Nursing Expert Witnesses in California

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Nursing expert witnesses practice in a variety of fields, including geriatric nursing, pediatric nursing, psychiatric nursing, oncology nursing, and emergency nursing. Some of the most common specialties among nursing expert witnesses also include critical care nursing, forensic nursing, surgical nursing, obstetric and gynecological nursing, and community health nursing. They have provided opinions on the effects of medication errors, patient safety issues, standards of care, medical malpractice, and patient advocacy.

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Sanja OgnjenovicView profile

ID: 21744

Sanja Ognjenovic

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California

This expert has almost a decade of experience in the field of nursing. She earned her BSN from Samuel Merritt University and her MSN from California State University, Sacramento. She is a licensed registered nurse, a certified public health nurse, and certified in school nurse services. She is a member of the California School Nurses Organization and the National Association of School Nurses. She...

Geriatric Medicine and Nursing Home Care Expert WitnessView profile

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Geriatric Medicine and Nursing Home Care Expert Witness

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California

This expert is an extremely well-qualified internist with additional experience and interest in geriatrics, palliative medicine, and hospice care. She has published more 28 peer-reviewed primary publications, review articles, invited articles, abstracts and book chapters. This expert has also traveled, giving numerous presentations on geriatrics, palliative medicine and hospice care. She...

Ms. Diane SandmanView profile

ID: 26082

Ms. Diane Sandman

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California

This expert has over 20 years of experience in the field of wound care nursing. She earned her BS in nursing from California State University, Los Angeles and her MS in the family nurse practitioner program from the University of Southern California. She is a licensed registered nurse and wound, ostomy and continence nurse, as well as a member of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society....

Nursing  Neonatal Intensive Care Expert WitnessView profile

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Nursing Neonatal Intensive Care Expert Witness

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California

This highly qualified expert has over 30 years experience in her field. She completed both her BSN and MSN at Loyola University, and earned her DNP at the University of San Francisco. She is certified in Neonatal Intensive Care, and has published several books and numerous articles on this subject. She has previously worked as a Neonatal Intensive Care Staff Nurse at numerous hospitals, as well...

Ms. Beverly MorrisView profile

ID: 35896

Ms. Beverly Morris

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California

This expert has over 30 years of experience in her field and received her BSN, MSN, and MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a licensed registered nurse and a certified adult nurse practitioner. She was formerly the executive director of the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses, a lecturer for the nurse practitioner program at the University of California, San Diego,...

Nursing Expert WitnessView profile

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Nursing Expert Witness

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This expert has worked as a registered nurse for over 42 years. She earned her RN diploma from Massachusetts General Hospital and BSN and Masters in Nursing from California State University. She is a Board Certified Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist for 34 years and Certified Emergency Nurse for 30 years. She has done clinical practice as an RN in ICU, ED, PACU, Telemetry, and Med Surg. She also...

Eileen SwiftView profile

ID: 43282

Eileen Swift

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California

This highly qualified expert received her AS in nursing from Golden West Community College, her BS in nursing from California State University Fullerton, and her MS in leadership & management from Walden University. She formerly was a clinical nurse III and IV at the University of California, Irvine where she also served as a vascular access nurse. She also served as a clinical educator for...

Oncology Nursing  Cancer Care Expert WitnessView profile

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Oncology Nursing Cancer Care Expert Witness

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California

This exceedingly qualified expert in Oncology Nurse Specialist is considered a pioneer of Oncology Nursing in the United States and is known internationally as a leader her field. She published the first textbook on Oncology Nursing in the United States and over 300 Peer-Reviewed articles and book chapters. She brings over 40 years experience as an Oncology Nurse in 5 Major Cancer Centers in...

Sheena ThakurView profile

ID: 44022

Sheena Thakur

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California

This well-credentialed nurse earned her AS in nursing from Excelsior College and has over 15 years of experience as a registered nurse. Since 2003, she has served as a staff registered nurse at a medical center in CA, where he has been responsible for direct patient pre and post-op care.

Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing Expert WitnessView profile

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Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing Expert Witness

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California

This qualified expert earned her BS in nursing from San Diego State University and went on to earn her MS in nursing at Grand Canyon University. She is nationally certified as a registered nurse certified in neonatal intensive care and is a neonatal resuscitation provider. Formerly, she served as an advanced clinician in the NICU of Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns and as a...

Ms. Davina Jane Leary, RN, CCMView profile

ID: 112983

Ms. Davina Leary, RN, CCM

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California

Ms. Davina J. Leary has 40 years of experience in Nursing. She earned her ADN from Santa Monica College. Today, this expert is a Certified Case Manager through the Commission for Case Manager Certification and licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of California. Formerly, this expert served as a Medical Case Manager for Genex Services. She currently serves as a Staff Nurse at Henry Mayo...

NICU Nurse Expert WitnessView profile

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NICU Nurse Expert Witness

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California

This highly qualified, board certified and published expert earned her Associate of Science degree from the Nursing University of New York, her Bachelor of science from Holy Names College in California and her Masters of science from the University of California San Francisco. This expert is certified as a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Neonatal Resuscitation Instructor, and has had advanced...

Ms. Rhonda Sue Renteria, RN, CLCP, BSN, CLNCView profile

ID: 126806

Ms. Rhonda Renteria, RN, CLCP, BSN, CLNC

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California

Ms. Rhonda S. Renteria has 39 years of experience in Nursing and 12 years of experience in Life Care Planning. She earned her ADN from Pasadena City College, her BSN from the University of Phoenix, and a certificate in Life Care Planning from the University of Florida. Today, this expert is a certified Life Care Planner and Certified Medical Cost Projection Specialist by the International...

Oncology Nursing Expert WitnessView profile

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Oncology Nursing Expert Witness

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This highly qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in the field of nursing. She warned her AD at Grigore Ghica Voda Nursing School, and her BS and MS at Al.I.Cuza University. She went on to complete her PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Texas at San Antonio, as well as her BSN at National University. She has significant background in cancer research and has been...

Ms. Agnes Mary Grogan, RN, BSView profile

ID: 136862

Ms. Agnes Grogan, RN, BS

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California

Ms. Agnes M. Grogan has over 50 years of experience as a Registered Nurse and over 35 years of experience as a Legal Nurse Consultant. She earned her AA from Mount San Antonio College and her BS in Business Administration from California Coast University. Today, this expert is licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of California. Formerly, she served as a Risk Control Consultant at ACRA, as...

Geriatric Nursing Expert WitnessView profile

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Geriatric Nursing Expert Witness

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This expert has served as registered nurse for 45 years, and holds a Master's level certification in Gerontology. She is certified as an Advanced Professional by the Aging Life Care Association, and also serves as an Age Well Senior Services Consultant. She has served as the Founder and CEO of an elderly care management company for the last 10 years.

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Mrs Fatmata Jalloh, CNS, ACNP, RNView profile

ID: 1791253

Mrs. Fatmata Jalloh, CNS, ACNP, RN

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Mrs. Fatmata Jalloh has over 17 years of experience in the field of Nursing. She earned her BSN from California State University Long Beach, her MSN from the University of California Los Angeles, and her ADN from Los Angeles Harbor College. Today, this expert is board certified as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and is licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of Alaska and as an Advanced...

Nursing Home Administration Expert WitnessView profile

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Nursing Home Administration Expert Witness

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This qualified nursing home administration expert earned her BA in international hospitality management from the University of Tourism and Transport Studies and her MA in marriage and family therapy from Alliant International University. She is licensed in marriage and family therapy, residential care for the elderly and as a nursing home administrator. This expert has formerly served as a...

Ms. Sandra Jane Wilkinson, CNM, RN, NPView profile

ID: 240041

Ms. Sandra Wilkinson, CNM, RN, NP

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California

Ms. Sandra J. Wilkinson has over four decades of experience in Nursing and Midwifery. She earned her BS in Health Sciences from Charles Sturt University in Australia and then went on to complete programs in both Midwifery and Nursing at Blacktown-Mt Druitt Hospital. Today, this expert is a Certified Nurse-Midwife by the American Midwifery Certification Board and is licensed as a Registered Nurse,...

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Nursing Management and Critical Care Nursing Expert WitnessView profile

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Nursing Management and Critical Care Nursing Expert Witness

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This highly qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in cardiovascular nursing. She earned her BSN from the University of Maryland, before going on to receive her MSN from California State University, Los Angeles and her DNP from Loma Linda University. Today, this expert is a registered nurse with a critical care nurse speciality. Additionally, she is a board-certified acute care nurse...

Ms. Lisa Ann Gildred, BSN, RNView profile

ID: 29646

Ms. Lisa Gildred, BSN, RN

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California

Ms. Lisa A. Gildred has 28 years of experience in Registered Nursing. She earned her AS in Registered Nursing from Mohawk College and her BS in Nursing from Western Governors University. Today, this expert is licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of California and certified as a Gerontological Nurse by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and a Certified Wound Care Associate by the...

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Nursing  Chemotherapy  Telemetry Nursing Expert WitnessView profile

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Nursing Chemotherapy Telemetry Nursing Expert Witness

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California

This nursing expert has over 10 years of professional experience in his field. His expertise includes chemotherapy, telemetry and medical/surgical nursing. He received his AS in nursing from Golden West College and his BS in nursing from the University of Phoenix. He holds numerous professional certifications including advanced cardiac life support, pediatric advanced life support, and he is a...

Mr. Ketan Shah, MDView profile

ID: 30760

Mr. Ketan Shah, MD

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California

This expert earned his BS in metallurgy engineering from M.S. University in India. He continued his training at the University of Southern California with a MS in Materials Engineering. This expert formerly served as a sputter process engineer at IBM and as a senior sputter process engineer at Hitachi. He has also served as a senior front end manufacturing engineer at Solyndra before being the...

Family Nurse Practitioner Expert WitnessView profile

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Family Nurse Practitioner Expert Witness

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California

This qualified expert earned his BA in literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz before earning his MS in family Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He is a licensed registered nurse and public health nurse as well as a certified family nurse practitioner. Formerly, he served as a research assistant in the dyspnea research group at UCSF Medical Center and as a...

Mr. Brian McbeeView profile

ID: 32564

Mr. Brian Mcbee

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California

This highly qualified expert has more than 15 years of professional experience in senior healthcare possessing an outcomes-based, proven track record in senior service community operations. Career accomplishments demonstrate an ongoing ability to positively affect the organizations this expert has worked for and the patients and employees for which this expert has been responsible. This expert...

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Obstetrics Nursing and Nurse Midwifery Expert WitnessView profile

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Obstetrics Nursing and Nurse Midwifery Expert Witness

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California

This highly-qualified expert has over 15 years of experience in obstetrics nursing and nurse midwifery, with experience in labor and delivery, birth centers, and homebirths. She earned her BS in nursing from the University of California, Chico and her MS in nurse midwifery at Frontier Nursing University. She formerly held roles as a registered nurse for maternal infant services at Sharp Mary...

Mr. Derrick TuckersonView profile

ID: 37708

Mr. Derrick Tuckerson

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California

This expert has over a decade of experience in the field of psychiatric nursing. He earned his BSN and MSN from the Dominican University of California and is a licensed psychiatric nurse. He previously served as a nurse manager at Heritage Acute Psychiatric Health Facility, as a charge nurse in the psychiatric emergency department at John George Pavilion, and as a charge nurse in the behavioral...

Dr. Joan Mirel Edelstein, MSN, DrPH, RNView profile

ID: 3915516

Dr. Joan Edelstein, MSN, DrPH, RN

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California

Dr. Joan M. Edelstein has 50 years of experience in the field of Nursing. She earned her BA in Psychology from the University of Hartford, her MSN in Pediatric Nursing from Yale University, and her MPH and DrPH in Maternal-Child Health from the University of California Berkeley School of Public Health. She also completed her predoctoral training in Maternal-Child Health at the University of...

Mr. William Randolph Gause, MSN, ARNP, RN, BSNView profile

ID: 5640962

Mr. William Gause, MSN, ARNP, RN, BSN

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California

Mr. William Gause has over 25 years of experience in Correctional Nursing. He earned his ADN from Chaffey College, his BSN from California State University San Bernardino, and his MSN from Loma Linda University School of Nursing. Formerly, this expert served as a Sheriff's Nurse and In-service Educator at the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. Currently, he works as a Primary Care Nurse...

Dr. Shalon Marie Nienow, MDView profile

ID: 621991

Dr. Shalon Nienow, MD

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California

Dr. Shalon M. Nienow has 10 years of experience in the field of Pediatrics with expertise in Child Abuse Pediatrics. She earned her BS in Registered Nursing from the University of Rochester and her MD from VCU School of Medicine. After completing her residency in Pediatrics at VCU School of Medicine, she went on to complete a fellowship in Child Abuse Pediatrics at UT Health San Antonio. Today,...

Mrs Denise Marie Navellier, RN, MSN, CCRNView profile

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Mrs. Denise Navellier, RN, MSN, CCRN

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California

Mrs. Denise M. Navellier has over 40 years of experience as a Registered Nurse. She earned her BSN and MSN from San Francisco State University. Today, this expert is certified as an Acute/Critical Care Registered Nurse by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses and licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of California. Formerly, this expert served as the Nurse Manager of Critical...

Dr. Katherine A Kelly, RN, DNPView profile

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Dr. Katherine Kelly, RN, DNP

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California

Dr. Katherine A. Kelly has 45 years of experience in the field of Nursing. She earned her BSN from California State University, her MS from the University of Nevada Reno, and her DNP from the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Today, this expert is licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of California. Formerly, this expert served as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner at Rideout Hospital...

Ms. Linda Derrick Olzack, RN, CLCPView profile

ID: 65384

Ms. Linda Olzack, RN, CLCP

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California

Ms. Linda D. Olzack has 45 years of experience in Nursing and Life Care Planning. She earned her AS in Nursing from Merced College and her BSN from California State University Fresno. Today, this expert is a Certified Life Care Planner through the International Commission on Health Care Certification and is licensed as both a Public Health Nurse and Registered Nurse in the state of California....

Ms. Nancy Elizabeth Fraser Michalski, RN, BSNView profile

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Ms. Nancy Fraser Michalski, RN, BSN

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California

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Ms. Nancy Michalski has 41 years of experience in the fields of Registered Nursing and Medical Billing. She earned her BSN from the University of Wisconsin Madison. Today, this expert is licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of California. Formerly, this expert served as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Med Legal Consulting Source, Inc. She currently serves as Vice President and...

Ms. Lilly Mae Brown, RN, MSN, CENPView profile

ID: 724531

Ms. Lilly Brown, RN, MSN, CENP

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California

Ms. Lilly M. Brown has over 33 years of experience in Nursing and Nursing Leadership. She earned her ADN from Kennebec Valley Community College, her BSN from Saint Joseph's College of Maine and then her MSN from Grand Canyon University. Today, this expert is licensed as a Registered Nurse in the states of California and Maine and is Certified in Executive Nursing Practice (CENP) through the...

Ms. Stacey Raquel Helvin, RN, BSN, PHN, CRRNView profile

ID: 76958

Ms. Stacey Helvin, RN, BSN, PHN, CRRN

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California

Ms. Stacey R. Helvin has 37 years of experience in Life Care Planning and Nursing with expertise in Pediatrics. She earned her BSN from California State University Dominguez Hills and her AA in Nursing from Cerritos College. Today, this expert is certified as a Rehabilitation Registered Nurse by the Rehabilitation Nursing Certification Board, as Certified Life Care Planner by the International...

The Average Nursing Expert Witness
Charges $325 / Hour

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  • Deposition Fee

    $325

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  • Court Fee

    $400

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    This represents an expert’s hourly rate for participating in depositions. Experts may charge more for depositions that require them to travel, and some experts choose to bill a flat, daily or half-daily rate for deposition appearances.

Nursing Expert Witness FAQs

A nursing expert witness provides insight into standards of care, patient safety, and medical procedures. They can testify on whether these standards were met in a specific case.

Nursing expert witnesses are often needed in medical malpractice cases, personal injury suits, wrongful death claims, and elder abuse cases.

Subspecialties include pediatric nursing, geriatric nursing, oncology nursing, critical care nursing, and more. Each can provide specialized knowledge for specific cases.

A nursing expert can explain proper medication administration protocols and identify if any deviations occurred that may have led to harm or injury.

Certified nurses have demonstrated expertise in their specialty through rigorous exams. Their certification lends credibility to their testimony and insights.

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