Emergency Department Nurse Expert Witness

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Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Emergency Medicine and Nursing Administration

Keywords/Search Terms:

ESI, Overcrowding, Triage, Transfer Process, Critical Care, Discharge, Standard of Care, Against Medical Advice, EMTALA, California, Psych, Eloped, EMS, Medical management, Offload Delay, ED boarding, Out of Network, NEDOCS, Capacity Management, Policy and Procedure

Education:

Doctorate of Nursing Practice , Grand Canyon University ; Master’s of Science in Nursing, Regis University ; Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing, National University ; Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, UCSD Extension

Years in Practice:

13

Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:

2

Additional Information

I am a Doctorate-prepared Emergency Nurse. I attended National University in San Diego, California and graduated in 2011. I attended Regis University in Colorado and received a Master’s of Science in Nursing in 2014. I attended Grand Canyon University in Arizona and received a Doctor of Nursing Practice in 2020. I’ve worked in the emergency department since 2007 in the roles of emergency department technician, new graduate nurse, staff nurse, advanced clinician, charge nurse, clinical lead, assistant nurse manager, nurse manager and director. I also have certifications and experience as a Mobile Intensive Care Nurse (MICN) and Trauma Nurse (TNCC). I also have nine years of university level teaching experience at two highly esteemed universities where I was both a theory and clinical instructor for adult health and physical assessment and diagnosis for nurses.