Opportunities

We have added a new page to the website that is intended to serve a two-fold purpose. First, it is intended to give ongoing recognition to the fine educators who have generously shared their time and expertise to enrich the knowledge of our Chapter Members. Second, this list will demonstrate the excellent educational opportunities that this fine chapter provides year after year. The Pittsburgh Chapter really is an excellent place to grow and learn, and the following sampling of our programming is just one small example of what the chapter has to offer.

We appreciate the generosity of those who contributed to our outstanding educational programs in 2006 and 2005

2006

January 11

Topic: The Economist's Role in Litigation

Speaker: Matthew Marlin, PhD, Professor of Economics, Duquesne University.

February 8

Topic: Nursing Home Litigation

Speaker: Linda Fowler, DrPH, RN, NHA

March 8

Topic: Round Table Discussion by a variety of our experienced LNC - Members, including a plaintiff LNC, a defense LNC, a life care planner, and an expert witness.

Speakers: Mary Janet Johnson, Lori Klingman, Jeannie Dreucci, Ann Marie Ging and Janet Colville.

April 12

Topic: Expert Communication: Avoiding Discovery Pitfalls

Speaker: Lauren Ames, JD of Davies, McFarland & Carroll, PC

May10

Topic: Falls in the Long Term Care Setting:
Regulation/Assessment/Prevention/Investigation

Speaker: Linda Coulter, RN, BSN

June 14

Joint Planning Meeting of our Board of Directors and the Past Presidents Advisory Board

Board Members only

July

Summer Break - no meeting

August 9

Educational Dinner Meeting

Speaker: Kathleen D. Pagana, author of "Bread, Butter & Beyond - Dining Etiquette"

(See her websites: www.breadbutterandbeyond.com and www.kathleenpagana.com)

Topic: Business & Dining Etiquette

September 12

Topic: Digital Trial Presentations

Speaker: R. Matt Hanak, Esquire

October 11

Topic: Ethical Issues in End of Life Care

Speaker: Marion R. Nugent, RN, BSN

November 4

Our Annual Conference: A Stroke in Time: Medical and Legal Issues in Acute Stroke Care

(5.2 CEU's)

November 8

Annual Business Meeting

December 13

Annual Holiday Party and Introduction of the New Officers and Board of Directors

2005

January 12	Topic: Retirement planning Speaker: Ward Garner from Bill Few & Associates
February 9	Topic: Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Act Speaker: Lisa Dauer, Esq. Of Dickie, McCamie & Chilcote
March 9	Topic: Legal Nurse Consulting in a Computerized World Speaker: Nursine S. Jackson, MSN, RN
April 13	Topic: Is it Tort Reform or Deform? Speaker: Attorney Joshua Geist of Goodrich & Goodrich Law Firm
August 10	Topic: Vioxx: Mechanism of Action, Causation and Case Selection Speaker: Debbie Pritts, RN, an LNC colleague from the West Virginia and Upper Ohio Valley Chapter based in Wheeling, WV. Debbie is with the Law Firm of Hill, Toriseva & Williams (http://www.htwlaw.us)
September 14	Topic: The LNC as an Effective Expert Witness Speaker: Rose Constantino, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN who developed and teaches the LNC/Forensic Nursing program at the University of Pittsburgh
October 12	Topic: SANE - Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Speaker: Bonnie Noll, a Doctoral Nursing Student at the University of Pittsburgh, who was instrumental in bringing the SANE program to Pittsburgh
November 5	Annual Conference: As the Clot Moves: The Medical and Legal Issues in a Vascular Case Study Speakers: (in alphabetical order) Cynthia Bonk, BSN, C, RN (Chairperson and Presenter) Mark R. Bower, JD Lotta Crabtree, RN, JD Anna Marie Ging, BSN, RN Nursine S. Jackson, MSN, RN Sally Flint King, RN, CLNC Lori Klingman, MSN, RN Satish Mulak, MD Therese Naimark, BSN, RN