Restraint Use Expert Witnesses

Chicago, Illinois

Emergency Medicine, Nurse - emergency department, emergency medicine, emergency, trauma, social work, therapist, psychiatry, addiction, restraint use, scope of practice, LCSW, mental health, traumatic brain injury, Life Care Plan, triage, discharge, expert witness, standard of care, deviations, spinal cord injury

Gina is Illinois' only board-certified Emergency Room Registered Nurse who is also a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She remains clinically active in both roles - practicing as an ER nurse and as a 1:1 psychotherapist - bringing a rare and valuable dual perspective to each case. Gina has done work behind the scenes with providing very condensed and relevant medical chronologies and evaluating cases for merit. She has provided expert opinions and deposition testimony in both emergency nursing and mental health. Her clinical experience spans a wide range of settings, with a primary focus on risk management, crisis work and hands-on ER nursing. She has also worked extensively in case management and conducted peer-to-peer reviews for HMOs. Gina played a key role in the successful launch of a Mental Illness + Substance Abuse inpatient psychiatric unit that achieved Joint Commission accreditation. Beyond her clinical work, she is an award winning writer and dynamic speaker. Her most re...