Clinical Issues

Join legal nurse consultant and expert obstetric and neonatal nurse Katie Leon Guerrero for 90 minute webinar discussing the review of high risk pregnancy litigation.

Join legal nurse consultant Ashley Weber BSN, RN, LNCC for a webinar that will expand the LNC’s legal knowledge base regarding a variety of ancillary healthcare professional’s practice acts.

Join orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Ravi Bashyal for a clinical update on what is new and upcoming in knee and hip replacement.

Join legal nurse consultant Susan Haibeck MS, RN, CLNC for a webinar discussing the anatomy of a cancer care malpractice cases.

Join women’s health nurse practitioner and advanced forensic nurse Dr. Jennifer Johnson for a webinar discussing pediatric child abuse allegations and how science affects a case.

Join Michael E. Zychowicz, DNP, ANP, ONP, FAAN, FAANP a clinical professor who leads the Duke University orthopedic NP educational program and expert witness for a webinar sharing key information for the LNC reviewing and working with attorneys on orthopedic cases.

The webinar will cover a potpourri of various neurological emergencies including intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, elevated intracranial pressure and status epilepticus.

Kidney transplants are complex, lifesaving procedures. Join AALNC and Ruth Piece, RN as she shares her unique knowledge and experience on the transplant process. She will discuss the unique complexities of these transplants, which can impact the LNC when asked to review a case involved in litigation

Join neurologist Dr. Alex Merkler for an overview of the acute management of ischemic stroke.

Join us as Christine Foote-Lucero MSN, RN, CEN, SANE-A, SANE-P discusses this critical topic through case reviews, showing how LNCs are in a unique position to consult on these cases and better assist with litigation.

Join Dr. Emma Patterson for a discussion about bariatric surgery indications, procedures, and common and serious complications that frequently result in litigation.

Join Joe Curro, MBA, EdD, RRT, for a discussion on acute versus chronic hypercapnia and their appropriate management. The material will be presented by case review which will examine hypercapnia scenarios and varying treatment modalities.

Join us for a clinical update on vaping injuries and E-cigarette or vaping use-associated lung injury (EVALI). This clinically based webinar will discuss the history, development, and incidence of vaping and disease process of lipoid and burn injuries and how to recognize EVALI.

Providing care in the right setting is important for getting the best outcomes after brain injury. And the wrong choice can place the nurse in legal jeopardy. This course discusses choices for brain injury care and provides an opportunity to practice decision making.

Unravel the complexities of brain injury. Learn about correlating function and anatomy of the brain, assessing completeness of diagnosis and treatment, evaluating rehabilitation programs, and determining what care a brain injury survivor requires.

A Pressure Injury is not just about the injury to the skin. It is a multi-faceted issue requiring evaluation and assessment of several system areas for the total picture. Is the provider always at fault for a pressure injury? This educational webinar will provide the basic review areas and commonly

At the conclusion of the webinar, participants will understand the evidence-based guidelines and indications for performing a rectal exam, and the standards of care for assessment, diagnosis, and current treatments for diseases of the anal region using patient history, imaging findings, colonoscopy,

Ever wonder how a “never” event happens? Join AALNC and Mary Flanagan, a veteran OR nurse and independent LNC as she introduces you to retained surgical items. This educational activity will provide the basics of RSI, what to look for when reviewing these cases, and actual case studies.

At the conclusion of the webinar, participants will gain knowledge regarding trends in burn care and current treatment modalities

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will have knowledge regarding Human Trafficking with ability to recognize incidence, and with knowledge of legal implications, and be better able to assist clients litigating these cases.

This webinar will enable participants to identify important and critical pediatric patients’ histories, signs and symptoms of common pediatric diagnoses that can be missed by pediatric providers.

Participants in this activity will expand their knowledge regarding the resources used as “learned treatises” in lawsuits involving infusion therapy and vascular access, and to review the most recent editions of these documents.