EXPERIENCE
2005-current
A Full-Service Hospital in Virginia
Registered Nurse First Assistant
Circulate and Assist on orthopedic, podiatry, general, neurosurgery, gynecology, urology, laparoscopic, plastic, vascular procedures; Co-chair performance improvement committee and perform role of charge nurse.
1995-2005
Children’s Hospital of the Kings Daughters, Norfolk, VA
Registered Nurse First Assistant
Circulate, Scrub and Assist in orthopedic, general, vascular, neurosurgery, urology, gynecology, laparoscopic, plastic, craniofacial, PEDIATRIC surgery; Neurosurgery and Plastics Specialty Nurse.
1994-1995
Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News, VA
Registered Nurse
Operating Room Clinical Internship
EDUCATION
July 1994
Sentara Norfolk General School of Nursing, Norfolk, VA
Diploma in Nursing
Graduated with honors
December 1997
Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
Certificate RN First Assistant
December 2001
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Bachelors of Science in Nursing
PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE
Virginia Board of Nursing, 1994-present
CERTIFICATIONS
American Heart Association, BLS, current
Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR), current
Trauma Nurse (TNCC), current
ORGANIZATIONS
Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN)
KEYWORDS
Nurse Expert Witness, Registered Expert Witness, Certified Nurse Operating Room Expert Witness, Registered Nurse First Assistant Expert Witness, Certified Trauma Nurse Expert Witness, Perioperative Nurse Expert Witness, Surgical Assistant Expert Witness, O.R. Nursing Expert Witness, OR Nurse Expert Witness, Pediatric Surgeries Expert Witness, Surgical RN Expert Witness, Orthopedic Surgery Expert Witness, Podiatry Surgery Expert Witness, General Surgery Expert Witness, Neurosurgery Surgery Expert Witness, Gynecology Surgery Expert Witness, Urology Surgery Expert Witness, Laparoscopic Surgery Expert Witness, Plastic Surgery Expert Witness, and Vascular Procedures Expert Witness, Medmal Expert Witness, Medical Malpractice Expert Witness, Medical Expert Witness, Malpractice Expert Witness, Medico Expert Witness, Medical Legal Expert Witness