Clinical experience in maternal-fetal nursing care informs this obstetric nursing expert witness’s evaluation of patient care, fetal monitoring interpretation, and nursing standards in labor and delivery environments. She is a Registered Nurse with more than 30 years of professional nursing experience focused on obstetric care, including labor and delivery, fetal monitoring, obstetric triage, and perioperative nursing related to cesarean section procedures. She is certified as an Inpatient Obstetric Nurse (RNC-OB) with subspecialty certification in Electronic Fetal Monitoring. In an expert capacity, she has more than 5 years of experience providing consultation and case evaluation in matters involving obstetric nursing care.

Her clinical work includes direct patient care in labor and delivery units, including management of high-risk obstetric patients in a Level III maternal care facility. Her experience includes monitoring maternal and fetal status during labor, interpreting fetal heart rate monitoring systems, assessing labor progression, and evaluating maternal-fetal well-being, as well as obstetric triage and emergency assessment of pregnant patients presenting with urgent clinical conditions.

Another component of her professional background involves surgical obstetric care and interdisciplinary collaboration during cesarean delivery procedures. She has served as an operating room circulator during cesarean sections and has provided post-anesthesia recovery care for obstetric patients following surgical delivery. In addition to clinical practice, she has experience providing hospital risk assessments and working as a legal nurse consultant in medical malpractice matters, including review of medical records, evaluation of standards of care, and preparation of case analyses related to obstetric nursing practice.

Her educational background includes an Associate of Science in Nursing, earned cum laude, with academic honors including President’s List and Dean’s List recognition. She also completed Licensed Practical Nurse training before advancing to registered nursing practice.