EDUCATION

1981 Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.)
California State University, Los Angeles, California
Major - Community Health Nursing and Nursing Administration

1978 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.)
Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
Registered Nurse (R.N.) Diploma
Christ Hospital School of Nursing, Cincinnati, Ohio

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES, CREDENTIALS AND CERTIFICATES

  • Registered Nurse - Ohio (inactive); California License # 133790
  • Certified Public Health Nurse (California) - Certificate # 26814
  • College Instructor - California Credential # 189528
  • College Health Services - California, Credential # 189529
  • Coronary Critical Care - C.C.U. Certificate
  • Professional Certificate in Legal Nurse Consulting - (UCSD - 1994-95)

Master of Science in Nursing
Legal Nurse Consultant

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Legal Nurse Consultant, Health Counselor and Educator, 10/86 - Present, Independent Practice.
    Director/Owner - Behymer Consulting, Carlsbad, CA.

  • Nurse Consultant; Supervisor/Coordinator for Out of Home Nursing and Health
    Care Services of San Diego and Imperial Counties; Medicaid Waiver Developer, Coordinator and Reviewer
    , 1/81 - 10/86, San Diego Regional Center for the
    Developmentally Disabled (SDRC), San Diego, CA.

  • Health Care Services Coordinator and Supervisor, 2/80 - 1/81, Allied Home Health
    Association (North County) San Marcos, CA.

  • 6/78 - 2/80 Community-Public Health Nurse, Alvarado Home Health Association,
    Oceanside, CA.

  • Clinical Nurse II - Head Nurse, Surgery Module, 6/77 - 6/78, University of California
    Medical Center (U.C.S.D.), Outpatient Center (eleven surgery clinics, fifteen
    physicians, surgeons and faculty professors, San Diego, CA.

  • Emergency Swine Influenza Vaccination Program, 10/76 - 11/76, American Red Cross,
    Carlsbad, CA.

  • Senior Citizen Medical Clinic Coordinator; Program Coordinator, Community Nursing for Public Health Nursing Program, 5/76 - 6/77, (in conjunction with Pepperdine
    University), Oceanside Community Clinic, Oceanside, CA.

  • Primary Care and Charge Nurse Medical-Surgical Unit; Staff Relief Nurse, Coronary Care, 5/75 - 5/76, Scripps Memorial Hospital (formerly San Dieguito Hospital),
    Encinitas, CA.

  • Emergency Disaster Nursing, 5/75 - 8/75, Viet Namese and Cambodia Refugee Camp -
    American Red Cross, Camp Pendleton, CA.

  • Coronary Critical Care Program, 4/75 -6-75, Scripps Clinic & Research Center, La Jolla, CA.

  • Clinical Nursing R.N. Refresher Program, 1/75 - 4-75, Palomar Hospital, Escondido, CA.

  • Volunteer Classroom Instructor Educationally Handicapped/Learning Disabled Children, Prior to 1975, Magnolia Elementary School, Carlsbad, CA.
    Volunteer Navy Relief, Disaster and Family Assistance Programs, L.F.T.C. PAC, Coronado, CA.
    Volunteer Navy Relief, Disaster and Family Assistance Programs, Camp
    Pendleton, CA.
    Volunteer Navy Relief, Disaster and Family Assistance Programs, Honolulu
    and Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii.
    Volunteer Navy Relief, Disaster and Family Assistance Programs, U.S. Naval
    Station-32nd Street, San Diego, CA.
    Clinic Nurse Coordinator for Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Pediatrician, General Practitioner, Cassidy Medical Clinic, Oceanside, CA.
    Staff Nurse, Labor and Delivery, U.S. Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton, CA.
    Civilian Charge Nurse, Labor and Delivery, Newborn Nursery, Post Partum,
    U.S. Naval Hospital, Quantico, VA.
    Assistant Operating Room Supervisor, Wayne Hospital Greenville, OH.


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (San Diego Chapter); Founding Member, 1987
  • Education Committee 1988-93, Chairman 1988; Vice President, 1989
  • AALNC Public Relations Committee 1988-89, 1992-1995; Director at Large, 1990-91
  • AALNC Nominating Committee, 1991-93; 2001; Speakers Bureau, 1992-95
  • AALNC Speakers Bureau Coordinator, 1994 -95
  • American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants - (National); Founding Member, 1989
  • AALNC National Steering Committee 1988-89; Director at Large, 1990-93
  • AALNC Public Relations Committee, Chairman, 1990; Standards Committee 1990-94
  • AALNC Membership Directory Committee, 1990-93, Chairman and Editor, 1990-93
  • AALNC Ethics Committee, 1990-93, Chairman, 1992-93; Nominating Committee, 1991-93
  • Manuscript Review, 1993-1999; Standards/Certification Committee, 1994-95
  • American Nurses Association
  • American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
  • American Association on Mental Deficiency

APPOINTMENTS AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES

  • San Diego Regional Center (SDRC) Designee to Friendship Homes, Hilldale and Children's Convalescent Hospitals (ICF/DD Facilities), 1981 - 1986, for program development, evaluation, implementation and compliance with Federal and State Regulations and Standards.

  • SDRC Health Committee, Chairman, 1981 - 1986

  • SDRC Medicaid Waiver, Program Coordinator. 1983 - 1986, Developed program for SDRC with audit, review and analysis (every six months) for eligibility determination of Developmentally Disabled clients.

  • SDRC Special Task Force for Development of New Licensing Category for Intermediate Care Facility for Developmentally Disabled-Nursing (ICF/DD-N), Committee On Community Care for the Developmentally Disabled. 1985 - 1986, Department of Developmental Services, Sacramento, CA.

The complete CV of this medical expert, including all publications and court jurisdiction testimony, may
be obtained by contacting the expert, directly, at the following E-mail address:
BehymerLNC@aol.com

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