LYNDA WATSON, RN, BSN, CCRN, CLNC
9005 W. 168th Street
Stilwell, KS 66085
913-681-2945
Lwatsonrn@mindspring.com
Personal Data
DOB: June 26, 1951, Spring Valley, Illinois
Family: Married to Bruce Watson, Transportation/Parts Customer Service Manager,
Deere & Co. Three boys, ages 12, 14, 23.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Marycrest College, Davenport, Iowa
Graduated May, 1987 - Summa Cum Laude
Medical Secretary, Medical Assistant
Elkhart Institute of Technology, Elkhart, Indiana
Graduated June, 1970
Princeton High School, Princeton, Illinois
Graduated, May, 1969 - National Honor Society
License/Certification/Awards
RN --State of Kansas, Active 1998 - present
State of Missouri, Active 1998 - present
State of Georgia, Active 1988 - 1998
State of Iowa, Active 1978 - 1988, Inactive 1988 - present
CCRN – American Association of Critical Care Nurses
1981 - 1987, 1992 - present
CLNC -- Certified Legal Nurse Consultant -- Medical-Legal Consulting Institute, Inc.
1997 - present
CPR Instructor -- American Heart Association
1995 - 1999
ACLS Instructor -- American Heart Association
1995 - 1999
ACLS Provider – American Heart Association
1991 - present
PALS Provider -- American Heart Association
1992 - 1998
Georgia Hospitals Association Nurses Make a Difference Program –
Nominated 1991 and 1992
Lynda Watson, CV/Work History, Page 2
Work History
Legal Nurse Consultant, Owner
Medical Legal Consultants - Stilwell, Kansas - June, 1998 - Present.
-Provide consulting services to the legal profession, including review of records,
development of timelines and chronologies, evaluation of standard of nursing care,
literature search, billing review. Experienced in ICU/CCU/ER, med-surg, physician office,
nursing home, insurance cases, workman’s comp, and nuclear medicine cases.
-Expert testimony, expertise in critical care, general nursing standard of care.
Agency RN, PRN
Care Staff - Overland Park, Kansas - May, 1998 - Present
-ICU staff nurse at local hospitals as requested through the agency.
Clinical Research Nurse, PRN
Quintiles, Inc. - Lenexa, Kansas - May, 1998 - January, 1999
Resigned because my hours of availability did not match their staffing needs.
-Perform protocol procedures accurately, including dosing of investigational drug.
-Assess volunteers’ medical status and adverse events.
-Responsible for monitoring, supervision and quality control to assure the successful
completion of assigned clinical trials of investigational drugs.
Owner, Instructor, Legal Nurse Consultant
Lifeline Services - Conyers, Georgia – 1995 -1998
Company dissolved on relocation to Kansas.
-Develop, schedule and instruct classes in First Aid and Babysitting, CPR.
-Write First Aid Manual and develop visual aids for First Aid Course.
-Provide Computerized Medical Billing services, including electronic insurance
submission, to health professionals.
-Sales of Practice Management Software and software training to doctors’ offices.
-Provide medical-legal consult to attorneys.
Staff Nurse, Part-time
Rockdale Hospital - Conyers, Georgia – November, 1988 - April, 1998
Resigned due to relocation to Kansas for husband’s position with John Deere.
-Primary patient care in 10-bed ICU/CCU with relief charge duties.
-Served on MI QCI committee which developed the hospital’s first care map.
-Chairman of Flow sheet Committee which designed a 24 hr. flow sheet, wrote
guidelines for it’s use and provided inservice training for the staff.
-Marketing Committee 1992-93, Promote Critical Care Nurses to the Community
with educational presentations to the high schools regarding drinking and driving.
-BLS and ACLS Instructor for Education Department.
-Filled in for vacations and absences as Nuclear Cardiology Nurse
and Cardiac Fitness Center nurse.
Mother, Full-time, Unemployed Nurse
Collierville, Tennessee - July, 1986 - November, 1987
Conyers, Georgia - November, 1987 - November, 1988
Lynda Watson, CV/Work History, page 3
Staff Nurse, Full-time
St. Luke’s Hospital - Davenport, Iowa - May, 1978 - June, 1986
Resigned due to relocation to Tennessee for husband’s position with John Deere.
-Primary patient care in 13-bed ICU/CCU, including open heart surgical unit.
-Day charge nurse for one year, relief charge remainder of time.
-Served on Quality Assurance Committee, chart audits, review standards.
-Oriented all new staff.
-Initiated and wrote standardized care plans for critical care patients.
Nursing Assistant
St. Luke’s Hospital - Davenport, Iowa - May, 1976 - May, 1978
-Assist RN’s with patient care on 24-bed Telemetry Unit, full time summers
while in college/nurse’s training.
Medical Secretary/Assistant, Full-time
Robert Collier, MD - Davenport, Iowa - March, 1973 - August, 1974
Resigned to enter college with major in nursing.
-Record daily transactions, file insurance claims, schedule appointments,
manage patient records.
-Assist nurse with patient procedures.
Medical Transcriptionist, Full-time
St. Luke’s Hospital - Davenport, Iowa - 1971 - March, 1973
Resigned to work in office setting with patient contact.
-Type dictated reports and place on patient charts, assemble and file
medical charts.
Seminars Attended (Since 1992)
11th Annual Conference for Legal Nurse Consultants - April 27-30, 2000
St. Louis, Missouri
What Matters Most Workshop - March 23, 2000
Franklin Covey Company
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome - January 18, 2000
Greater Kansas City Chapter of AALNC/Dr. Eden Wheeler
Legal Issues in Nursing and the Consultants Role - September 21, 1999
Greater Kansas City Chapter of AALNC
2nd Annual Conference, National Alliance of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants
Completed as home study - May, 1999
Practical Reviews in Critical Care Medicine - 1998
Educational Reviews, LLC, Monthly review of current literature in Critical Care
Intensive Training Institute in Medical-Legal Consulting - June 5 - 7, 1997
Medical-Legal Consulting Institute, Inc.,
Lynda Watson, CV/Seminars Attended - page 4
Nursing Documentation Disasters - November 18. 1996
Southwest Seminars Association,
ACLS Provider Course - September, 1995
Rockdale Hospital, Conyers, GA
ACLS Instructor Course - October, 1995
Rockdale Hospital, Conyers, GA
BLS Instructor Course - 1995
Rockdale Hospital, Conyers, GA
Non-Traditional Career Opportunities for Nurses - April 1995
Carondelet Management Institute, Atlanta, GA
Cancer Nursing for the Non-Oncology Nurse - April 1995
Rockdale Hospital, Conyers, GA
Fourth Annual Case Studies in Critical Care - November 1994
Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Mood, Mind & Appetite - Nov 1994
Institute for Natural Resources, Atlanta, GA
Hemodynamic/Pulmonary Update - November 1994
Legal Medical Resources, Atlanta, GA
Critical Care Nursing: The Cutting Edge - December 1992
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Classes Instructed/Inservices Presented
American Heart Association Basic Life Support
Monthly Classes in 1996 and 1997 for Rockdale Hospital
American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Quarterly Classes in 1996 and 1997 for Rockdale Hospital
American Red Cross Babysitting Class
Five Classes in 1996 and 1997
First Aid Class for Adults
Monthly Classes in 1996 and 1997 for Lifeline Services
Guideline for the Acute MI Clinical Pathway
Inservice presented to the Critical Care/ER staff, August 1995
Pulmonary Artery Catheter Removal
Inservice presented to Critical Care Staff, June 1995
Lynda Watson, CV/Volunteer Activities - page 5
The Near Death Experience Following Multiple Trauma, Nursing Care Plan
Inservice presented to Critical Care Staff, June 1995
Interests /Activities
Professional
American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Member, 1978 - present,
Chapter President 1982 - 1983,
Chapter Vice-president 1981 - 1982.
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
Member, January 1999 - present
Greater Kansas City Chapter of Legal Nurse Consultants
Member, January 1999 - present
Personal
Family activities, reading, walking, volunteer activities, computer skills.
Volunteer Activities
Blue Valley School District Planning & Facility Committee
Member 1999 - present
Pleasant Ridge Middle School
PTO Member 1998 - Present
Parent Volunteer 1998 - present
Member Facility Committee 1999 - present
KC Jr. Blades Hockey Association
Team Mom 1998 - 1999
Honey Creek Elementary School
Local School Advisory Committee Member 1992-1998, President 1994-96
PTA Member 1991 - 1998, Vice-Pres. 1993 - 1994
Health Committee Chairman 1994 - 1996
Edwards Middle School
Local School Advisory Committee Member 1997 - 1998
PTA member 1997 - 1998
Rockdale Youth Baseball Association
Team mom, Dugout coach, Scorekeeper, 1992 -1997.
Revised June 1, 2000