Kelley Livingston

Highly skilled, well-rounded, and recently certified Legal Nurse Consultant prepared to pursue a career utilizing extensive medical education and experience to advise organizations regarding medically-related issues and provide expert testimony. Eager to apply a 30+ nursing background in providing complex care, offering quality improvement ideas, and serving as a vital informational resource to junior-level team members to support goals and objectives. Able to interpret, explain, and document medical concepts and terminology in format that is easily understood by non-medical stakeholders.

Equally knowledgeable with legal concepts related to the medical industry and the role a LNC may play in litigation following malpractice, toxic torts, product liability, personal injury, emotional distress, wrongful death, mental capacity, long-term care and assisted living, criminal law, and worker's compensation.

Spine Specialty Coordinator - HONOR HEALTH - Scottsdale, AZ

(1998-01)

Assist and coordinate the overall management of spine and neurosurgical specialties by working collaboratively with physicians, nursing staff, patients, and families from admission through discharge. Confirm proper coding assignments for surgical procedures is achieved to facilitate and administer safe, competent care. Preserve positive engagements with patients to assist them in understanding the nature of their medical encounters and the need for ongoing medical intervention.

Maintain flexibility by serving as the Clinical Educator to acclimate newly hired staff to the spine speciality and help them understand the meaning behind each action. Prioritize and perform general and advanced nursing skills, including patient assessments, treatment planning, and directly interfacing with clinical staff on managing patient care.

• Enforce infection prevention, patient/staff safety guidelines, and adherence to best nursing practices as a part of a continuous and quality improvement effort.
• Communicate with surgery schedulers to review upcoming surgical cases and ensure proper procedure description and CPT code selection is being used across all clinical, surgical, and billing touchpoints.
• Organize the medical environment to ensure proper tracking of medical supply inventories and sterilization of equipment to counter infection.
• Reprioritize work based on changing needs of the patients, previous shift reporting outcomes, or as directed by attending physicians and nursing leadership.
• Received 5 "You Rock" awards and received a "Good Catch" award for catching a medication dispensing error, and noted recognition for identifying a breach in sterile techniques.
• Hand-selected to serve as the head of the Scottsdale Healthcare Policy & Procedure Committee and was a representative on the Patient Care Council to improve education, nursing, and quality assurance.

Staff Nurse - HONOR HEALTH - Scottsdale, AZ

(1994-01 - 1998-12)

Served as a synergistic member of the healthcare delivery team to facilitate the surgical care of patients with complex spine and cranial issues. Engaged emergency response protocols to prioritize patients and triage care as needed and provided ongoing training and support to nursing staff to ensure compliance with existing policies, infection control, patient safety, and quality care standards. Monitored patients for changes in condition, documented vital signs, and revised care plans as required.

Staff Nurse - Good Samaritan Medical Center, Surgicare, Research Medical Center, and Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Additional career experience as Staff Nurse across neurological, orthopedic, and neonatal intensive care specialties.

Private Scrub Nurse for a neurosurgeon

Assisting in surgical procedures and caring for patients throughout all stages of treatment.

Bachelor of Science - Nursing - TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

Certification - Legal Nurse Consultant - UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Certification - Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) - COMPETENCY & CREDENTIALING INSTITUTE