Nurse Registered Nurse Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.2618

Profile

Registered Nurse with over 28 years of diverse nursing experience.  Certified in Nurse Life Care Planning.

Professional Experience

Certified Nurse Life Care Planner

Legal Nurse Consultant

Case Manager, Workers Compensation

Utilization Review, Workers Compensation

Project Manager for multi-million dollar government contract for health services

Emergency Room and Ambulatory Care Supervisor

Quality Assurance Committee Chairman and In-service Instructor

Intravenous Infusion Specialist

Home Health Case Manager and Relief Supervisor

Open Heart/Intensive Care Unit

Post-Anesthesia Recovery Room

Cardiac Care Unit

Employment Summary

2007 to present - A Private Legal Nursing Company in Southern California
Providing life care planning and medical/legal consulting services to attorneys, insurance companies, managed care companies and health care organizations.

2001 to 2007 - A Private Company in Southern California
Consultant for Workers Compensation reviewing cases for medical necessity of treatment, case management, claims and legal issues.

2000 to 2001 - Benchmark Medical Consultants
Anaheim, CA
Consultant for medical/legal company assisting attorneys in locating physicians to perform medical/legal exams, reviewing and summarizing records, and attending independent medical exams.

2000 - St. Joseph Home Health Agency
Orange, CA
Intravenous infusion specialist providing in-home patient care.  Relief
on-call supervisor managing nurses and triaging patient calls.

1998 to 2000 - Modern/Beverly Home Care
Tustin, CA
Intravenous infusion specialist providing in-home patient care.  Relief
on-call supervisor managing nurses and triaging patient calls.

1995 to 1998
Resided in Japan while husband was stationed in Okinawa with the United States Marine Corps.

1992 to 1995 - Olsten/Kimberly Quality Care
Brea, CA
Intravenous infusion specialist providing in-home patient care.  Relief
on-call supervisor managing nurses and triaging patient calls.

1990 to 1992 - Mission Regional Medical Center
Mission Viejo, CA
Provided direct patient care in multiple critical care areas including intensive care, post-anesthesia recovery room, and emergency department.

1988 to 1990 - Coastal Government Services
Oak Harbor, WA
Managed multi-million dollar government contract providing medical personnel including physicians, nurses, physician assistants and clerical staff for the emergency department and ambulatory clinic in a military hospital. Supervised day to day operations in the emergency department and ambulatory clinic, worked in the emergency department and ambulatory clinic as a registered nurse, consulted with staff and military officials, administered Quality Assurance program to maintain standards of practice, reviewed clinical practice guidelines and controlled the operating budget.

1987 to 1988 - Whidbey Island Hospital • Island Hospital
Oak Harbor/Anacortes, WA
Provided direct patient care in multiple critical care areas including intensive and cardiac care units.

1986 to 1987 - GeneralMed
Anaheim, CA
Provided direct patient care in pre-op and post-anesthesia recovery room for outpatient surgical center.

1984 to 1986 - St. Jude Hospital
Fullerton, CA
Provided direct patient care in multiple critical care areas including open heart/intensive care and cardiac care units.

1983 to 1984 - Mission Community Hospital
Mission Viejo, CA
Provided direct patient care in multiple critical care areas including intensive and cardiac care units, post-anesthesia recovery room.  Provided direct patient care in newborn nursery.

1982 to 1983 - Craven County Hospital
New Bern, NC
Provided direct patient care in cardiac care unit.

1982 - F. G. Riley Memorial Hospital
Meridian, MS
Provided direct patient care in intensive care unit.

1981 to 1982 - Rush Foundation Hospital
Meridian, MS
Provided direct patient care and charge nurse duties in multiple critical care areas including intensive and cardiac care units.

1981 - Sacred Heart Hospital
Pensacola, FL
Provided direct patient care in intensive care unit.

1980 to 1981 - Little Company of Mary Hospital
Torrance, CA
Provided direct patient care in cardiac care unit.

Education

California Hospital School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA
Diploma in Nursing - 1980

Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
Associate of Arts - 1980

University of California, San Diego
Legal Nurse Consultant Certificate
Internship with Dennis Schoville, Esq.  - 2007

Kelynco, Setting the Standards in Nurse Life Care Planning - 2007

Licenses and Certifications

Current, California RN License # Available upon request
Current, Certified Nurse Life Care Planner

Professional Memberships

American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners (AANLCP) 2008

American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC) 2008

Forensic Expert Witness Association (FEWA) 2008