REBECCA HORD
BANGOR,MAINE
Summary
Skilled Legal Nurse Consultant with substantial background in both legal and medical sectors. Possess strong understanding of healthcare laws, regulations, and standards. Known for providing clear, comprehensive reports on medical issues to facilitate case analysis and strategy development. Previously made significant impact by helping streamline processes, improving efficiency in analyzing medical records and related documents.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Legal Nurse Consultant
KLG Legal Nurse Consulting Services, LLC
Remote
10.2024 - Current
- Quality Assurance and Administrative Role: systematically reviewing and evaluating nurses' completed projects to ensure they meet established standards and quality expectations, identifying any errors or inconsistencies, and providing feedback for improvement.
- Utilized systematic approaches in the evaluation of mass tort cases.
- Produced conclusive case report documentation for client review.
- Conducted medical research to facilitate ongoing cases, and legal investigations for class action lawsuits.
- Maintained strict patient data procedures to comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
Legal Nurse Consultant
Strategic Litigation Partners, LP
05.2024 - Current
- The role of the reviewing nurse is to tag essential data from the provided records into a PDF (work product) used to support the claims.
- Review all provided medical records, and extrapolate key facts regarding issues that will help the claim.
- Review medical records for key information, and create a chronology electronically within the software (using Notes and Nurse Analysis Reports).
- Uphold confidentiality by managing information with discretion, in accordance with data protection laws.
Legal Nurse Consultant
Sunshine Nurse Healthcare Consulting and Education
04.2024 - Current
- Review of medical records, compilation of medical record summaries, and research on standards of care and causation.
- NICU medical malpractice case merit review, and medical chronology.
- Records were reviewed for the injury analysis of the breach, damages, and causation.
Emergency Room Registered Nurse
Maine Health Care at Home
Belfast, ME
12.2024 - Current
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
- Assessed patient needs, prioritized treatment, maintained patient flows and assisted physicians with non-invasive procedures.
- Reviewed laboratory results promptly for accuracy and followed up on abnormal findings with physicians.
- Ensured compliance with all hospital policies, procedures, standards, and regulations.
House Supervisor
MaineHealth
Belfast, Maine
02.2024 - Current
- Provides leadership and assistance to all hospital areas to ensure smooth operations and coordination of patient care for all patient care areas during the assigned shift.
- Assumes clinical supervision for multiple units on a designated shift.
- Consult, advise, and inform appropriate managers regarding clinical issues, needs, and problems.
- Collaborates with the admitting provider and unit manager/designee regarding proper patient unit placement.
- Conduct unit rounds to ensure safe patient care, and facilitate a staffing huddle to ensure global staffing is adequate for safe patient care delivery.
Associate Broker
NextHome Experience/Realty of Maine
Bangor, Maine
01.2022 - Current
- Assisted in developing and executing marketing plans to increase the customer base; identified target markets, and developed strategies for achieving goals.
- Demonstrated excellent organizational skills by managing multiple projects simultaneously, while meeting tight deadlines.
Neonatal Critical Care Transport Nurse
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center
Bangor, Maine
02.2009 - 01.2022
- Ground and air transport skills, including intubation, needle decompression, central line placement, arterial blood gas collection and interpretation, and therapeutic hypothermia for HIE.
- 4th Annual Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care Transport Team Conference, 2018.
- 17th Annual Airborne Neonatal and Pediatric Team Conference, 2019.
- Participated in research projects and developed educational materials for staff and patients' families.
- Coordinator for NICU Skills Day, and educated staff on ventilator use, neonatal developmental care, and JCAHO standards and requirements.
Adjunct Clinical Instructor
Eastern Maine Community College
Bangor, Maine
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Responsibilities included the supervision and instruction of nursing students in medical-surgical hospital units, long-term care facilities, and skilled nursing settings.
- Clinical instructors plan pre- and post-conferences, and provide regular feedback to students for performance improvement and review.
- Safeguarded elderly residents under care, meeting individual health, and wellbeing needs.
School Nurse
Bangor School Department
Bangor, Maine
08.2015 - 08.2017
- Coordination of student care, state screenings, dental clinic, 504 plans, and Individualized Educational Plans.
- Served as the health liaison between schools, homes, and communities, including making home visits.
- Triage of patients' health problems at school and implementing appropriate treatments.
Emergency Room Nurse
St. Joseph Hospital
Bangor, Maine
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Successfully assessed, evaluated, and treated clinically unstable patients who required rapid, knowledgeable intervention.
- Charge nurse and triage nurse coordinating care for a fast-paced, 24-bed unit.
- Improved patient outcomes by performing triage, assessing patient conditions, and initiating emergency treatment when necessary.
Pediatric Specialty Clinic Nurse
Gastroenterology Center of Maine
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Telephone triage for pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients.
- Assessed and evaluated patient needs, supporting accurate diagnosis and care planning.
Pain Clinic Nurse
St. Joseph Hospital
Bangor, Maine
01.2009 - 01.2011
- Patient education on implantable medical devices.
- Maintained accurate and up-to-date patient records.
- On call 24 hours for the clinic for telephone triage of post-procedure patients.
Endoscopy Nurse
St. Joseph Hospital
Bangor, Maine
01.2009 - 01.2011
- Preprocedural phone calls and education, IV placement, PH probe removal, post-procedure recovery, and patient/family education.
- Documented patient data in EMR software, accurately recording details of interventions and progress.
NICU Clinical Nurse Educator
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center
Bangor, Maine
02.2007 - 01.2009
- Knowledge of JCAHO and state regulations of health care organizations.
- Practiced working knowledge of current policies and procedures, and managed staff education for over 100 employees.
- Compliance risk management involves regular chart audits to identify, assess, and manage risks associated with non-compliance with laws, regulations, and industry standards.
NICU Nurse
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
05.2001 - 01.2007
- Pre- and postoperative care of critically ill neonates.
- Assisted and participated in bedside surgeries.
- Researched potentially better practices for reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) for PICC lines and central venous lines, and educated staff on policies and procedures.
Education
Legal Nurse Consultant Preceptorship -
Irwin Fritchie Urquhart Moore & Daniels LLC
New Orleans, Louisiana12.2023
Online Essentials of Legal Nurse Consulting -
LSUHNO School of Nursing
Baton Rouge, LA12.2023
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia12.2001
Skills
- Health Science Research Skills
- Data Organization
- Efficiently Organized
- Goal-Oriented Individual
- Team Leadership
- Document Organization
- Excellent investigative and Reporting Skills
- Technical Writing
- Class Action Litigation Review
- Mass Tort Case Review
Certification
- RN, State of Maine, Active
- Maine Associate Broker License, Active
- Basic Life Support (BLS), Current
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Current
- Pediatric Advanced Life Supprot (PALS), Current
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Current
Affiliations
- Member of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
- Member of the American Nurses Association
- Member of the National Association of Realtors
- P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization), 2012–Present
- National Ski Patrol member, 2013-2020
- Delta Zeta Sorority Member, 2001–Present
- Shakespeare Club, 2011–Present
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Current
Accomplishments
- Certified NICU Nurse, RNC-NIC, 2010-2020
- PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) instructor, 2011-2014
- Certified by the Ohio State University Infant Feeding Technician Course
- Superuser and clinical educator for Cerner CPOE (Computerized Provider Order Entry), including building order sets and staff support
Timeline
Emergency Room Registered Nurse
Maine Health Care at Home
12.2024 - Current
Legal Nurse Consultant
KLG Legal Nurse Consulting Services, LLC
10.2024 - Current
Legal Nurse Consultant
Strategic Litigation Partners, LP
05.2024 - Current
Legal Nurse Consultant
Sunshine Nurse Healthcare Consulting and Education
04.2024 - Current
House Supervisor
MaineHealth
02.2024 - Current
Associate Broker
NextHome Experience/Realty of Maine
01.2022 - Current
Adjunct Clinical Instructor
Eastern Maine Community College
01.2016 - 01.2018
School Nurse
Bangor School Department
08.2015 - 08.2017
Emergency Room Nurse
St. Joseph Hospital
01.2012 - 01.2014
Pediatric Specialty Clinic Nurse
Gastroenterology Center of Maine
01.2011 - 01.2012
Neonatal Critical Care Transport Nurse
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center
02.2009 - 01.2022
Pain Clinic Nurse
St. Joseph Hospital
01.2009 - 01.2011
Endoscopy Nurse
St. Joseph Hospital
01.2009 - 01.2011
NICU Clinical Nurse Educator
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center
02.2007 - 01.2009
NICU Nurse
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
05.2001 - 01.2007
- RN, State of Maine, Active
- Maine Associate Broker License, Active
- Basic Life Support (BLS), Current
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Current
- Pediatric Advanced Life Supprot (PALS), Current
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Current
Legal Nurse Consultant Preceptorship -
Irwin Fritchie Urquhart Moore & Daniels LLC
Online Essentials of Legal Nurse Consulting -
LSUHNO School of Nursing
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Georgia State University