Professional Employment
2002 Present Legal Nurse Consultant
Legal Nurse Consulting, Ltd.
Calgary, Alberta
Nursing Expert Witness
Providing Health Record Summary and interpretation of medical malpractice cases by assessing damages and causation, their contributing factors, deviations from the applicable standards of care and making recommendations for future prevention.
Legal Nurse Consulting is a specialty practice within the field of nursing, the primary role being to evaluate, analyze and provide informed opinions on the delivery of health care and the resulting outcomes.
Patient Safety Consultant to the Provincial Government Health Council
Extensive clinical experience and a thorough understanding of medical issues and health care standards
1996 Present Registered Nurse Maternal/Child Health
Calgary Health Region
Peter Lougheed Hospital
Maternal/Child Health Specialist, Labor and Delivery/Operating Room/Recovery Room, Relief Charge Nurse.
Specialized training in maternal/infant health and resuscitation, fetal monitoring, antepartum/intrapartum and postpartum care, scrub and circulating nurse in the operating room, intravenous therapy, and pain management (including spinal/epidural anesthetic, patient controlled anesthesia, narcotic administration and labor support measures).
Liaison instructor for the University of Calgary and Mount Royal Nursing programs and the City of Calgary/SAIT Paramedic Program.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program Instructor.
Jan May 2002 Research Nurse
University of Calgary Medical Research (Dr. Dele Davies)
Group B Strept (GBS) in Pregnancy study
Identification, selection and obtaining informed consent of suitable patients in hospital
Collection of specimens and data and submission of data for analysis
1999-2004 Obstetrics/Gynecology Office Nurse
Dr. Suzanne Morris Professional Corporation, Calgary
Managed prenatal visits/teaching/medical histories/scheduled lab work and follow-up consultations. Interpretation of lab and diagnostic imaging results.
Gynecological history taking and referral to appropriate physicians and agencies.
Postnatal care and teaching
1991-1995 Intravenous /Pediatric Specialist
Sturgeon Health Unit, St. Albert, Ab
Managed the Home Intravenous Therapy Program from concept to standard care.
Represented Canada at a worldwide conference on Home IV Therapy management.
Case Manager for Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Homemakers.
Policy and Procedure writing for home IV and home support programs.
Pediatric Specialist for the care of medically high risk children at home.
Liaison for community support agencies for clients of all ages.
Liaison instructor for University of Alberta Nursing program
1986 1991 Medivac Flight NurseEmergency/Labor and Delivery
Whitehorse General Hospital, Whitehorse Yukon Territory
Specialized in Emergency Room and Maternal Child Health providing urgent care transport from remote northern communities.
Advanced training in emergency transport care, midwifery, outpost nursing
Charge Nurse for Labor and Delivery and Surgical Units
Developed and taught a series of prenatal classes to white and Indigent communities
Policy and Procedure development for Medevac Flight program.
1982 1985 Post Partum Staff Nurse
Grace Hospital, Calgary
Maternal/Child Health Specialist, Charge Nurse
Policy and Procedure development for Post Partum care
Liason instructor for University of Calgary Nursing Programme
Education
Nursing Diploma, Red Deer College 1978
Legal Nurse Consulting; Principles and Practice 2002
Adult Education Certificate 1990/2004
Operating Room and Post Anesthetic Recovery Room Training
Current adult/child CPR Certification.
Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Certification
Intravenous Therapy Certification
Advanced Fetal Monitoring Certification
Advanced training in Sports Medicine/Sports Nutrition
Active registration in the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses, United Nurses of Alberta and the Canadian Nurses Intravenous Society.
Member of the Association of Womens Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
I keep my medical knowledge current by subscribing to journals and attending conferences and updates. In the past year, I have completed classes or studies in the following:
Legal Nurse Consulting
AWHONN Instructor Level Fetal Monitoring
Instructor Level Neonatal Resuscitation Programme
The 2003 Obstetrical Update
Legal Issues in Obstetrical Nursing
Supportive Care in Labor
Development of Nurses Clinical Judgments Through Clinical Experience
Obstetrical Emergencies
Anatomy of a Law Suit
Advanced Fetal Health Surveillance in Labor
Canadas Health Protection Act
Clinical Practice and Outcomes
International Patient Safety Conference
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