Registered Professional Nurse Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.1529

West Virginia

Education

08/98-08/03, Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing Degree, Fairmont State College, Fairmont, West Virginia

08/00-05/01, Associate of Science in Nursing Degree, Excelsior College, Albany, New York

01/93, Goldenwest College, Huntington Beach, California

12/16/81,Field Medial Service School, United States Navy

11/80, Clinical Assistant School, United States Navy

03/80, Mobile Medical Augmentation Recovery Team School, United States Navy

02/16/80, Naval Hospital Corps School, United States Navy

09/75-09/79, Saint Joseph High School, Santa Maria, California

Awards

2003/2004, 2004/2005, Nursing Students at United Hospital Center
6/98, Employee of the Month United Hospital Center
8/91, Employee of the Month FHP
02/16/82, Meritorious Mast
11/15/79, Meritorious Advancement in Rank
Three Recognition, Reinforcement, and Rewards UHC
Nine Member Service Awards FHP
Extra Mile Award FHP
Certificate of Appreciation for helpfulness in instructing
Overseas Deployment Ribbon

Licenses

Registered Professional Nurse West Virginia (active)
Licensed Practical Nurse, West Virginia (expired)
Licensed Vocational Nurse, California (expired)

Certificates

Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course, Expires 04/30/09
Trauma Nurse Core Curriculum, Expires 05/31/08
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Expires 11/2005
Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Expires 06/2006
Basic Life Support Instructor, Expires 02/2006

Experience

10/04, Independent Expert Nurse Consultant, Research
Focus Group on stroke equipment development for use in Emergency Department by nursing.

11/04, Independent Expert Nurse Consultant, Surgical Product Company
Survey Consulting on surgical products and representation.

01/05, Independent Expert Nurse Consultant, Medical Company
Phone Consultation on peripheral inserted wing tip devices.

02/05, Independent Expert Nurse Consultant, Branding Company
Chimera III Survey Consult on pharmaceutical brand name including ease of transcription and identifying uniqueness of name.

05/05, Independent Expert Nurse Consultant, Branding Company
Envoy III Survey Consult on pharmaceutical brand name including ease of transcription and identifying uniqueness of name.

06/05, Independent Expert Nurse Consultant, Trial Attorneys
Expert Witness for case presently in progress

06/05, Independent Expert Nurse Consultant, Company
Survey Consulting on Arterial Lines with expert opinion of familiarity with companies and ease of preparation and use.

07/05, Independent Expert Nurse Consultant, Branding Company
Prawn MED Survey Consult on pharmaceutical brand name including ease of transcription and identifying uniqueness of name.

07/05, Independent Expert Nurse Consultant, Branding Company
AMN107 MRIII Survey Consult on pharmaceutical brand name including ease of transcription and identifying uniqueness of name.

05/01-Present, Charge Nurse, Staff Nurse in level III Emergency Dept., Clinical Ladder Level II Hospital Center

10/96-05/01, LPN II Telemetry/Medical/Surgical Unit, Hospital Center

03/92-07/96, LVN in Level III Emergency Department with float responsibility to ICU and Medical, Surgical Units. Hospital

01/91-02/94, Urgent Visit under the hospices of the Emergency Department, Hospital

01/90-01/91, Private Practice, Back-office LVN in Family Practice setting

03/89-01/90, LVN on Medi-Care Cert. Wing caring for convalescent patients, Care West Garfield

12/87-03/89, LVN Weekend Supervisor in Urgent Visit, Medical Clinic

3/87-10/87, LVN Surgical and Administrative Assistant, Research Institute

11/83-03/87, Nurses Aide concurrently with Military service, then as an LVN in 1983
Worked Registry in Orlando Florida, San Diego and Santa Ana California offices. Martyn, Drucker, Venuto, and Cook

09/79-09/83, United States Navy (active duty)

Publications

Available upon request