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| Hard Work: Is it Going Out of Style? |
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| by Pamela Bertrand |
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Recently in a large metropolitan airport, I ran into a physician that I had worked closely with in the past. He was a surgeon and I was an operating room nurse. The first part of our conversation consisted of small talk and basically just “catching up”. Then this surgeon shared his take of the nursing profession with me. He expressed his dissatisfaction with the hospitals for not wanting to do more to hold on to the good nurses. His comment hit very close to home with me. It made me step back and take a look at what happened to me.
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Is being a hard working nurse
going out of style? After many years of working, I suddenly found myself
unable to continue. My first thought was “Am I loosing it?” What’s
happening? Why do I suddenly feel this way? I have been a hard working
employee for 30 years and I can honestly say I enjoyed most of it. Why am I
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I am a person who likes work and strives to do it well. About thirty years ago, employees were rewarded for good work. Now, good employees are passed over for promotions for fear that they would not be able to replace them. This is so not fair. |
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Shortly after I had dropped out of the hospital
scene, I decided to work for myself. I wanted to limit it to just being a legal
nurse consultant for medical malpractice cases because that would be within my
comfort zone. But I followed the advice of Veronica and Ryan at RN Market and
did not limit myself to medical malpractice. This advice has paid off. I applied
myself and expanded my talents to include toxic torts, defective devices, giving
expert testimony, preparing questions for upcoming depositions, preparing
creative demonstrative evidence in or out of power point, jury selection, and
sitting second seat in Trial. |
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I found it very easy to trade my scrubs in for
business attire. However, trading the clipboard in for the laptop was much
harder but not impossible. I wanted the appearance of my reports to look as
professional as my physical appearance. I did not want to put the attorney to
sleep when he reads my report and I did not want him to put the jury to sleep
when he is presenting the demonstrative evidence that I have recommended and/or
created for him. |
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Hard
Work may be out of style in the hospital setting but not in my company. Every
time I work hard and complete a case, I reward myself well and the Attorney
hires me again for his next important case. |
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ABOUT PAMELA BERTRAND |
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Pam Bertrand is the owner and founder of P. Bertrand Consulting. She is a Registered Nurse and is certified as an Advanced Legal Nurse Consultant (ALNC) and Certified Product Safety Specialist (CPSS). Pam has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing. She is highly skilled with over 22 years of clinical nursing experience. Pam currently continues to successfully practice as a medical legal consultant in Baton Rouge, LA and is one of RN MARKET's most successful nurses. |
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| Seats Left for CLNI Course in Tampa |
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Don't miss your opportunity to earn your certification as a Certified Legal Nurse Investigator (CLNI). The CLNI course is a one-of-a-kind training course that focuses on medical record tampering, fraud and negligence. Most CLNIs can do the same type of work as a Legal Nurse. However, the detailed training the CLNI obtains gives them the ability to investigate the medical record rather than just review them. Many times there is more going on in medical records than meets the eye. The CLNI has the ability to see past the obvious and detect when record tampering, fraud and negligence are present. CLNIs are not only qualified to work for attorneys, insurance companies and managed care organizations, they are also qualified to help improve hospital compliance drastically by educating facilities with enhanced skills throughout the hospital causing a decrease in medical malpractice, mistakes and tampering with records. The CLNI course offers a great opportunity to further your training in the medical-legal field. |
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A few seats are still available for the next CLNI certification course in Tampa, FL. This course is extremely exclusive and will only be offered a couple of times per year. Reserve your seat now. |
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| Tampa, FL: October 14-17, 2008 |
| Visit www.LNIInstitute.com |
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| Updated Calendar of Events Released |
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| Certified Product Safety Specialist (CPSS) Certification |
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| LNC STAT: Advanced Legal Nurse Consultant (ALNC) Certification |
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Tampa, FL:
September 22-26, 2008 |
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Tampa, FL:
November 10-14, 2008
(Back to back with November Success Internship Seminar or by itself) |
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| 2 -Day Success Internship Seminar |
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Tampa, FL:
November 17-18, 2008 (Back to back with November LNC STAT or by itself, $200 off with LNC STAT Course) |
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| Certified Legal Nurse Investigator (CLNI) Certification |
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Tampa, FL:
October 14-17, 2008 |
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| LIVE Legal Nurse Consulting Internships - 1 or More Days |
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Choose to attend as many days as you please and work real cases for an attorney. |
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| Get a $50 Gift Certificate |
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Would you like to submit an article for us to consider for publishing in RN MARKET News? Anyone can submit an article. Write about something that you feel should be addressed, something that you feel is interesting or helpful to nurses in business, or even an interesting or funny experience you have had with your business. You may want to call to make sure we like the topic before you spend time writing it. Submit the article to info@rnmarket.com. We will choose which articles get published. Become Published!
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Get a $50 Gift Certificate towards any course, marketing package, or reprint over $200 if we decide to use your article.
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Certification renewals due
Important: Several people have missed their due dates to renew their certifications. Contact us for your due date if you are unsure. You can also renew early, so you don't have to worry about the due date. If your certification has expired, you are no longer allowed to use your credentials on any marketing tools or verbally. These credentials include ALNC, CLNI, and CPSS.
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Web site renewals due
Important: Several people have missed their due dates to renew their Web sites. We try to contact you in time but are not able to reach some of you. If you have a Web site that we created, contact us for your due date if you are unsure. Renew your site at least two weeks before the due date. You can also renew early, so you don't have to worry about the due date. Statistics are also available at your request.
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Other News:
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| In Our Future Issues: |
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Your Guide to Getting Cases |
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Marketing your Business for Success |
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CLNI SPECIAL
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Get $1000 off CLNI |
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When you register for the CLNI course and the LNC STAT course, you get $1000 off of the CLNI registration price. If you have already taken either the LNC STAT course, you can still get $1000 off if you register for the CLNI course. Reserve your seat while they are still available. |
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2-DAY SUCCESS INTERNSHIP SEMINAR SPECIAL
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When you register for the LNC STAT course and the 2-Day Success Internship Seminar in November, you get $200 off of the Internship seminar registration price. Reserve your seat while they are still available. |
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