Vickie Milazzo
Vickie Milazzo, RN, MSN, JD is the founder and president of Vickie Milazzo Institute, a legal nurse consultant training and certification company. Vickie is credited by The New York Times with pioneering the legal nurse consulting profession in 1982.
The Institute also provides a directory that will assist an attorney in a finding a qualified expert medical witness for their case.
She is also the author of the Amazon.com and Wall Street Journal Best Seller, Inside Every Woman: Using the 10 Strengths You Didn't Know You Had to Get the Career and Life You Want Now, now in its fifth printing and being published in five additional languages.
Vickie also founded the NACLNC the largest national organization of legal nurse consultants.
Check out Vickie's video on legal nurse consultant training on YouTube.
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Articles by Vickie Milazzo
November 26, 2008
How many of us have let comparison to others rob us of our inner joy? When you find yourself "comparison stopping" step back. Take a minute. We all have something to be joyful about. Look around you.
November 19, 2008
To reach the top, personally and professionally, you must act like the people who are already at the top. Top CEOs like Oprah Winfrey and Donald Trump, no matter how different their approaches, have one key quality in common: they are enterprising. Enterprising CEOs manage life from the driver´s seat. They choose their destination, make their own road rules and cash the big checks.
October 30, 2008
Are you really focused and concentrating or are you sleep-walking through events?
September 17, 2008
As a poker game heats up, winning players keep stacking up their chips until they think they have a really good hand. Promise today to similarly play big in your business when those big hands do come your way. Go all in every day, every hour, every minute, every second, and I promise you will achieve sensational success.
July 10, 2008
When faced with a challenging event, you want to be able to quickly tap into your inner strength. Here are 9 strategies for creating personal power for unlimited success.
June 10, 2008
Most successful business women are so busy that just walking through the gym door is an accomplishment. If you're going to make the effort count, then it's time to harness 10 strengths that will relieve boredom in your workout routine and recharge your passion for sweat and spandex.
May 19, 2008
How much more could you accomplish if, instead of stuffing envelopes or surfing the Web, you were brainstorming ideas for your exhibit display, revamping your information newsletter or making follow-up calls to potential clients? Put your time and expertise where the money is and hire small where the money isn't to kick your business into the fast lane.
December 12, 2007
Our beliefs have the power to limit us or to inspire us. “Belief” is the mental acceptance that something is true even though absolute certainty may be absent. A limiting belief will keep you from stepping out and going for it. An inspiring belief will push you to go all out – to put your heart and ...
August 13, 2007
The TragedyLate one Friday afternoon Susan, RN, BSN, CLNC received a call from an insurance defense attorney asking her to review a plaintiff's medical records. On Monday morning, with the deposition just 24 hours away, the attorney sent Susan four volumes of medical records documenting ten years of...
September 23, 2006
We all understand the significance of agility to grow a successful business. But how agile are we really and how can agility in our personal life help us grow in our business life?
A near-drowning experience when I was a child left me wary of swimming and totally unwilling to go deeper than snork...
September 23, 2006
As we Americans mourn the anniversary of 9/11 and the 2,973 people who were murdered on that day 5 years ago, an even more insidious homeland terror is scourging our nation. Every year in this country, more than 98,000* people die from an attack taking place in our local hospitals. This senseless te...
September 23, 2006
Does tort reform limit opportunities for legal nurse consultants? Absolutely not. As the pioneer in the field of legal nurse consulting, I have watched this profession grow and flourish during the last 21 years. Throughout that time many states have implemented some kind of reform, mostly involving ...
August 21, 2006
"This one thing I do." – Philippians 3:13
How does a busy and successful business owner cope with the mounting demands and pressures of being an entrepreneur? The biblical strategy above makes all the difference for me.
Don't get me wrong. I'm great at multi-tasking when necessary, and I don't...
August 21, 2006
Anyone who knows me knows I do not like to sit still for long. When working at my desk, I take frequent breaks to get up and stretch. This improves my stamina and helps me keep my focus. Not to say that I can't relax – I can sit on a beach for hours. But put me in a long meeting or on a long airplan...
August 02, 2006
How does a busy professional like yourself cope with the mounting demands and pressures of career and everyday life and still achieve success? Whether you are a beginner just starting your career or a tenured executive with many years of success, the key to achieving BIG is breaking the "feel-good" ...
July 20, 2006
I was recently stuck on a curb in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (everyone there still calls it Saigon). My objective, a restaurant where my husband and my lunch awaited me, stood on the opposite side of the street. I could see the food, smell it and, if you know me, you'll realize I had built up quite a...
July 20, 2006
On a trip to Africa I went hiking with my friend, Colin, on his ranch in Kenya. The trail varied between rock and brush. Colin's dog, Uzuri, came with us, sometimes running ahead of us, sometimes following behind, but almost never on the trail. Well into the hike we encountered a section of trail in...
July 20, 2006
On a trip to England my husband, Tom, and I visited Stratford-on-Avon, looking for the home of William Shakespeare. The historic center of town is small and easy to navigate. However, we couldn't find anything that even resembled Shakespeare's homestead. Resting against a wall, we opened our water b...
July 20, 2006
People often ask me how I managed to get a major newspaper like The New York Times to write my story. My response is, "Nineteen years of growing a successful business." You have to lay the groundwork before you can expect national media attention. The heavy hitters won't call you until your name is ...
July 20, 2006
What Is a Legal Nurse Consultant?A legal nurse consultant is a registered nurse who uses existing expertise as a healthcare professional plus specialized training to consult on medical-related cases at fees of $100-$150/hour. Few attorneys know how to read medical records or understand the terminolo...
July 14, 2006
Urban legend has it that she-devils are the only ones that get the corner office. As the CEO and owner of a multi-million dollar legal nurse consultant training and certification business I can tell you first hand that growing horns has very little to do with success in the real world. Maybe the my...
May 27, 2006
On my recent trip to Cambodia I was blessed to spend three days exploring the ruins collectively known as Angkor Wat. We experienced sunrise and sunset, as well as the noonday heat, in this magnificent complex of temples, many built more than 900 years ago.Relics of Past SplendorThese shrines were c...
May 26, 2006
As the hurricane season looms and I think about the tragedy and devastation of the 2005 hurricane season, I can?t help but realize how much we take for granted.
It?s easy to appreciate life when things are going great. And as the distance of time separates me from the last hurricane season, I ...
May 19, 2006
HOUSTON – May 16, 2006 – A new breakthrough seminar based on the bestselling book, Inside Every Woman: Using the 10 Strengths You Didn’t Know You Had to Get the Career and Life You Want Now, is coming to Houston for one night only, Monday, June 5, from 6:00-9:00pm.
Presented by international autho...
May 16, 2006
The reality today is that even as women are building incredible careers they’re still battling the stereotypical roles of traditional wife and mother. When you walk in the door after a long day of work, do you grab the remote while your husband makes dinner, watches the kids or cleans the house? No,...
November 30, 1999
A couple of years ago, Baltimore's Center for Nursing Advocacy started a letter-writing campaign against NBC and the producers of ER. This group was protesting the episode where a central character, nurse Abby Lockhart (actress Maura Tierney), chucked her nursing career to go to medical school. The ...