Good news! The insurance company handling your workers’ compensation claim has just assigned a nurse case manager (NCM) to your case. The NCM is going to communicate with your medical providers about your medical needs, help arrange for services and, ultimately, facilitate your return to work. Sounds great, right? Well, don’t you believe it. Nurse Case Managers are typically registered…
Normally, the placenta that protects and nurtures an unborn child forms at the top of the uterus, well away from the cervix. In about one out of every 200 pregnancies, however, something goes wrong and the placenta attaches itself partially or completely over the cervix — putting both the baby and the mother at risk. A C-section is the only…
Drivers on the Thomas Edison Memorial Bridge in Sandusky were witness to a horrific scene as high winds recently toppled a semitruck right before their eyes. On February 24, the winds sweeping across much of the state exceeded 60 miles per hour. This made the bridge spanning Sandusky Bay particularly treacherous. While the Michigan semitruck driver trying to pass over…
The purpose of the workers’ compensation program is to provide financial assistance for the medical treatments you need as a result of your injury, as well as for daily expenses while you are out of work. Any type of injury you receive or disease you develop qualifies as long as it happened while doing your job and you were not intentionally…
The Ohio Attorney General’s office referred to a recent case of nursing home neglect as “gut-wrenching.” Indeed, it seems that the case shocked the consciousness of virtually everyone in authority — which is remarkable given the way that many cases of nursing home neglect are overlooked. A Franklin County grand jury has indicted seven defendants — six nurses and a…
Perhaps you own a pickup, van or SUV. Although any kind of vehicle can flip given the right circumstances, taller, narrower vehicles are more susceptible to rollovers. A television news anchor found out just how frightening a rollover can be when he and his family were heading home from a vacation in snowy Montana. Early in 2019, the host of…
When a doctor misses a breast cancer diagnosis, it can prove fatal. Early detection and treatment, as with other types of cancer, is the key. Missing cancer in the early stages massively complicates the process and delays that treatment. Unfortunately, it happens more often than you may expect, and with a variety of different tests. For instance, one study looked…
Nursing is one of the most critical jobs. It is a career spent helping others through their worst days. Specific hazards exist for those who choose the nursing route, and some of those hazards are physically damaging. Incidents of injuries in the nursing field continue to rise, even with changes and recommendations for prevention. Some injuries happen more than others. What can…
Posting an image on social media for a laugh is fine — as long as you aren’t dehumanizing and degrading someone else in the process. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what’s happened to a number of nursing home residents. For every incident that’s been reported, experts fear that there could be more that are yet to be uncovered. In 2015, the investigative…