Employment History:

1998 - Present  West Boca Medical Center (Tenet)

• CCU/SICU/MICU
• Relief Charge Nurse/Staff Nurse
• Member of Rapid Response Team
• Responsible for the care of critically ill patients with multi-system organ failure
  

1985 - 1998   Florida Medical Center South (Tenet)

• CCU/SICU/MICU
• Full-time Charge Nurse 1988 -1998
• relief Charge Nurse 1985 - 1988

1979 - 1985   Florida Medical Center South (Tenet)

• Medical-Telemetry floor
• Full-time Charge Nurse
• Responsible for the care of sub-acute patients with multiple medical, surgical and cardiac diagnoses

1978 - 1979  Florida Medical Center South (Tenet)

• Medical-Surgical floor staff nurse
• Responsible for the care of pre and post-operative patients

Education:

1970 - 1972  Katimavick Highschool, Quebec, Canada

1972 - 1975  St. Lawrence College, Quebec, Canada

• Associate of Health Sciences

1975 - 1977  Georgian College of Applied Arts & Technology, Ontario, Canada

• Diploma Nurse

1978 - Present  Licensed as Registered Nurse in Florida

2008 - Present  Certified as a Legal Nurse Consultant, Vickie Milazzo Institute


Professional:

• Developed & presented classes on "Documentation... If it's not charted, it's not done."
• Directly involved in the development of hospital policies & procedures as well as quality & performance improvement assessments
• Responsible for chart reviews for JCAHO accreditation
• Directly involved in the orientation and training of new staff nurses
• ACLS & BLS certifications
• Legal Nurse Consultant Certification

Associations:

• American Nurses Association
• National Alliance of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants