EDUCATION
1993 Associate in Science, Registered
Nursing, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
2002 Legal Nurse Consultant
Vickie Milazzo Institute, Certification
LICENSES
Registered Nurse, State Of California
CERTIFICATIONS
RN Clinical Level III
Certified Legal Nurse Consultant
Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Emergency Room Training
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Basic Electronic Fetal Monitoring
PICC Certification
Chemo Safe Certification
Management of HIV Positive Patient
Hospice/Death in the Home
Hospice/Psychosocial Issues and Ethics
Central Venous Access Devices
Emergency Nurse Pediatric Care
Mobile Intensive Care Nurse
LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Lead Nurse of a Trauma/Emergency Unit
Lead Nurse of a Transitional Care Unit
Private Field Case Management - Providing Total Healthcare Management to Outpatient
Clients with ongoing and Progressive Health Deviations.
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
1993 - Present Clinical Nurse of 11 years with specialty areas of:
1993 - 1995 Medical Surgical Nursing
Responsibilities include; Acute
Care Nursing on a Medical Surgical Unit, including; management of respiratory
care, immunosupressed, and telemetry patients, basic assessment, planning, implementation,
IV medication therapy. Act as patient advocate while liaising with multi-disciplinary
team members.
1995 - 1998 Home Infusion Therapy Providing skilled nursing with Central Venous Catheter insertion and management. Infusion Therapy for chronically ill patients including; experience with immunosupressed patients. Extensive wound care/stasis ulcer management and gastrointestinal tube maintenance.
1995 - 1999 Hospice Care Nursing assistance and psychosocial care for terminally ill patients and their family members.
1998 - 1999 Geriatric Care Lead Nurse of Transitional Care Unit with emphasis on Total Care patients. Responsibilities include Management of health care personnel within the department; Patient care, with focus on long term and terminally bed bound patients, and wound care management.
1999 - Present Emergency Room Nurse Providing Nursing to Trauma patients and emergent health deviations.
LEGAL NURSE EXPERIENCE
2002 - Present Independent Certified
Legal Nurse
Provide expert consultation
and opinions on medically related legal matters. Screen medical records for
case merit and deviations from standards of care within the Nursing community.
Assists with case preparation, declarations, interrogatories and preparation
for testimony
MEMBERSHIPS
American Association of Legal Nurse
Consultants
National Alliance of Certified
Legal Nurse Consultants
KEYWORDS
Registered Nurse Expert Witness, Emergency Expert Witness, Trauma Expert Witness, MICN Expert Witness, Transitional Care Unit Expert Witness, Hospice Expert Witness, Infusion Expert Witness, Wound Care Expert Witness, Phlebotomy Expert Witness, Geriatric Expert Witness, Home Health Expert Witness, Intravenous Therapy Expert Witness, IV Therapy Expert Witness, Medical Surgery Expert Witness, School and Camp Nurse Expert Witness, Lead Nurse in Emergency Room Expert Witness