This emergency and trauma nursing expert witness, DNP, M.S.N., R.N., has more than 10 years of clinical experience across military-affiliated and civilian healthcare systems, specializing in emergency nursing, trauma care, ambulatory services, medical-surgical nursing, labor and delivery, pulmonary medicine, and operational medicine support. She has served in clinical leadership, education, and supervisory roles including trauma training instruction, emergency department program oversight, ambulatory services administration, pulmonary clinic operations management, and charge nurse responsibilities in emergency and perinatal settings.

She has 1 year of expert witness experience providing consultation in matters involving nursing standards of care and clinical practice issues. Her clinical background includes practice in a high-volume, Level II emergency department with approximately 40+ treatment beds and annual patient encounters exceeding 60,000; operational deployment in a forward trauma support environment; supervision of licensed and unlicensed clinical personnel in emergency, ambulatory, and inpatient settings; and coordination of peri-partum nursing services within a multi-bed labor and delivery unit. Her experience includes administration of moderate sedation for ambulatory procedures and completion of pre-procedure and post-anesthesia clinical assessments.

She holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice, a Master of Science in Nursing, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and a Bachelor of Arts degree. She is licensed as a Registered Nurse in the United States and maintains board certifications in Emergency Nursing, Trauma Nursing, and Ambulatory Care. She also holds instructor certifications in Advanced Life Support (ALS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC), and is a provider of Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN).