deadline. Get your report, or whatever you are supposed to complete, on time. Better yet, be early.
3. Ask how you else you can help the attorney. Maybe you can help prepare him/her for a deposition by coming up with questions that are on point. Maybe it is helping to locate a certain type of expert.
Use your beautiful skills to your advantage. Then, you will be able to soar to great heights and be handsomely rewarded for it.
by Elizabeth Rudolph | Mar 28, 2013 | Legal Nurse Consulting
True Story: When we were ten years old, my close friend Kathy and I rode our bicycles to a nursing home about six miles from our homes each Saturday for a long time. It was out of a feeling of wanting to bring happiness to others that it all started. We decided we could help entertain the residents there. Since Kathy and I both played the piano, we brought our keyboarding skills to the old upright piano in the residents’ dining hall. This evolved into helping deliver lunch trays and then feeding those who could not feed themselves.
Over the next few years, Kathy and I brought delight to the residents. It felt so good inside that I could contribute to others’ happiness. When Kathy decided to no longer participate, I continued to ride my bike there, play the piano and help feed the residents I had come to know for the genuine individuals they were.
From there, I went on to nursing school, graduate school and law school all the while working as a nurse.
Looking back, I see what a tremendous impact volunteering at the nursing home had on my life and my decision to become a nurse and an attorney. I still remember one of the bedridden residents singing a gospel song and it brings a smile to my face.
