Marell Betz is a certified legal nurse consultant with over 15 years of experience as a critical care nurse. She has worked in both a cardio-thoracic intensive care unit and a medical-surgical intensive care unit, where she was responsible for the medical management of various acute and critically ill patients. In 2008, she started her own legal nurse consulting business called Betz Consulting to help attorneys, insurance companies, and other clients understand medical issues and records.

2. Charge nurse experience for a cardiac surgery recovery/ coronary care unit (CT-ICU).

3. Involved in training program for new RN’s into the critical care setting.

4. Developed and implemented staffing guidelines for continuity of critical care staffing patterns.

5. Active clinical experience in a Medical-Surgical ICU.

7. Responsible as charge nurse which maintains staffing patterns, coordinates assignments, coordinates flow of patients in and out of unit and initiates emergent surgery protocol when necessary.

9. Responsible as the “rapid-response” nurse. The rapid-response role means responding to in-hospital deteriorating patient situations with the expectation of improving patient outcomes through early intervention.

11. Registered Professional Nurse, Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing, 1993.

12. Critical Care Certification Program, Polyclinic Hospital/ Pinnacle Health System, 1995.

13. Advanced Life Support (ACLS), active - 2008.

14. Basic Life Support (BLS), active - 2008.Licensure Active Pennsylvania Registered Nursing License- RN331379L References: Available upon request