Professional Summary

● Looking for remote work as a nurse paralegal

● Reliable Registered Nurse known for consistent and productive work ethic. Able to maintain an

upbeat and positive demeanor in high-stress situations. Enthusiastic team player and fast

learner, eager to learn new processes and techniques to enhance individual and team

productivity.

● Detail-oriented Registered Nurse with over 20 years of nursing experience, as well as additional

experience of over 10 years derived from a Nurse Paralegal role. Recognized for reviewing medical records in a timely manner, completing medical malpractice and birth injury intakes from potential clients and training new paralegals in the temp department. Specializing in birth injury (able to determine fetal monitoring strips), medical malpractice and nursing home negligence.

Skills

● Highly organized

● Dependable

● Excellent time management

● Critical thinking

● Attention to detail

● Well versed in the use of Time Matters and Filevine

● Well versed in the use of NetDocs

EXPERIENCE

● NURSE PARALEGAL 6/2020- PRESENT

Brown & Barron LLC - Baltimore, MD

Work closely with many attorneys in the medical malpractice and nursing home negligence of

their firm. Completing med chrons, researching medical articles, finding experts and speaking

with them specific to the case are just some of the tasks performed. Also completing intakes

with potential new clients as well.

● NURSE PARALEGAL 7/2019 TO 6/2020

Goodell, Devries, Leech & Dann – Baltimore, MD

Worked closely with many attorneys in the medical malpractice section of their defensive firm. Completing med chrons, researching medical articles and organizing them into a medical literature binder, researched and found experts for medical records review, put together deposition abstracts and

medical records abstract are just some of the tasks performed.

● NURSE PARALEGAL 11/2011 TO 7/2019

Janet, Janet & Suggs, LLC – Pikesville, MD

Worked closely with the firm’s medical director reviewing medical records and completing

medical malpractice and birth injury intakes from potential clients. Researching articles pertinent to specific case and speaking with experts.

● REGISTERED NURSE 7/2004 TO 8/2013, and 12/2017- 5/2021

R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center – Baltimore, MD

Full partner position.

Worked weekend only night shift in the Trauma Resuscitation Unit. Admitting trauma patients

immediately from the EMS provider and/ or Medevac (helicopter trooper medics). Caring for

patients involved in motor vehicle crashes, gunshot wounded, stabbed, assaulted, falls, carbon

monoxide poisoning, and other critically injured patients from other facilities that required a

higher level of care.

Oriented the new oncoming nurses into the unit.

Assumed the charge nurse role on several occasions.

● REGISTERED NURSE 7/1999 TO 7/2004

Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital – Columbia, SC

Full time position working on a medical surgical unit for 6 months and then transitioned into the

Surgical Trauma Intensive Care Unit for the remainder.

Oriented new oncoming nurses into the Intensive care unit.

Assumed the charge nurse role on several occasions.

● REGISTERED NURSE 1/1999 TO 6/1999

Mercy Hospital of Buffalo – Buffalo, NY

Worked full time on the medical surgical floor.

● NURSING ASSISTANT 9/1990 TO 1/1999

Mercy Hospital of Buffalo – Buffalo, NY

Assisted the nursing staff with the care of patients on various floors within the scope of a

nursing assistant while going to nursing school for my BSN.

EDUCATION

National Paralegal College Oct 2011

Phoenix, AZ

Bachelors in Paralegal Studies

Niagara University May 1998

Niagara Falls, NY

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

CERTIFICATIONS

BLS certified Dec 2019

ACLS certified Feb 2020

LICENSE:

Active Maryland Nursing License Expires 2025

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