Keywords
Registered Nurse, Certified Nurse Operating Room, Peri Operative Nursing, Perioperative, Clinically Active Operating Room Nurse, Certified Orthopedic Nurse, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Pediatric Surgeries, Surgical RN, Orthopedic Surgery, Podiatry Surgery, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Gynecology Surgery, Urology Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Vascular Procedures, Scrub And Circulate, Cesarean Section, Legal Nurse Consultant, Operating Room, Registered Nurse, Perioperative Registered Nurse, RN,
Massachusetts
Expert Witness No.2437
LICENSURE & CERTIFICATION· Massachusetts registered nurse
· Certified Operating Room Nurse (CNOR) 1994-present
· Orthopedic Nurse Certified (ONC) 2007-present
· ACLS certified
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONRegis University; Denver, CO 2010 – 2012
MSN with Certificate in Education, Summa cum Laude
· Guest faculty teacher in Simulations in Clinical Judgment and Evidence-Based Nursing Interventions
and assisted in clinical field setting working with students
· Created and presented legal lecture to senior nursing students during their final synthesis about
reducing errors in healthcare
Curry College; Milton, MA 1998 – 2000
BS Nursing with Honors
Quincy Hospital School of Nursing; Quincy, MA 1974 – 1977
Diploma and Associate Degree in Nursing
PROFESSIONAL NURSING EXPERIENCEOperating Room Nurse 1980 – Present
South Shore Hospital; Weymouth, MA
· Clinically active certified operating room nurse (CNOR) and orthopedic nurse (ONC) with over thirty
years’ experience circulating and scrubbing for most surgical specialties
· Recognized as an advanced clinician RN 3 in hospital’s clinical recognition program (2006-present)
· Additionally serve as senior staff nurse, preceptor, and assistant nurse manager
· Member of the clinical ladder review board, the peer review advisory board, and the orthopedic
specialty team
· Developed total joint replacement education for patients and families 14 years ago with a team of
interdisciplinary professionals, personally teaching these classes weekly
Med-Surg., Birthing Unit and Operating Room Nurse 1977 – 1980
Quincy City Hospital; Quincy, MA
· Certified operating room nurse (CNOR) circulating and scrubbing for most surgical specialties
Expert Witness-Operating Room 1999-present
Conduct independent review of medical records including interpretation, literature review, and
research. Provide information with regards to nursing standard of care and case merit for both the
plaintiff and defense.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS· Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
· Association of Perioperative Nurses (AORN)
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS· March 3, 2012: The Association of Perioperative Nurses (AORN) spring workshop on the topic of
patient and family education for total joint replacement surgery
· March 26, 2012: Curry College Senior Synthesis Class-Reducing errors in healthcare
VOLUNTEER WORK· Marshfield Boys and Girls Club
· Muscular Sclerosis Society
· American Red Cross Blood Donor