Nursing Expert Witnesses in North Carolina

This highly-qualified nursing expert earned her BA in communications from Indiana University Bloomington before earning her BSN from Indiana University South Bend. She then completed an internship in the pediatric intensive care unit at Lurie Children's Hospital. She is now a licensed registered nurse with 25 years of clinical experience and holds certifications in advanced cardiac life support and medical-surgical nursing. Formerly, this expert served as a registered nurse in the cardiac observation unit at Duke University and as a float nurse in the medical-surgical units at Rex Hospital. For the last 17 years, she has served as a registered nurse in the medical-surgical, cardiac and telemetry settings at a health system in North Carolina.

This expert has over 18 years of experience as a nurse, specializing in neonatal care. She is currently a candidate for the Doctor of Nursing Practice program and has authored several articles. She currently works as a Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program for a university nursing program in addition to serving as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner for two different hospitals.

This highly qualified nursing expert has over 15 years experience in the specialty of Neurosurgery. She holds two degrees in nursing as well as a Masters in Health Services Administration which has allowed her to practice in key leadership roles within the Neurosurgery Operating Room setting. She is a member of the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses and the American Nurses Association, as well as multiple key committees at the hospital where she currently practices. She boasts an impressive employment history having served as Neurosurgery Operating Room manager at the prestigious Vanderbilt University Medical Center and a Johns Hopkins hospital. She is currently the Neurosurgery Nurse Manager at an 874- bed general medical and surgical teaching hospital which averages 17,582 annual inpatient and 14,527 outpatient surgeries in 33 Operating Rooms. She manages 32 full time employees including clinical supervisors, registered nurses, Scrub techs, and instrument specialists.

This highly qualified expert obtained her BA in English from the University of Vermont, her BSN in Nursing and her MSN in Nursing Education magna cum laude from the George Mason University, and her FNP in Family Nurse Practitioner from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is a Certified FNP, RN, Clinical Nurse Leader and is Certified in Basic Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support. She is a Member of a couple of Nursing Associations and has Published an article in the Journal of Emergency Nursing about Emergency Department Overflow. She is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor for a Top Nursing School and a Nurse Practitioner at a Major Hospital.

This highly qualified nurse has over 45 years of experience in the NICU setting and nursing education. She received her BSN in nursing and her MSN in nursing from Grand Canyon University. She hold various professional certifications including basic life support, pediatric advanced life support, and NCC High-Risk Neonatal Nursing. Formerly, she has held roles as a per-diem RN at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and a NICU per-diem RN at the Medical Center of Tarzana. Additionally, this expert has previously served as a charge RN at West Hill Hospital and Medical Center and a nursing educator at the Professional Medical Careers Institute of California. Currently, she is a full-time faculty member at a NC nursing school.

This highly qualified expert has nearly 30 years of experience in the field of nursing. She earned her BSN from Florida Atlantic University and MSN from South University. She also earned a graduate certificate in healthcare innovation management from Western Carolina University and completed the patient safety academy through AdventHealth. This expert holds several healthcare certifications, including professional in healthcare quality, sterile processing and distribution, and gastroenterology registered nurse. She is also a surgical clinical reviewer for the American College of Surgeons and a patient safety executive through the Institute of Healthcare Improvement. Her former positions include endoscopy nurse at Gwinnett Medical Center and North Broward Medical Center, director of endoscopy at Emory Memorial Hospital, Emory University Hospital, and Mission Hospital, and director of clinical outcomes at Mission Hospital. Currently, this expert serves as the chief quality officer for a healthcare system in Florida.

This highly-qualified expert has over 15 years of experience as an oncology and gerontological nurse. She completed her academic training at the University of North Carolina, earning her BSN, an MSN in nursing administration, her PhD in nursing, and an interdisciplinary certificate in aging. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cancer care quality at the University of North Carolina. She is a registered nurse in North Carolina and is board-certified by the American Nurse Credentialing Center as a gerontological registered nurse. This expert also holds certifications as an oncology nurse and a chemotherapy/biotherapy provider. She is active in her field as a member of several organizations, including the Oncology Nursing Society, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the Gerontological Society of America. She is also highly involved in oncology research, having been the principal investigator for several studies, authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, and spoken as an invited speaker at multiple conferences throughout her career. She has formerly served as a clinical nurse in inpatient medical oncology at Wake Forest University, a nurse and supervisor of independent and assisted living at Well-Spring Retirement Community, a clinical instructor of nursing at Duke University, and an adjunct assistant professor of nursing at the University of North Carolina. Currently, this expert serves as an assistant professor of nursing at a major university and a per diem clinical nurse in inpatient medical oncology at a university-affiliated medical center in North Carolina.