DARRYL BRUMFIELD

Legal Nurse Consultant and Board-Certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with over 20 years of nursing experience providing objective medical-legal consultation to plaintiff and defense counsel. Expertise includes psychiatric record review, emotional distress evaluation, functional impairment analysis, and psychiatric standards of care assessment. Skilled in translating complex psychiatric documentation into clear, defensible legal findings.

• Personal injury and emotional distress
• Psychiatric trauma and mental injury
• Disability and functional capacity disputes
• Workplace and housing stress claims
• Medication-related adverse events
• Psychiatric and nursing standards of care matters

• MSN
• APRN
• PMHNP-BC

• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Texas
• Registered Nurse (RN), Texas
• Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Board Certified (PMHNP-BC)
• CPR Certification
• Assisted Living Management Certification

• Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner – outpatient, telehealth, and facility-based care
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) therapy for treatment-resistant depression
• Hospice and RN Case Management – psychosocial assessment and documentation
• Acute care nursing – trauma, neurological, and post-operative conditions
• Clinical Instructor – nursing standards, documentation, and supervision

• Psychiatric medical record review and analysis
• Medical chronology development
• Emotional distress and psychiatric injury evaluation
• Trauma-related mental health conditions (PTSD, acute stress)
• Functional impairment and capacity assessment
• Psychotropic medication review and adverse effects analysis
• Identification of deviations from psychiatric and nursing standards of care
• Medical literature research and attorney consultation