Med Surg Expert Witnesses

Nursing Administration, General Surgery - AAAHC Surveyor, Professor of Nursing at Sacramento City College, Operating Room Nurse, Ambulatory Surgery Nurse, Legal Nurse Consultant, Life Care Planning, Perioperative Services Administration, Post Anesthesia Nurse, Procedural Sedation Nurse, GI procedures RN, CNOR, RN, Med Surg, Medical Devices

Clinical Experiences include:  Medical Surgical Nursing  Shock / Trauma Intervention  Procedural Services  Preoperative, Intraoperative, and Postoperative Care  Procedural Sedation  Clinical Educator Operational / Leadership Experiences include:  2003 Iraqi War Veteran  Multi-site surgical venues - UC Davis Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente  Level 1 Trauma academic medical center – UC Davis Medical Center  Military – Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, Operation Iraqi Freedom  Fee for service ambulatory surgery and procedural services – ABSMC Surgery Center  Clinic management – Perioperative Medicine Clinic, Kaiser Permanente -As a procedural department administrator and clinician, I have personally supervised the safe care in and around various procedures and operating room venues for 18 years, totaling approximately 300,000 individual patient encounters. As a Registered Nurse, Operating Room Manager, Director, and Administrator, I have extensive experience with reg...

Nurse - Nurse, Nursing, Intensive Care, ICU, Emergency Room, ER, Trauma, Medical-Surgical, Med-Surg, MEDSURG

I have been caring for in-hospital patients at the bedside for over 30 years. I am current on policy, procedure, practice, clinical expertise, standards of care, and evidence-based practice. I am an expert in caring for medical-surgical, intensive care, and emergency room patients. I currently work at the bedside and care for almost all types of inpatient and ER patients. I also serve as a clinical instructor and preceptor for new graduates, baccalaureate students, and new staff and am employed at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in the Emergency Department.

Nurse - Nurse, Nursing, Intensive Care, ICU, Emergency Room, ER, Trauma, Medical-Surgical, Med-Surg, MEDSURG

I have been caring for in-hospital patients at the bedside for over 30 years. I am current on policy, procedure, practice, clinical expertise, standards of care, and evidence-based practice. I am an expert in caring for medical-surgical, intensive care, and emergency room patients. I currently work at the bedside and care for almost all types of inpatient and ER patients. I also serve as a clinical instructor and preceptor for new graduates, baccalaureate students, and new staff and am employed at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in the Emergency Department.

Nurse, Legal Nurse Consulting - Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse, Pain, Suffering, reports, medical chronologies, Nursing Management, organizational safety, policy writing, Oncology, Cardiology, med-surg, Nurse Informatics, Chemotherapy, Clinical Documentation, Clinical Validation, overbilling, audit trail.

Clinical experience includes nursing management, solid/liquid tumors, gynecologic Oncology, chemotherapy administration, bone marrow transplant, Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse, cardiac, heart/lung transplant, LVAD/BiVAD, and Intermediate Care. Legal Nurse Consultant specializing in Pain and suffering reports, medical malpractice, personal injury, Independent Medical Examination observation, and clinical validation to ensure overbilling did not occur. A patient-focused nursing leader with over 14 years in healthcare leadership and broad compliance expertise. Expertise in analyzing patient case histories and delivering evidence-based conclusions in concise, well-written documentation. Nationally Certified RN and nursing subject matter expert who implements and optimizes compliance programs in inpatient/outpatient settings and collaborates on EMR building and platform development. Service recovery expert who excels at distilling complex medical information into diges...