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The LiNC 

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Editorial Board:  Suzanne Eynon, RN; Sondra Fandray, BS, RN; Ann Marie Ging, BSN, RN; Luevonue Lincoln, PhD, RN.

The LiNC is the official publication of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants.  It is published several times yearly.  We welcome members and non-members to submit articles, announcements, advertisements and comments.
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Click here to view:  Spring 2007, Volume 15, Issue 1 -               2007 President's Message   by Mary Janet Johnson, RN, BSN, LNCC          

    JCAHO Corner

    National Conference

    Pittsburgh Chapter AALNC Governance

    AALNC Pittsburgh Chapter Position Descriptions

    Spotlight: Selena Marie Murphy, Director At Large

Click here to view:  Fall 2006, Volume 14, Issue 1 -               2006 President's Message   by Cynthia Bonk, BSN, C, RN, LNCC          

      Strategic Plan  2006-2009   

     In the News:   FREED V. GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER AND  HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION by Mary Jane M. Smith, RN, C,MA, BSN

    Spotlight: Mary Janet Johnson, President Elect                                                                                                                

Click here to view: Fall 2005, Volume 13, Issue 2 - Featuring Vioxx Litigation

  • Introduction to Drug Litigation  by Nursine S. Jackson, MSN, RN

  • 2005 President's Message   by Patty Costantini, RN, MEd, LPC, CRC, CCM, CLCP, LNCC

  • Blinded by Greed: A Plaintiff's LNC's Perspective of the Vioxx Litigation  by Debra Pritt, RN

  • Defending a Giant   by Melanie Donati, RN

  • Initial Toxic Tort Evaluation by Janabeth Fleming Taylor, RN, RNC

 

Click here to view: Spring 2005, Volume 13, Issue 1

  • Medical Errors in U.S. Hospitals: How Far Have We Not Come?  by Suzanne Edgett Collins, RN, MPH, JD, PhD

  • 2005 President's Message   by Patty Costantini, RN, MEd, LPC, CRC, CCM, CLCP, LNCC

  • Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Issues & Litigation  by Satish C. Muluk, MD

  • DRUG ALERT: Duragesic Patch   by Mary Janet Johnson, RN, BSN

Click here to view: Fall 2004, Volume 12, Issue 2 - Issues Surrounding the Use of Cytotec in the Induction of Labor

  • Misoprostol (Cytotec®): an Overview by Cydney Afriat Menihan, CNM, MSN, RDMS

  • 2004 President's Message by Linda Fowler,Dr.P.H., R.N., N.H.A.

  • Clinical Point: the ACOG Perspective On Cytotec®
    by Linda K. Turcic, MS, RN, CNM, CRNP, CLNC

  • INFORMED CONSENT AS IT RELATES TO THE USE OF MISOPROSTOL (CYTOTEC ®) FOR CERVICAL RIPENING AND INDUCTION OF LABOR:A Risk Manager’s Perspective by Jane Collins, RN, BSN, JD

  • CYTOTEC AND (LACK OF) INFORMED CONSENT: A Plaintiff’s Attorney’s Perspective by Mark R. Bower, Esq.

  • What is a “Tort,” Anyway? by Alan Meisel, Esq.  Web information about this author's professional work can be found at: http://www.law.pitt.edu/msl

   Click Here to View:  Winter 2004 - Volume 12,  Issue 1 - Featuring Breast Cancer and Issues related to Litigation:

  • Breast Cancer - Legal Issues by Bobbie Lebeda, RN, BSN

  • 2003 President's Message by Sondra Fandray, RN, BS

  • Clinical Points:  by Nursine S. Jackson, MSN, RN

    • Adjuvant Drug Therapies in Breast Cancer treatment

  • Breast Imaging: Current Challenges and Role of Breast Ultrasound by Cathy S. Tyma, MD

  • Select Internet Resources for Breast Cancer Research

  • Another Role for the LNC: Assessing a Case for Merit

    •  A Case Study: failure to detect a breast mass by Nursine S. Jackson, MSN, RN

   Click Here to View:  Spring 2003 - Volume 11,  Issue 1

  • The Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (Mcare) Act and Medical Professional Liability  by Jane Collins, RN, BSN, JD

  • President's Message by Sondra Fandray, RN, BS

  • Clinical Points:  by Mary Janet Johnson, RN, BSN

    • Heart Failure & Thiazolidinediones

    • More Drug Alerts - Serzone & Serevent

    Click Here to View:     Winter 2002 - Volume 10,  Issue 1

  • A Private Cause of Action Under Emtala  by Jane Collins, RN, BSN, JD

  • The Baycol Recall: what you need to know  by Mary Janet Johnson, RN, BSN

  • Clinical Point: Testicular Cancer  by Lori Klingman, MSN, RN

  • Cultivating Your Business  by Doreen Wise, RN, EdD

   Click Here to View:     Summer 2002 - Volume 10,  Issue 2- Featuring Issues related to Litigation of Ophthalmology Cases

  • OPHTHALMOLOGY LITIGATION by Nursine S. Jackson, MSN, RN

  • NAVIGATING OPHTHALMOLOGY RECORDS by Norman L Edelstein, MD

  • AN EYE FOR AN EYE: HOW AMERICAN JURIES EVALUATE VISION LOSS CASES by Terry C. Cavanaugh, Esq.

  • CLINICAL POINT: NATRECOR by Sophia Gardner, MSN, RN


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