Nurse Expert Witnesses in Minnesota

Nursing Administration, Nurse - Wrong site surgery , Retained surgical item, Operating Room Nurse, Ambulatory Surgery Nurse, Anesthesia error, Falls, Perioperative Services Administration, Post Anesthesia Nurse, Procedural Sedation, GI procedures, CNOR, RN, Med Surg, Medical Devices, Nurse, Preoperative, Consent, Failure to rescue , Standard of Care, Pressure injuries

I am a highly skilled and decorated Veteran Nurse Corps Lieutenant, honorably discharged in 2006. An experienced RN and perioperative leader, I have successfully influenced high-quality care and service excellence since 2002. I am committed to building strong relationships and providing detailed clinical assistance. Facilitation with relevant stakeholders including C-suite healthcare administrators and Physician has been a growing responsibility as my career progressed. An expert with quality and safety compliance regulation, I have successfully prepared teams for Joint Commission, AAAHC, Medicare, Inspector General, and State audits. I have experience managing as many as 20 managers, 4 Lean/Six Sigma processimprovement personnel, 500 total employees, and $1.8 Billion in annual gross revenue. Clinical Experiences include:  Medical Surgical Nursing  Shock / Trauma Intervention  Procedural Services  Preoperative, Intraoperative, and Postoperative Care  Procedural Sedatio...

Nurse, Legal Nurse Consulting - Registered Nurse, Medical/Surgical nursing, Cardiovascular nursing, Infusion nurse, IV, Falls, Pressure Injuries , Infiltration , Medication Errors, Post-op complications

• 15+ years of hands-on expertise in nursing. • Inpatient staff nurse and educator in Long Island, New York. INS certified in Infusion Nursing ANCC Board Certified in Medical/Surgical and Cardiovascular Nursing. • 2022-Present ANCC Chair of the Cardiovascular Content Expert Panel creating content and setting the standards for the national nursing certification exam. • 2019- 2021 ANCC Medical-Surgical standard setting board for the national nursing certification exam. • 2020 Award Winner of the Florence Nightingale Honor for Advancing the Profession of Nursing. • 2022 team DAISY Award winner for Nursing Excellence. • Active Registered Nurse licenses to practice in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Florida and Texas. • Nurse Expert experienced in consultation, report writing, deposition and trial testimony. • Master of Science in Nursing Education with experience in leadership and teaching nursing clinical.

Nurse, Obstetrics & Gynecology - labor and delivery, labor and delivery nurse, obstetrics, high risk obstetrics, fetal monitoring, birth injury, antepartum, nursing license defense

Nicole McCaughin, MSN, RNC, C-EFM, C-ONQS Certified in Inpatient Obstetrics, External Fetal Monitoring, Obstetric and Neonatal Quality and Safety, Inpatient Antepartum Nursing and Obstetric Emergencies. Currently working as a bedside labor and delivery nurse. As well as bedside practice worked as an adjunct faculty member teaching Women's Health at Ohlone Nursing College, Science Team Member for AWHONN, Job Analaysis Team for the NCC (the organization the certifies obstetric nurses) and Expert Practice Consultant for the California Board of Registered Nursing. Published co-author of two Association of Women's Health and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Evidenced Based Guidelines. Published position statement that was printed in the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing in March of 2020. Podium presentation at national AWHONN conference 2020. Synovia panelist speaker for the Joint Commission; meeting the measures symposium April 2021. Expert practice consultant and...

Woodbury, Minnesota

Life Care Planning, Nurse - Medical knowledge, Nurse consultant, Delayed diagnosis, Legal knowledge, Brain damage, Surgical error, Trial experience, Amputations, Birth injuries, Medical malpractice, Spinal cord injuries, Consultant, Trauma, Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

After high school I attended Abbot Hospital nursing school and received an RN diploma. I then worked in Critical Care at Mayo Clinic. I graduated from Mayo’s pediatric nurse practitioner program then worked in that field and critical care while attending Augsburg College to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in nursing Summa cum laude. I then practiced in critical care while attending law school. After graduating Magna Cum Lau. I practiced with a mid size firm for 30 years trying multiple medical malpractice cases. I also tried several defense cases mainly involving auto accidents. When I retired from law practice I decided to pursue a career which allowed me to use both my nursing and law experience. Life care planning does just that. I enjoy working with attorneys as it keeps my legal skills . As an LCP I personally review all medical and other relevant materials, interview the claimant, research the injuries then write a Liife Care Plan that contains a summary of the m...

Woodbury, Minnesota

Emergency Medicine - Legal Nurse Consultant, Medication error, Nurse Expert Witness, Nurse Expert Witness, Certified Emergency Nurse, Failure to monitor, Nursing Standard of Care, Failure to treat, Wrongful death, Emergency Department Standards of Care, Failure to diagnose, Emergency Department Nurse, Emergency Nursing Expert

Kirstin Menne, BSN, RN, CEN Legal Nurse Consultant | Emergency Nursing Expert I am a Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) and Legal Nurse Consultant with over nine years of frontline bedside experience in high-acuity emergency department settings. My clinical background allows me to provide clear, practical insight into emergency nursing standards of care, patient safety, and clinical decision-making. I have extensive experience caring for critically ill and injured patients, including trauma, cardiac and neurologic emergencies, sepsis, and rapid patient deterioration. My practice has required precise assessment, prioritization, high-alert medications, continuous monitoring, and effective interdisciplinary communication in time-sensitive environments. As a Legal Nurse Consultant, I support attorneys by reviewing and analyzing medical records, identifying deviations from standards of care, evaluating nursing actions within real-world emergency department workflow, and translating compl...