This Registered Nurse, Certified Nurse Life Care Planner (CNLCP), and Certified Case Manager (CCM) has more than 36 years of clinical nursing experience and more than 15 years of experience developing life care plans and providing legal nurse consulting services. Her clinical background includes extensive work in critical care environments such as intensive care units, cardiac care units, emergency departments, and post-anesthesia recovery rooms. She has also served as an intravenous infusion specialist, relief on-call supervisor, Emergency Room and Ambulatory Care Supervisor, and Quality Assurance Committee Chairman, with responsibilities that included supervision of clinical staff, oversight of quality assurance programs, and compliance with clinical practice standards. This broad clinical foundation informs her evaluation of complex medical conditions and long-term care needs.

As a Certified Nurse Life Care Planner, she develops and prepares life care plans for injured individuals and conservatorships to identify projected medical and non-medical needs over time. Her legal nurse consulting work includes case screening, comprehensive medical record review, research regarding standards of care, preparation of written and oral opinions, and attendance at independent medical examinations as a legal observer. She has testified in civil court and before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board regarding life care plans, workers’ compensation matters, standards of care, and duty to provide care. Her experience also includes utilization review, workers’ compensation case management, and coordination of medically appropriate and cost-effective care plans for injured individuals.