Patient Transfer Protocol Expert Witnesses in Idaho

This expert is certified as a critical care nurse. She is a past-member of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants and current with the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses since 2001. She is a former ICU Manager at St. Joseph Hospital in California, and has previously taught ICU/CCU and PCU nursing to new nurses and nursing students. Currently, this expert is a Critical Care Educator and an ICU/CCU Charge Nurse.

This double board certified nurse practitioner has been practicing for over a decade in acute and critical care. A member of many professional nursing societies, including the Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, this expert is also a member of the ANCC Board Examination Acute Care Content Expert Panel and a reviewer for the journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Not only is this expert currently an Assistant Professor of both Nursing and Anesthesiology at a major medical university, but he is also the Director of the ACNP program at the same institution.

This highly experienced director of nursing for a 180 bed skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living community has over ten years of experience as a multi-state regional nurse manager. Her current position involves supervision of 150 team members to include the physicians, nurse team, floor nurses, social workers, infection control, quality assurance, medical records, a commissary and recreation therapy. She spent three years as a clinical nurse specialist. She is a registered and certified nursing home surveyor. She spent many years as a regional nurse consultant and recently received a Medicare/Medicaid deficiency free survey.

This highly qualified expert is a doctor of nursing practice as well as a certified bariatric nurse with years of experience. She received her BSN degree from Russell Sage College, her MSN degree from University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, and her Doctor of Nursing Practice from University of Nevada. She is a member of multiple prestigious organizations such as the National Association of Bariatric Nurses where she has served many positions including president, as well as the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons. She has 26+ peer-reviewed articles, presentations and posters in the field of nursing. She has served as adjunct faculty at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and University of Central Oklahoma. Currently, she is the Bariatric Program Coordinator/Research Coordinator at a busy Bariatric Center of Excellence in Nevada.

This expert has over twenty five years of experience as a nurse anesthetist (CRNA), as well as 8 years as a critical care registered nurse (RN). Over his career, this CRNA worked as an independent contractor as the sole anesthesia provider for multiple rural critical access hospitals and surgicenters across Oregon and Washington. Much of his work has been as a clinician and Chief Nurse Anesthetist for a large hospital system as a high risk OB Anesthesia provider. This expert has also worked as a clinical instructor and clinical coordinator for Oregon Health Sciences University nurse anesthesia program. Currently, this CRNA works in multiple urban hospitals providing anesthesia services for high risk obstetrical services. Additionally, this expert provides anesthesia generalist independent contracting services within Oregon and Washington.

This expert has extensive experience as a physician assistant in the field of urology. He completed his EMT and LPN programs at Bellingham Technical College and his Physician Assistant Program at the University of Washington. He is a certified physician assistant and a member of the American Urological Association and the American Academy of Physician Assistants. He previously served as a firefighter and EMT for South Whatcom Fire Authority, as an EMT for American Medical Response and as a licensed practical nurse in the department of urology at Group Health Cooperative. He is currently a urology physician assistant at a medical group in Washington.

This highly qualified expert has been in the field of nursing for over four decades, with demonstrated experience in the areas of life care planning, medical cost projection, Medicare set asides, medical damage reports, and medical bill reviews. She received her BSN from Saint Olaf College and then her MS in nursing from Ohio State University. She is a registered nurse, as well as a certified legal nurse consultant, lifetime nurse care planner, medicare set aside professional, and nurse life care planner. She is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants and the American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners and has presented on topics in nursing multiple times. She has held a wide variety of roles during her career including as the owner and manager of Home Health Care Consultants. She has also worked as an office nurse for a primary care physician and as a home care liaison at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. Currently, she is the owner and CEO of a legal nurse consultancy in Nevada.

This highly qualified expert is a licensed registered nurse with certification as a critical care nurse. She earned her BS in health science and community health education from Portland State University prior to earning her BSN from Oregon Health and Science University. She is active in her field as a member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and she presents nationwide on topics in the field. Currently, she is a registered nurse in the cardiovascular intensive care unit as well as a clinical instructor of acute care at a university health system in Oregon.

This expert is an experienced RN specializing in perinatal care and neonatal intensive care. She completed her BSN at San Francisco State University and her MSN at Western Governors University. She is certified in neonatal intensive care and is a licensed RN. She is active in the field as a member of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses and the Association of Women Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing. She previously was a nurse in NICU’s at Rush University, Kaiser, UCSF Benioff Children’s, and OHSU’s Doernbecher Neonatal Care Unit. She has experience as a bedside nurse, a charge nurse, and a resuscitation and triage nurse attending to newborn resuscitations and codes. She has also worked in a neuro-intensive care nursery that primarily focused on infants suffering from hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. This expert currently works as a professional development consultant at a medical center, as a nurse educator at a perinatal treatment group, and as an adjunct professor at a university in Oregon.

This qualified expert has been a registered nurse for 25 years. She earned her BSN from the University of Nevada Orvis School of Nursing. She began her career as a registered nurse in the primary care oncology unit at Washoe Medical Center before serving as the clinical manager at the Sher Institute for Reproductive Medicine in both Nevada and New York. She is currently the director of clinical operations at a fertility clinic.