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- Phone: (203) 747-5667
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Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness
General Specialties:
Psychiatry and Nurse PractitionerKeywords/Search Terms:
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Suicide, Adult ADHD, Addictions, Psychopharmacology, Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing, Outpatient treatment, Group therapy, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner educationEducation:
Bachelors of Science in Nursing, Mount Marty University, Yankton, SD; Master's of Science in Nursing-Clinical Nurse Specialist in Psychiatric Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing, Omaha, NE; Doctor of Nursing Practice-Clinical Leadership, Case Western Reserve University-Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, OHYears in Practice:
51Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:
6Additional Information
I am an advanced registered nurse practitioner dually certified as a clinical specialist in adult psychiatric–mental health nursing and a psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner. I am Prof Emerita at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA where I developed and coordinated the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Doctor of Nursing Practice program. I am Dir of Psychiatric Svcs at Northwest Integrated Health, a substance abuse treatment center, in Tacoma, WA where I practice 12 hours/week as a psychiatric nurse practitioner. From January 2009 to August 2014, I was Director of the Psychiatric–Mental Health Nurse Practitioner specialty at the Yale University School of Nursing. I was owner of my own psychiatric clinic from 1992-2008. I have authored more than 80 articles, book chapters, training manuals, policy statements, and am co-author of a best-selling undergraduate psychiatric nursing textbook published by Pearson that received a 2020 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award. I have given over 1000 professional and research presentations both nationally and internationally. I have lectured/consulted in all 50 states, Australia, British Columbia, China, Cuba, Denmark, England, Hong Kong, Israel, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Singapore, and Spain. I have received numerous awards including the Psychiatric Nurse of the Year from the Am. Psychiatric Nurses Ass, National Alliance on Mental Illness Professional of the Year , APNA Distinguished Service Award, APNA Award for Clinical Excellence. Assn of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses Award for Clinical Excellence, Distinguished Alumnus from the U of Nebr Med Ctr Coll of Nursing, and induction as a Fellow in the Am. Academy of Nursing. I was President of the Am Psychiatric Nurses Association in 2010 and the WA State Assn of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses in 2017. I participated in research from the U of Barcelona and the International Consortium on Health Outcomes Measures.