Schedule

Schedule-At-A-Glance

Participants will have the opportunity to earn up to 19.75 contact hours of CNE credit and additional types of continuing education contact hours. Additional session details to be announced. 

Thursday, April 18, 2024

10:00 AM - 7:30 PM

Registration

Mock Trial
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Pre-Forum: Unlocking the Courtroom - A Mock Trial for Legal Nurse Consultants (Registration Add-on)

Speakers: Julie Dickinson MBA, BSN, RN, LNCC, CPHRM and Kathy Ferrell BS, RN, LNCC
Session Type: LNC Practice
Audience: Emerging, Competent, Expert
Many LNCs have a limited understanding of the trial preparation and process. Most LNCs do not have the opportunity to experience a trial prior to...
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12:10 PM - 12:40 PM

Sponsored Lunch

12:40 PM - 6:00 PM

Pre-Forum: Unlocking the Courtroom - A Mock Trial for Legal Nurse Consultants (Registration Add-on) Continued

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Networking Event (Registration Add-on)

Friday, April 19, 2024

7:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Registration

7:30 AM - 8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Opening Remarks & General Session: Systemic Failures - Where are we now?

Speakers: Kayur Patel MD
Session Type: Clinical Issues
Audience: Emerging, Competent, Expert
The healthcare system is not broken but it is dysfunctional. We are providing the minimum basic standard of care to patients with systemic...
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9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

General Session: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: An Introduction for the LNC

Speakers: Matthew Keris Esq
Session Type: Clinical Issues
Audience: Emerging, Competent, Expert
With spending on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare anticipated to skyrocket in the next two years, healthcare professionals...
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10:15 AM - 10:25 AM

Break

10:25 AM - 11:25 AM

General Session: Insight into Getting Retained: What a Lawyer Looks for in a Medical Consulting Expert

Speakers: Christopher Chapaneri JD
Session Type: LNC Business Skills, LNC Practice
Audience: Emerging, Competent
Attorneys are marketed to by medical consultants and expert witness firms on a near daily basis. Often experts have trouble getting their foot in...
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11:25 AM - 12:25 PM

General Session: Mesenteric Ischemia- Anticoagulate, Surgery, or Observation

Speakers: Kedar Lavingia MD, FACS, FSVS and Stephen Cohen MD, MBA
Session Type: Clinical Issues
Audience: Emerging, Competent, Expert
Mesenteric ischemia can lead to loss of small and large bowel if not identified and treated in a timely manner and LNC’s need current,...
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12:25 PM - 1:05 PM

Lunch

1:05 PM - 2:05 PM

General Session: Surviving Sepsis

Speakers: Emma Patterson MD, FACS, FRCSC, FASMBS
Session Type: Clinical Issues
Audience: Emerging, Competent, Expert
Sepsis is a leading cause of hospital deaths and litigation.  LNCs are frequently unaware of recent changes in sepsis nomenclature and...
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2:05 PM - 3:05 PM

General Session: Rehabilitation Records and the Legal Nurse Consultant

Speakers: Megan Holmgreen PT, DPT
Session Type: Clinical Issues
Audience: Competent, Expert
Legal nurse consultants have limited working knowledge of malpractice, billing, and industry standards for physical therapy and chiropractic care....
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3:05 PM - 3:15 PM

Break

3:15 PM - 3:40 PM

Awards Ceremony

3:40 PM - 4:40 PM

General Session: Behind the Scenes of the Record-breaking Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Case in Alabama

Speakers: Barbara Levin BSN, RN, ONC, CMSRN, LNCC and Kenneth Rothfield MD
Session Type: Clinical Issues
Audience: Emerging, Competent, Expert
LNCs may not have a thorough understanding of trail strategy and the LNC role preparing for and during trial. This session will help the LNC gain...
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4:40 PM - 6:00 PM

Getting Involved Roundtable & Networking Session

Saturday, April 20, 2024

7:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Registration

7:30 AM - 8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Closing Remarks & General Session: The LNC Linchpin: Show Up and Stand Out to Your Attorney Clients

Speakers: Alyssa Brandeberry RN, LNCC
Session Type: LNC Business Skills
Audience: Emerging, Competent, Expert
LNC’s may be considered “replaceable” to attorneys due to increased market saturation. New and intermediate LNC’s make up...
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9:30 AM - 9:40 AM

Break

9:40 AM - 10:40 AM

Breakout Session: What is the Vascular Surgery Medical-Legal Terrain Look Like? Review of the Most Common Legal Cases and Tips for the Nurse Reviewer

Speakers: Michael Amendola MEHP, FACS, FSVS
Session Type: Clinical Issues
Audience: Emerging, Competent, Expert
Vascular surgery is an intense practice that involves the evaluation, assessment, repair and possibly reconstruction of the arterial and venous...
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9:40 AM - 10:40 AM

Breakout Session: Never Trust a Baby…or a Teenager! Red flags the LNC Needs to Know to Increase Confidence in Pediatric Case Review

Speakers: Marsha Blount MSN APRN CNLCP LCP-C
Session Type: Clinical Issues
Audience: Emerging, Competent, Expert
LNC’s review cases for attorneys that involve children without having direct pediatric experience. This session will help LNCs better...
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10:40 AM - 10:50 AM

Break

10:50 AM - 11:50 AM

Breakout Session: The Eyedrop Homicide

Speakers: Sabrina Gast RN, MSN
Session Type: Clinical Issues
Audience: Emerging, Competent, Expert
LNCs have limited understanding of how death investigations are conducted and the importance of a multidisciplinary approach. LNCs need education...
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10:50 AM - 11:50 AM

Breakout Session: The EHR Audit Trail Enigma: Understanding the benefits and uses of these mysterious documents

Speakers: Shelly Combs BSN, RN, CEN, CADS, EMT-B, Amy Puls N, RN, APNP, FNP-BC, Pamela Hernandez MBA-HML, BSCJ, RN, TNCC, CPC
Session Type: LNC Practice
Audience: Emerging, Competent, Expert
EHR Audit Trails are slowly becoming "common practice" in the medical malpractice field but truly understanding the benefits and value...
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11:50 AM - 12:25 PM

Lunch

12:25 PM - 12:55 PM

Passport to Prizes

12:55 PM - 1:55 PM

Breakout Session: Following the Killer's Path: The Good Nurse Saga

Speakers: Pat Iyer MSN, RN, LNCC
Session Type: LNC Practice
Audience: Emerging, Competent, Expert
Serial healthcare murders continue to prey on patients and there are cases taking place each year.  LNCs may not recognize the signs that a...
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12:55 PM - 1:55 PM

Breakout Session: Mind the Gap: An Examination of the Impact of the Nursing Shortage on Malpractice and Criminalization of Human Errors

Speakers: Rhonda Sullivan DNP, PhD, MSN, MBA, CWON, LNCC, NE-BC, CSPHA, CLSSBB
Session Type: Clinical Issues, LNC Practice
Audience: Emerging, Competent
There is a direct link between the nursing shortage and medical errors, which increase the risk of medical malpractice and criminal culpability....
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1:55 PM - 2:05 PM

Break

2:05 PM - 3:05 PM

Breakout Session: Beneath the Surface: A Nurse's Deep Dive into Forensic Investigations

Speakers: D. Lee Campbell RN, CLNC, CPAN and Melinda Starkes BSN, CPAN, CLNC
Session Type: LNC Practice
Audience: Competent
There is a lack of knowledge regarding the roles of forensic nurses in personal injury case investigations and their collaborative work with...
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2:05 PM - 3:05 PM

Breakout Session: New & Emerging Roles of Advanced Practice Nursing: What the LNC needs to Know

Speakers: Arlene Wright DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP
Session Type: Clinical Issues
Audience: Competent
Due to the change in the healthcare environment, the increased demand for care has evolved and created new roles for the advanced practice nurse...
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3:05 PM - 3:15 PM

Break

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Breakout Session: Subcontracting Arrangements – Are you at risk?

Speakers: Richard Bays JD, MBA, RN, LNCC
Session Type: LNC Business Skills
Audience: Competent
LNCs are faced with subcontracting issues without definitive guidance.  This session will help LNC's develop a framework for performing...
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3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Breakout Session: A Nurse's Narrative: Bridging the Gap in Patient Safety through the Lens of Clinical Alarm Fatigue

Speakers: Yuliana Federochak MSN, FNP, APRN-C, CCRN
Session Type: Clinical Issues
Audience: Emerging
LNCs have a limited understanding of the complexities of clinical alarm fatigue.  Understanding nursing practices and workflows is essential...
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