Certified Legal Nurse Consultant Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.2089

Education

Certified Legal Nurse Consultant.
RN, Nclex New York University.
Registered Nurse and Midwife Three Yrs Diploma in India.
Extensive Study on HIV and AIDS.
Extensive Study on Child Abuse and Prevention.
Extensive Study on Chemotherapy and Biohazard Drug Infusion
Extension Study on PIC Line Insertion and IV Insertion

Licenses

Registered Nurse in State of California

Certifications

Oncology and bio therapeutic drug infusion.
Legal nurse consultant, Kaplan University.
Basic life support.
Advanced cardiac life support

Qualifications

Eleven years of nursing experience in areas of medical, surgery, orthopedic and neurosurgery, trauma level one, oncology, a long term, acute cares, sub acute care, case management, worker compensation, and peritoneal dialysis.  Responsibilities to include a charge nurse, a bedside nurse, assistant director of nursing, team leaders, supervising nursing staff, medical data set review, medical record review, care conferences, care planning, hiring, recruiting, and a district health nurse consultant.

Nursing Experience

Registered nurse since 1993 in abroad, USA 1996.

Dec 2005-Present, An Insurance Company in California
RN case manager and district health nurse consultant.  Responsibility to include work comp, case management, medical record review, assessment for a district health medical consultant.  RN case manager and district health nurse consultant. Responsibility to include work comp, case management, medical record review, assessment for a district health medical consultant.

Sep 2004-Present:  A University Medical Center, Trauma level one, in California.  Charge nurse, a clinical coordinator, and a bedside nurse.  Responsibility to include providing direct care to med-surg, trauma patient, orthopedic and neuro and spine surgery patient through assessment, planning, implementation, supervising nursing staff.

May 2002-2004: St. Agnes Medical Center, Fresno, CA.  Bedside nurse.  Responsibility to include providing direct care to a medical patient, oncology unit, chemotherapy, peritoneal dialysis, pic line insertion, supervising nursing staff.

Jan 2002-April 2002: Northwest Hospital, Seattle, WA.
Bedside nurse providing direct care to medical patient through assessment, planning, and implementation.

Jan 2001- Jan 2002: Stevens Hospital, Edmond, WA>
Providing direct care to medical, orthopedic and neuro surgery patient through assessment, planning and implementation.

Feb 1997-Jan 2001: Manor Health care services, Lynwood, WA.
Charge nurse, assistant director of nurses, a bedside nurse.  Responsibility to include providing direct care to med surg, orthopedic unit, hiring, supervising nursing staff, medical data review, care conferences,

Sept 1993-Dec 1995: Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer research foundation, Ludhiana, India.
 Providing direct care to patient in an oncology unit and medical unit.

Services provided: Review and screen malpractice cases to assess for merit, identify relevant standards of care.  Address any deviations from and adherence to the involved standards of care.  Identify and describe all injuries and medical conditions.  Explain and relate what caused that claimed damages.  Organization of all medical records and other related documents. Interpret, translate, summarize and analyze medical records so that they are understandable to the attorneys and non-medical involved parties. Use research when necessary for analysis of medical and health issues, treatment rendered and standard of care.  Insure that all relevant medical records, policies and other documents are obtained for review. When appropriate, interview and screen experts and involved parties.  Serve as a liaison between any and all involved parties to the case, including: the legal professional, the health care professionals, and the nonprofessional participants in the case (which might include the plaintiff or the defendant named in the case).  Utilize resources available to the LNC to build up a case and to locate and screen specific experts.  Assist the attorney in preparing interrogatory and deposition questions.  Preparation of responses to involved legal documents and correspondence to be reviewed and signed by attorney.  Obtain or participate in creation of exhibit preparation.  Review and interpret depositions or testimony for the purpose of building a stronger case and interpret depositions or testimony for the purposes of building a stronger case.  If appropriate, attend depositions, arbitration meetings, trials and IME’s.  Create written reports to assist the attorney, hospital, or insurance company in understanding of the medical aspects of the case, thus aiding them to create a strategy to reach resolution.