Legal Nurse Consultants

DARLENE K. CIZEWSKI M.S.N., R.N., C.R.R.N., C.C.M, C.L.C.P., M.S.C.C. is a Legal Nurse Consultant. She obtained a Master of Science in Nursing from Indiana University - Purdue University. She has over 38 years of experience in critical care nursing, nursing administration, rehabilitation and case management in the area or Worker's Compensation. In addition, she has experience in the areas of life care planning, medical cost projections and Medicare Set Asides. She holds national certifications in Rehabilitation Nursing, Case Management, Life Care Planning and Medicare Set Asides. She is an active member of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants.

MADELINE GOOD, R.N., M.S.N., L.N.C.C. is a Legal Nurse Consultant. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Barry University and her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Miami. She has over 20 years of clinical nursing experience in the areas of critical care, cardiovascular nursing, and emergency room nursing. She also has significant medical-managerial experience including Quality Assurance and Risk Management. She is an active member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants for which she holds a Director position on a national level. In addition, she is an active member of the American Heart Association and provides training in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation to the lay public as well as medical personnel.

CECILE N. KAPLAN, R.N., B.S.N. is a legal nurse consultant. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the College of New Jersey in 1984. She has over 20 years of nursing experience with a concentration in surgical nursing, including vascular, thoracic, open heart, general, gynecology, plastic, pediatric, trauma and ophthalmic surgery. In addition, she has extensive experience in presenting in-service education to colleagues and medical students in her areas of expertise. She is a Certified Nurse in the Operating Room (CNOR) and a Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA). Ms. Kaplan is an active member of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants. (AALNC) and a member of the Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN).

MAUREEN LANCELLOT, RN. MSN. MBA. is a Registered Nurse with over twenty-eight years of experience in a wide variety of clinical, educational, managerial and legal positions (Legal Nurse Consultant, Claims Analyst, Nursing Professor, Director of Nursing, Nurse Manager, Assistant Nurse Manager, Clinical Nurse Specialist, and Staff Nurse). Prior workplace settings include for profit, not for profit, teaching and public healthcare hospitals and third party administrator/law firm setting. Her scope of practice covers critical care, telemetry, medical/surgical, outpatient clinic, emergency department, dialysis, nursing education and wound care. Ms. Lancellot is actively involved as Nursing Professor/Area Chairperson with University of Phoenix, where she received the South Florida Faculty of the Year Award, 2006, and the Nursing Faculty of the Year Award, 2005. Ms. Lancellot holds a Masters Degree in Nursing and an MBA Degree in Health Care Administration from the University of Miami. She is a graduate of the Florida Risk Management Institute Legal Nurse Consultant Program. Ms. Lancellot is a member of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants and Sigma Theta Tau International/Omicron Delta Chapter.

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