Critical Care Nursing Expert Witnesses

Aurora, Colorado

Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care Surgery - Pain Management, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiology, Critical Care Nursing

Michelle Edwards, MS, APRN, AGACNP-BC, ALNC is a board-certified Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and medical expert witness with extensive experience in critical care and ICU-level practice. Her background includes management of complex, high-acuity patients involving sepsis, respiratory failure, cardiogenic shock, postoperative complications, neurological injury, and hospital-acquired conditions. In her current role in spine and pain management, Ms. Edwards evaluates and manages patients with acute and chronic pain conditions, including cases arising from personal injury and workers’ compensation matters. She provides objective expert analysis on ICU and post-acute standards of care, nursing and advanced practice provider decision-making, documentation, breach, and causation, and conducts comprehensive medical record reviews to support medical malpractice and serious injury litigation. Areas of Expertise • Critical care and ICU standards of care • Nursing and ad...

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Hospital Administration, Nursing Administration - Joint Commission Surveyor (Retired), Healthcare Accreditation, Medication Sterile Compounding, Critical Care Nursing, Environment of Care, Patient Safety, High Level Disinfection, Adverse Event Investigations, Ambulatory Surgery, Sterile Instrument Reprocessing, Patient Blood Management

Ms. Evans served as a healthcare accreditation surveyor for The Joint Commission (TJC), and Associate Director in Standards Development and Interpretation for Joint Commission International (JCI), with over 10 years experience with The Joint Commission Enterprise. Ms. Evans also served as a healthcare compliance inspector for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment prior to joining TJC. In these positions, Ms. Evans conducted compliance surveys of hospitals seeking accreditation; investigation of complaints and adverse events; led multidisciplinary teams of surveyors for all types of hospitals including academic medical centers, community hospitals, critical access hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and outpatient centers; served as project director for standards manual revisions and development of new accreditation standards; led accreditation project teams of internal and external subject matter experts; and acted as an accreditation standards interpretation ...

Natick, Massachusetts

Nurse - Medical-Surgical Nursing, Trauma, Infectious Disease, Clinical Nursing Care, Critical Care Nursing, Wound Care, Patient Safety, Patient Falls

Skilled hospital nurse clinician with 23 years of direct nursing care of patients with infectious diseases and trauma patients, including injuries and diseases related to neurologic, cardiac, renal, renal transplant, spinal, orthopedic and acute and chronic pain and oncologic diagnoses. Reviewed more than 85 cases in 9 years, written several reports, and been deposed about 20 times in person and video, both plaintiff and defense. Currently working as a staff nurse in a hospital designated as a level 1 trauma center. Direct care experience with complex airways, cervical instability, multi-drain management, epidural abscesses, orthopedic hardware infections, invasive monitoring, complex wounds, pain management and surgical interventions from multiple services: orthopedics, neurology, general surgery, thoracic, infectious disease and gastrointestinal medicine. Co-chaired the American Nurse's Association (ANA) Scope & Standards of Practice, the nursing standards that guides nu...

Bayside, New York

Nursing Administration, Critical Care Medicine - Nursing Standard of Care, Hospital Administration, Emergency Room, Critical Care Nursing, Risk Management, Nursing Administration, Wound Care, Pressure Injury, Hospital Policy, State & Federal Regulatory Compliance, Home Healthcare, Falls

Dr. Frumenti, is an experienced nurse with over 47+ years of Nursing experience, and 25+ years of Senior Leadership in Healthcare Organizations. Dr. Frumenti has held positions as Sr. Vice-President of Nursing and Patient Care Services in Large Acute Academic University Medical Centers in the NYC area. In addition, other responsibilities included Risk / Regulatory Services. Currently, Dr. Frumenti consults in hospitals as an interim leader, provides regulatory consulting to organizations, and is an Expert Witness for medical malpractice, personal injury, civil cases. Areas of Expertise: *Nursing Standards of Care *Hospital Administration Standards *State, Federal, Joint Commission Regulatory Compliance *Wound Management, Prevention & Care *Quality and Risk Management *Fall Prevention/ Management *Nursing Contracts *Nursing Home & Home Health Care Standards of Care