Nursing Expert Witnesses in Florida

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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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Ms. Karen PierceView profile

ID: 17240

Ms. Karen Pierce

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Florida

This expert has been a neonatal nurse for over 40 years. She earned her AAS from the University of the State of New York and her BSN and MSN at Chamberlain University. She is a licensed registered nurse with additional certifications in pediatric nursing and pediatric critical care. She is an active member of the American Nurses Association and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses....

Long Term Care Administration Expert WitnessView profile

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Long Term Care Administration Expert Witness

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Florida

This expert has been an administrator in every kind of long term senior living community, from independent living through nursing homes. He has actively participated in long term care peer organizations and served on numerous boards and committees in the nursing home/assisted living community field. Formerly, this expert was an administrator at Hampton Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, a...

Mr. Billy HoganView profile

ID: 34997

Mr. Billy Hogan

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Florida

This expert earned his BS in healthcare administration from American InterContinental University. He has held various positions in the field of nursing, including as an Alzheimer's director, a senior director of operations, a multi-facility consultant, and, for more than the last ten years, as a director of nursing. Currently, this expert is a director of nursing at a long-term care...

Patient Care Ergonomics Expert WitnessView profile

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Patient Care Ergonomics Expert Witness

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Florida

This expert is a board certified professional ergonomist and an internationally recognized expert in patient care ergonomics. She provides safe patient handling and mobility (SPHM) consultation and training related to equipment requirements, safe patient handling techniques, program implementation and maintenance, ergonomic design in health care facilities, and cost/benefit analysis. She...

Kimberly SaccoView profile

ID: 41308

Kimberly Sacco

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Florida

This highly qualified nursing expert has over 25 years of experience. She earned her BSN from Valdosta State University and is a licensed registered nurse. Formerly, she held roles as a staff nurse, patient care coordinator, and nurse manager for surgical services at South Georgia Medical Center. This expert went on to teach at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College as a clinical nursing instructor....

Rehabilitation Nursing Expert WitnessView profile

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Rehabilitation Nursing Expert Witness

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Florida

This highly qualified expert has 17+ years of experience as a rehabilitation nurse. She received her ASN degree from Santa Fe Community College and her BSN and MSN degrees from the University of Central Florida. She worked previously as a registered nurse at Shands Rehabilitation Hospital and currently as charge nurse at a major university affiliated hospital.

Dr. Christopher M DaveyView profile

ID: 129004

Dr. Christopher Davey

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Florida

This expert practiced family and geriatric medicine from 1987 to 2014, and has since treated patients on a volunteer basis in Cambodia. He has a special interest in wound diagnosis, prevention and treatment and is board certified by the American Board of Wound Management. He attended the Imperial College, School of Medicine University of London, then known as St Mary's Hospital, and completed his...

Pediatric Nursing Expert WitnessView profile

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Pediatric Nursing Expert Witness

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This expert is highly qualified and is a board certified nurse practitioner. She holds a Bachelors in Nursing from the University of Miami. She completed a Masters in Nursing at the Florida International University with a focus in Child Health and Functional Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. She has had an extensive amount of experience in the Pediatrics field. In addition, she is currently serving...

William SantiagoView profile

ID: 12941

William Santiago

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Florida

This qualified home health nurse earned his BS in nursing at Columbia Central University and is a registered nurse in the state of Florida. Formerly, he served as an ER nurse at Centro San Cristobal and as a home health nurse at Hospicio del Oeste. Currently, he is a registered nurse supervisor at a skilled nursing care facilities company as well as an alt administrator and director of nursing at...

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Pediatric Nursing Education Expert WitnessView profile

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Pediatric Nursing Education Expert Witness

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This highly qualified expert earned her BS in nursing from the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and her MS in nursing from the Virginia Commonwealth University. She is a certified pediatric and pediatric oncology nurse and is a certified chemo/biotherapy provider course instructor with the Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses. She formerly served as a clinical nurse, nurse...

Mr. David Jack Derrico, RN, MSN, BSNView profile

ID: 131764

Mr. David Derrico, RN, MSN, BSN

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Florida

Mr. David J. Derrico has 41 years of experience in Nursing. He earned his AS and BS in Nursing from the University of the State of New York and his MS in Critical Care Nursing from the University of Florida. Today, this expert is licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of Florida. Formerly, this expert held roles as a Staff Nurse of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at UF Health Shands...

Pediatric and Family Nursing Expert WitnessView profile

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Pediatric and Family Nursing Expert Witness

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This highly qualified pediatric nursing expert earned her BS in nursing and her MS in nursing and community health from University of Kentucky. She is a board certified family nurse practitioner and a licensed ARN/ANRP in the state of Florida. This expert is also a certified legal nurse consultant. She formerly served as a family nurse practitioner for emergency services at Baptist Health Systems...

Mr. Mark Aaron Levine, MHA, NHAView profile

ID: 136746

Mr. Mark Levine, MHA, NHA

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Florida

Mr. Mark Levine has over 34 years of experience in Nursing Home Administration. He earned his Bachelor of Science from the State University of New York at Cortland and his Masters in Health Care Administration from Cornell University. Currently, he is licensed as a Nursing Home Administrator in Florida. Previously, he held roles as a Chief Operating Officer for Oak Hammock at the University of...

Emergency and Forensic Nursing Expert WitnessView profile

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Emergency and Forensic Nursing Expert Witness

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Florida

This highly-qualified expert has over 25 years of experience with emergency nursing and forensic nursing. She completed her nurse training at Foothills Hospital School of Nursing in Calgary and later earned her BS in criminal justice at Kaplan University. She is a registered nurse and a certified forensic nurse and forensic consultant. She is active in her field as a member of the American...

Mr. Mark John VanViegen, MSN, ARNPView profile

ID: 1719117

Mr. Mark VanViegen, MSN, ARNP

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Florida

Mr. Mark J. Vanviegen has 28 years of experience in Nursing. He earned his BSN from Florida International University and his MSN from Duke University. Today, this expert is certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner and Emergency Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and is licensed as a Nurse Practitioner and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in several states. Currently,...

Nursing Expert WitnessView profile

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Nursing Expert Witness

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Florida

This well-qualified nursing expert has a variety of experience in her field. She received an ADN from Durham Technical Community College, an MSN in adult critical care from Rush University, and a DNP in nursing administration from Duke University. She is a licensed RN and is board certified as an adult health clinical nurse specialist. In addition, she holds membership in professional...

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Paula Davis, NPView profile

ID: 24743

Paula Davis, NP

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Florida

This highly qualified expert earned her BSN and MSN from the University of Florida. She is a licensed registered nurse and advanced registered nurse practitioner. She is also certified in emergency nursing, basic life support and pediatric advanced life support and a member of the Emergency Nurses Association and Florida Emergency Nurses Association. This expert previously served as a staff nurse...

Critical Care Nursing Expert WitnessView profile

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Critical Care Nursing Expert Witness

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Florida

This expert has 25 years of experience in his field. He received his ASN from Polk Community College and is a certified CCRN. He has practiced in all disciplines of critical care and is active in his field as a member of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Formerly, he worked at Winter Haven Hospital in a variety of roles including as a registered nurse in the cardiovascular...

Deborah KalinoskiView profile

ID: 38550

Deborah Kalinoski

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Florida

This highly-qualified expert has over two decades of experience in healthcare staffing services. She received her BSN from West Virginia University before going on to serve as a charge nurse at Manatee Memorial Hospital. From there, she moved to Maxim Healthcare Services where she began her career in health staffing and held a variety of different roles. She served as a registered nurse,...

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Mr. Sharonda DixonView profile

ID: 40253

Mr. Sharonda Dixon

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Florida

This expert is a certified CNA with several years of experience as a mental health technician They received their BS in business from Bethune-Cookman University and went on to become a mental health technician at Shands Vista Behavioral Healthcare, Lake Bridge Behavioral Health Hospital, and The Vines Hospital. This expert has also previously served as an office representative at Shands Rehab at...

Ms. Connie Gwen Coleman, CPC, CHCView profile

ID: 40320

Ms. Connie Coleman, CPC, CHC

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Florida

Ms. Connie G. Coleman has 40 years of experience Practical Nursing and over 20 years of experience in Medical Coding and Compliance. Today, this expert is certified as a Certified Professional Coder through the American Academy of Professional Coders. She is also Certified in Healthcare Compliance through the Health Care Compliance Association. Formerly, this expert served as an Utilization...

Aimee HodgeView profile

ID: 43991

Aimee Hodge

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Florida

This highly qualified licensed registered nurse has been in her field for over 15 years. She earned her AS in nursing from Greenville Technical College before serving as both an orthopedic trauma RN and an emergency department/level one trauma RN at Greenville Health System. She also worked as a neurotrauma ICU RN at Palmetto Health. She is currently a neuroscience ICU RN at a medical center in...

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Jhoanne LimbagaView profile

ID: 44587

Jhoanne Limbaga

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Florida

This highly qualified dialysis nurse has over 10 years of experience in her field. She earned her BS as a registered nurse from Silman University and her MS in nursing informatics from Jacksonville University. This expert is a licensed registered nurse and a certified nephrology nurse. She formerly served as a staff nurse in med surgical at Cebu Doctors Hospital, a hemodialysis nurse at the...

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Dr. Robin GaspariniView profile

ID: 46285

Dr. Robin Gasparini

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Florida

This well-qualified nursing expert has a variety of experience in her field. She received an ADN from Durham Technical Community College, an MSN in adult critical care from Rush University, and a DNP in nursing administration from Duke University. She is a licensed RN and is board certified as an adult health clinical nurse specialist. In addition, she holds membership in professional...

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Mrs Leslie Y Gervase, MSN, RNView profile

ID: 516243

Mrs. Leslie Gervase, MSN, RN

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Florida

Mrs. Leslie Y. Gervase has 39 years of experience in the field of Nursing. She earned her Diploma from Massillon Community Hospital School of Nursing, her BA in Health Care and Management from Eckerd College, and her MSN from Liberty University. Today, this expert is licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of Florida. Formerly, this expert served as Clinical Nurse III in the Medical,...

Ms. Charlotte Margaret Sheppard, RN, DNP, WCCView profile

ID: 6503415

Ms. Charlotte Sheppard, RN, DNP, WCC

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Florida

Ms. Charlotte Sheppard has 28 years of experience in the field of Nursing. She earned her BS in Nursing from The University of Tampa, her MS in Nursing from Capella University, her ADN from the University of the State of New York - Regents College, and her DNP from Duquesne University. Today, this expert is Wound Care Certified by the National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy, a Certified...

Dr. Myra Phillips Keleher, CDMS, CCM, DNP, MSNView profile

ID: 6583052

Dr. Myra Keleher, CDMS, CCM, DNP, MSN

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Florida

Dr. Myra Keleher has over 37 years of experience in Nursing and Case Management. She earned her BSN from the University of Central Florida, her MSN in Leadership and Management from the University of Central Florida, and then her DNP in Executive Leadership from the University of Alabama. Today, this expert is certified as a Case Manager by the Commission for Case Manager Certification and...

The Average Nursing Expert Witness
Charges $325 / Hour

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  • Review Fee

    $250

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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.

  • Deposition Fee

    $325

    Fee info

    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.

  • 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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