From hospitals and clinics to residential nursing facilities, the roughly 3 million registered nurses in the U.S. play a vital role in providing care to individuals from all backgrounds. Unfortunately, RNs also have one of the highest rates of workplace injury of any...
Month: November 2019
Understanding the extent of your workers’ compensation coverage
While it would be nice to have the reassurance that you will never get hurt while working at your job in North Carolina, that is a promise that simply cannot be made. Depending on the type of job you have, the risks you face are unique to your industry and require you...
3 steps after a workplace injury to receive workers’ compensation
Work injuries are commonplace in the field of construction. Under North Carolina law, you as a construction worker may be eligible to receive compensation if you sustain an injury when at work, and there are certain steps you can take to increase the likelihood of...
Drunk driving deaths rise in North Carolina in 2018
North Carolina residents have for many years now heard a lot about the dangers of drunk driving. Over the last couple of decades, efforts by groups like Students Against Drunk Driving, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, law enforcement agencies and more have tried to get...
4 facts about living with CRPS/RSD
Sometimes, an injury can progress into something more severe. A good example is a broken bone that leads to complex regional pain syndrome. CRPS, formally known as regional pain syndrome, is a neuro-inflammatory disorder that, according to the Reflex Sympathetic...
