EDUCATION
Sept. 1998-Sept. 2000 Sage Femme
Midwifery School, Encinitas, CA
Certificate of Completion. Completion of California Challenge Exam. Licensed
Midwife.
1997 Umpqua Community College, Roseburg,
OR
Graduated AS in Nursing and Science, GPA: 3.8
Deans List and Presidents List virtually every quarter. Awarded Ford Family
Scholarship.
EMPLOYMENT
July 2004-present Rady Children's
Hospital, San Diego, CA
Registered Nurse
Performed nursing services in the PACU at Children's Hospital. Specializing
in pain control, Post anesthesia care and Airway. We are one of just a small
handful of PACU's that the nurses extubate their patients in the PACU- 95% of
the children that come through are extubated by the RN's. I am skilled on recognizing
the effects of Depolarizing and Non-Depolarizing agents in Patients of all ages.
I am an expert on managing a Bronchial spasm or Layngospasm and the airway of
patients with an ET tube, LMA, or oral and nasal airways in place. I am an expert
in pain management in a recovery room setting. I have specialized in all levels
of care from Day surgery to Critically ill patients.
Sept. 2002-Jan 2004 UCSD Thornton
Hospital, La Jolla, CA
Registered Nurse
Performed nursing services in the Sam Day Surgery and PACU. Recovered patients
under anesthesia, and special procedures under conscious sedation. I am an IV
expert, starting up to 30 plus per day and called on throughout the hospital
to start IV's on the floor.
Oct. 1998-June 2002 Birth Babies
and Beyond, Encinitas, CA
Intern Midwife, Licensed Midwife
Performed AP, IP, PP Gynecology, and Newborn Care in a clinic and at home setting.
I am skilled at resuscitation of an infant, charting progress and managing the
delivery of a newborn, performing gynecology exams, and breast-feeding consultation.
Responsible for teaching and training new midwives.
Feb. 1998-July 2004 Med Source, San
Diego, CA
Registered Nurse
Worked full and part time in most of San Diego area hospitals, primarily on
a Telemetry unit, Med Surge unit, Post partum, and PACU units.
Sept. 1997-Feb. 1998 Pomerado Hospital, Poway, CA, Registered Nurse
June 1997-Aug. 1997 Mercy Medical Center, Roseburg, OR, Registered Nurse
CERTIFICATIONS
PALS, ACLS, CPR, NRP
KEYWORDS
Nurse Expert Witness, Registered Nurse Expert Witness, Licensed Midwife Expert Witness, PACU Expert Witness, Day Surgery Expert Witness, Extubation Expert Witness, Airway Expert Witness, IV's Expert Witness, Pain Control Expert Witness, Well Women Expert Witness, Ante Partum Care Expert Witness, Intra Partum Care Expert Witness, Post Partum Care Expert Witness, Normal Birth Expert Witness, Newborn Resuscitation Expert Witness, Breastfeeding Expert Witness, Birth Complications Expert Witness