Legal Nurse Consulting Expert Witnesses in Florida

Tampa, Florida

Legal Nurse Consulting, Nurse - Critical Care, Hospice, Home Care, Long-term Care, Critical Care Transport, EMS, Labor Relations, Quality Improvement, Legal Nurse Consultant, Nurse Paralegal, Medical and Billing Records

Ms. Mary Jorgensen has over 31 years of nursing experience in various settings including critical care, hospice, home care, long-term care, critical care transport, EMS, labor relations, and quality improvement. She was board certified as a critical care nurse during her bedside career and is now a board-certified Legal Nurse Consultant. She worked as a Nurse Paralegal for DLA in New York for the defense team of a major pharmaceutical company in class action diet drug litigations. She worked for Deacon Moulds & Stofer, PA in St. Petersburg, Florida, as a Nurse Paralegal in defense of medical malpractice claims and as the in-house consulting expert for allegations of long-term care negligence. Now, as a Nurse Consultant, Ms. Jorgensen applies her extensive, broad clinical-based knowledge to review and analyze medical and billing records to assist consultants and clients in understanding the medical aspects of each case and how her findings impact the overall case value. She pro...

Naples, Florida

Legal Nurse Consulting, Life Care Planning - Medical Bill Review, Legal Nurse, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Nursing standards, Worker's Compensation, Motor Vehicle Accident, IME/DEM, Medical-surgical, TBI, Pressure Ulcer, Future Medical Cost Projections, Medical Records Review, Catastrophic Injury/Illness, Case Management, Plaintiff and Defense Work

Versatile and highly experienced professional with over 20 years of combined expertise in healthcare and legal settings. A Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (CLNC) and Certified Nurse Life Care Planner (CNLCP), I specialize in bridging the gap between medicine and law by delivering expert support to legal teams across a wide range of litigation matters. My background includes more than two decades as a paralegal—supporting both plaintiff and defense firms—and ten years as a Registered Nurse (RN) with hands-on clinical experience in hospital, clinical research, and insurance environments. I provide expert witness services and consulting for personal injury, catastrophic injury, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, wrongful death, product liability, workers’ compensation, toxic tort, and environmental exposure cases. My services include detailed medical record analysis, case merit review, timeline development, deposition and trial preparation, medical cost projections, and life c...

Tampa, Florida

Long Term Care, Legal Nurse Consulting - Public Health, Dementia, Urgent Care, Hospice, Palliative, Policy & Procedure, Documentation, Intravenous access, Prison RN, Nurse Manager, Spinal Cord, Nurse Educator, Hospital Protocol, Evidence Base Care, Diabetes prevention Educator, Veteran's Health, Infection Control, wound Care

Relevant Information about my experiences: Dr. Augustin ensures administrative support and guidance while providing oversight for care delivery by enforcing public safety. She is an expert in developing policies and procedures. Dr. Augustin collaborates with executive leadership to contribute to strategic planning, innovation, recruitment, and staff retention. She is responsible for assuring compliance with Joint Commission and other internal/external regulatory agencies implementing actions to meet established performance measures. Dr. Augustin creates competency-based programs for nursing staff. She develops educational activities such as remediation, certification, mentoring, life support, Joint Commission requirements, product rollouts, etc. Dr. Augustin served as the VA facility's clinical instructor supervisor for several years. She covered all areas, including telephone care lines, care coordination, ambulatory care (outpatient clinics, specialty clinics, dialysis, bar...

Tarpon Springs, Florida

Nurse, Legal Nurse Consulting - ECMO(Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation), ICU (Intensive Care), heart failure, SCAI staging, MCS(Mechanical Circulatory Support), Cardiogenic /septic shock, ARDS/ respiratory failure, CTICU(Cardiothoracic Intensive Care), CRRT, ECPELLA, Heart liver kidney lung Transplant, Multiorgan failure, Impella LVAD RVAD

Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse with extensive experience in Cardiothoracic and Surgical ICUs and perioperative nursing. ECMO Specialist with advanced expertise in extracorporeal life support, Impella, ECPELLA, LVAD, RVAD, and intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) management. SCAI Shock Staging nurse educator with a strong commitment to quality improvement and evidence-based practice. Experienced in the care of diverse high-acuity populations, including patients with heart failure and complex shock states—cardiogenic, septic, mixed, hemorrhagic, and hypovolemic shock—as well as ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, gastrointestinal bleeding, sepsis, and multi-organ failure. Extensive experience managing post–cardiac surgery, transplant, and surgical ICU patients from ENT, plastic surgery, urology, and other perioperative specialties in Magnet-designated, Level I Trauma academic medical centers.

Clearwater , Florida

Hospital Administration, Legal Nurse Consulting - Open heart surgery recover (CVICU), Quality, Preop, EMR, Compact liscense, Risk, Respiratory, Quality, informatics, Certified Critical care Nurse (CCRN), Administration, Structural heart, Medical device, EPIC, Critical care (ICU CCU MICU SICU), Policy, Nursing Education, informatics, SOP, National contracts consultant

Nationally experienced Nurse executive and critical-care RN with 20+ years leading ICU/CVICU, respiratory, perioperative services, infection prevention, nursing education (NPD), quality, risk, policy, and hospital operations. Translates complex EMR records into clear timelines and defensible opinions grounded in current standards, guidelines, and peer-reviewed literature. Experienced with chart review and Clinical Excellence. Experienced in high profile LA and Miami expedited cases. Core Expertise Standards of care in adult critical care (ICU, CVICU, STICU) and perioperative nursing Cardiac/CT surgery programs, structural heart, invasive monitoring, vasoactive therapy Hospital operations: staffing, throughput, patient flow, escalation pathways, HRO practices Infection prevention and quality: CLABSI, CAUTI, VAE, HAPI, HAP, SSI, sepsis bundles, hand hygiene Falls, pressure injury, medication safety, documentation/communication failures Orientation/competency programs, nurse staffing ...

Clearwater, Florida

Legal Nurse Consulting, Phlebotomy - IV, Intravenous, IV Medication, Peripheral Venipuncture, Phenergan, Extravasation, Infiltration, CRBSI, CRPS, Compartment Syndrome, PICC Midline Injury, Iron Infusion, IV Injury, Blood Draw, Apheresis, Blood Collection, Phlebotomy, IV Nerve Damage, Chemotherapy Infusion, Sepsis

Kay Coulter, CRNI, VA-BC provides legal case review and expert opinion for IV therapy / infusion-related malpractice issues; and has been doing so for over 25 years during which time she has consulted on over 150 cases. Her company, Infusion Knowledge, Inc., also represents several other highly qualified, IV certified, legal nurse consultants. Please go to our website www.infusionknowledge.com for more information. We will provide a thorough, honest opinion using current IV therapy references and INS Standards of Practice for any case (plaintiff or defense). Our experts are proficient IV therapy clinicians who have experience in the outpatient, home care, and acute care settings; accessing implanted venous ports, placing PICC lines, midlines and peripheral IV catheters. Additional clinical activities include phlebotomy / venipuncture for blood collection / lab draws, blood donation, blood transfusions, apheresis / plasma donation, IV medication administration, iron infusion, on...

Sarasota, Florida

Life Care Planning, Medical Management - Rehabilitation, Orthopedic, Catastrophic /Complex/Chronic Disease, Developmental Disability, Adult, Pediatric, Workers Comp, Liability, Data Analysis, Medical File Review, Bill Review, Medical Cost Projections, Medicare Secondary Payer, Case Management, Disputes, Denials, Appeals, Legal Nurse Consulting

Nurse Leader Bridging Bedside Clinical Practice and Insurance knowledge. Deborah holds a Master’s in healthcare leadership (MHL), a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and an active Registered Nurse (RN) license. She is a Certified Case Manager (CCM), Certified Registered Rehabilitation Nurse (CRRN), Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP), Medicare Set-Aside Certified Consultant (MSCC), Legal Nurse Consultant Certified (LNCC) and a Diplomat of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Deborah has bedside experience in Neonatal ICU, Pediatric ICU, Adult ICU, Medical-Surgical and Rehabilitation Nursing, including home health care. Insurance experience in commercial health, Medicare, Medicaid, workers compensation, auto-liability and disability (STD/LTD) medical management, including catastrophic spinal cord injury, brain injury, concussion, amputations, multiple trauma and rehabilitation as well as many chronic disease states. Retained by both Defense and Plaintiff attorneys, she b...