1. McDonald & Associates Legal Nurse Consultants LLC
6440 Sky Pointe Drive Phone/Fax: 702.365.0625
Suite 140-477 Cell: 702.510.9137
Las Vegas, NV 89131 darlie@mcdonaldlegalnurse.com
Darlie McDonald, RN, CNOR, MBA, CLNC
Summary of Qualifications
 24 years clinical practice in operating room, pre & post anesthesia care, special
procedures, endoscopy, and, acute & critical care nursing.
 8 years in the administration of nursing for surgical services providing quality care and
outstanding patient satisfaction as demonstrated by exceeding JCAHO requirements.
 8 years consulting, marketing and management for pharmaceutical research and medical
device manufacturers.
 Administrative and nursing management of clinical research center.
 Implementation of electronic medical record (EMR) in surgical services & proficient in the
interpretation of EMR's.
Professional Experience
McDonald & Associates Legal Nurse Consultants LLC Las Vegas, NV
 Provide Nurse Consulting services for plaintiff and defense clients.
 Provide Testifying Expert Witness services in preop, OR, PACU,
endoscopy, and surgical nursing standards of care for plaintiff and
defense clients.
Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center Las Vegas, NV
 Clinical nursing practice in perioperative services including OR, PACU,
Pre Procedure Care Unit, Endoscopy & Special Procedures.
 Preceptor for new nurses in Surgical Services.
 Member of CEO's team for improvement of Hospital Consumers
Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) score.
 Locum Tenens Director for the design & implementation of new
Ortho/Neuro post-operative surgical unit.
Delray Medical Center Delray Beach, FL
 Locum Tenens Director for free-standing Ambulatory Surgery Center
with responsibility for monitoring & evaluation of $3 million capital and
operating budgets for 6 operating rooms, 15-bed post anesthesia care unit,
2 room pain management clinic, and 10-bay preoperative unit.
 As Acting Director, coordinated the successful preparation of JCAHO
survey and was responsible for quality patient care; patient, staff and
physician satisfaction.
 Shift Manager, Operating Room with clinical role on both open heart and
trauma teams.
Columbia Hospital West Palm Beach, FL
 As Director of Surgical Services of 300-bed acute care medical center,
responsible for quality patient care as well as patient, physician & staff
satisfaction.
 Administrative responsibility for 8 operating rooms, 15-bed post anesthesia
care unit, same day surgery unit, endoscopy, and central sterile processing.
2013—Present
2003—Present
1997—2003
1995—1997

2.  Marketing responsibility to new & existing physician base. Development of
managers and team building with staff, surgeons and anesthesiologists.
 Developed, implemented, monitored & evaluated capital and operating
budgets in excess of $6 million for all departments.
 Developed annual strategic plans & performance improvement measures for
each department in collaboration with managers.
 Coordinated the successful preparation for JCAHO survey.
1992 — 1995 Broward General Medical Center Ft. Lauderdale, FL
 Director of Surgical Services for 725-bed acute care trauma & open heart
medical center. Responsible for the quality care delivered in 13 operating
rooms, 24-bed post anesthesia and cardiac surgery care unit, central sterile
processing, ambulatory care, endoscopy, pain management clinic, pre
admission testing and admissions units.
 Responsible for development of ten managers, and 150-member staff &
physician relationship building.
 Developed, implemented, monitored and evaluated capital & operating
budgets of $13 million for all departments.
 Developed annual strategic plans & performance improvement measures for
each department in collaboration with managers.
 Coordinated the successful preparation for JCAHO surveys.
1987 — 1992 VA Medical Center West Haven, CT
 Director of Perioperative Services at 784-bed acute care medical center with
responsibility for the quality care and patient, staff and physician satisfaction
in the operating room, post anesthesia care unit, same day surgery, endoscopy,
pain clinic and central sterile processing.
 Collaborated on the development of department's $2 5 million annual
operating and capital budgets. Monitored and evaluated budgets for
compliance.
 Coordinated the facility's successful outcome for two JCAHO surveys.
 Responsible for management development and team building with key
responsibility for attending & resident relationship building.
1985 — 1987 Advanced Biosearch Associates Danville, CA
 Director of Marketing responsible for development & implementation of
marketing strategy for medical device consulting firm.
 Directed PR effort and prepared major project proposals & bids.
 Developed $1.2 million in new business contracts.
 Managed operations for the northeast regional office.
1984 — 1985 PharmaKinetics, Inc. Baltimore, MD
 Managed site selection and start-up operations of Bridgeport, Connecticut
clinical research center. Responsible for day-to-day operations.
 Recruited physician(s) to serve as clinical investigators and as clinical
director for center.
 Interviewed, hired and trained clinic staff.
 Developed & directed local advertising effort for patient recruitment into
program drug studies.
 Generated $6 million in new pharmaceutical study contract.
1983 — 1984 Private Consulting Practice Shelton, CT
 Product marketing and sales force training to medical device companies in
the Northeast.
1979 — 1983 Cedarroth, Inc. Evergreen, CO
 Regional Sales Manager responsible for sales & marketing of disposable
medical devices in the nine Western states from a Southern California base.

3. 1976—1979 Torrance Memorial Hospital Torrance, CA
 Scrub & Circulating RN role in a 9-room operating room which
performed 12 thousand procedures per year.
 Weekend charge nurse responsibilities in acute care, burn
hospital in Southern California.
Education
 University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut
o Executive MBA — 1992
 Management Training Center, Richmond, Virginia
o Management Development Program Graduate — 1990
 California State University, Long Beach, California
o BS, Marketing — 1981
 Cypress College, Cypress, California
o AA, Nursing — 1976
Professional Certifications
 Certified Legal Nurse Consultantcm
(CLNC®
) — Vickie Milaz7o Institute™
 Registered Professional Nurse — NV, FL & CA (Active) - CT (Inactive)
 Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR®
) — Association of Operating Room Nurses™
 Certified Facilitator — Department of Veterans Affairs
 Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) — American Heart Association®
 Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association®
Professional Organizations
 AORN — Association of Operating Room Nurses
 ASPAN — American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
 NACLNC® - National Alliance of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants