Nurse Expert Witnesses in South Carolina

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...

Greenville, South Carolina

Nurse - Triage, Cardiac Arrest, Trauma, Stroke, Heart Attack, Respiratory Distress, Respiratory Arrest, Sepsis, Obstetric Emergencies, Behavioral Health Emergencies, Drug Overdoses, Anaphylaxis, Acute Coronary Syndrome, STEMI, Pediatric Emergencies, Gastrointestinal Emergencies, Seizure, Airway, Spinal Emergencies, Emergency Severity Index ESI

Kelsey Ridgeway is a board-certified emergency nurse with a decade of experience in the emergency setting, including work at community hospitals, a Level 1 trauma center, a comprehensive stroke center, and a primary PCI/chest pain center. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of South Carolina-Upstate in 2016, where she received the Academic Excellence Award and won first place at the USC Upstate Research Symposium for her article on family-witnessed resuscitation. Since graduation, Kelsey has practiced in both teaching and community hospital settings. She has been board-certified in emergency nursing since 2020 and holds certifications in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC), Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC), and CPI Crisis Intervention. She also serves as a TNCC instructor, teaching both didactic content and practical skills. She is...

mount pleasant, South Carolina

Nurse, Critical Care Medicine - LTAC, Dialysis, Med surge, dementia, medication errors, cauti, clabsi, hapu

West Union, South Carolina

Nurse - FALLS, Med Surg, Safe Medication Administration, Standard of Care, Documentation, Spinal Surgery, General Surgery, Nursing Standard of Care, Fall Precautions

EDUCATION: *ADN, Tri-County Technical College, Pendleton, SC 29670, 2012 *BSN, University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, SC 29303, 2014 *MSN, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, 2016 *WORK HISTORY: *3/2025 - Present AnMed Cannon Memorial- Pickens, SC Med Surg Staff Nurse *01/2021 - 01/2025 Travel Nurse- Med Surg Wake Forest Baptist Health- High Point, NC Ascension Via Christi St. Francis- Wichita, KS Baptist Health Medical Center- Little Rock, AR Ascension St. John Medical Center- Tulsa, OK Providence Regional Medical Center- Everett, WA Mission Hospital- Asheville, NC *08/2021 - 09/2021 Prisma Health Seneca, SC ICU Medical *10/2014 - 01/2021 Prisma Health Seneca, SC ICU Medical ICU Intermediate Staff Nurse and Assistant Nurse Manager of ICU *10/2012 -10/2014 Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center Lavonia, GA Critical Care Staff Nurse *02/2012 – 10/2012 Oconee Medical Center Seneca, SC Critical Care Unit Progressive Car...

Mt Pleasant, South Carolina

Nurse Practitioner, Nurse - pediatrics, family medicine, inpatient, outpatient, critical care, urology, nephrology, child abuse, developmental disabilities, surgery, general practice, medical management, genetics, nutrition, obesity, pain management, radiology, physician assistant, spine surgery, pediatric urology

I am a board certified Family medicine nurse practitioner with over 16 years of experience in the nursing field. My background encompasses critical care, inpatient and outpatient nursing, family medicine, and extensive pediatric specialty experience. I have been requested as a guest speaker for both doctoral level students and various specialty conferences over the years. I am proficient in medical chart reviewing, and my work as both an RN and as a medical provider gives me a unique perspective to bring as an expert witness. My exceptional oral and written skills as well as outstanding time management serve as a significant benefit to the attorney and case at hand. I am enthusiastic to save the attorney both time and money while providing excellent expert witness services.