Forensic Nursing Consultation

Home
About Us
Contact Us
Site Map
Publications
Links of Interest
More Links of Interest
About Us
We provide expert evaluation, consultation, and educational services to health care and social service organizations, law enforcement, attorneys, universities, and government.
 

Our experts have provided more than 40 years of professional emergency, psychiatric, mental health, home health, infection control, medical surgical, sexual assault and substance abuse services to the child, adolescent, adult and geriatric populations
in all settings along the health care continuum.
 
 
MEET OUR EXPERTS
 
Rachel R. Boersma, PhD, RN provides clinical case review, evaluations and expert testimony in civil and criminal cases.
 
Deborah A. Stone, MS, RN, DABFN provides clincial case review, evaluations and expert testimony in civil and criminal litigation. 
 
Risë Smythe-Freed, BSN, RN provides clinical case review, evaluations and expert testimony in civil and criminal cases.
                           
Doctor Boersma's areas of expertise include:

• Wrongful deaths
• Negligence
• Malpractice
• Toxic torts
• Personal injury
• Professional license disciplinary sanctions
• Alcohol and drug abuse/dependence issues
• Psychiatric and mental health issues
• Professional practice standards
• Risk management
  • Violence in Health Care and Social Service Settings
  • Community Violence
  • Recidivism 

• Evaluation and consultation
  • Immigration cases
  • Asylum
  • Withholding of removal
  • VAWA immigration relief
  • Sexual Assault
  • Child Abuse
  • Elder Abuse
  • Disabled Person Abuse
 
Contact Information for Doctor Boersma:  RachRB@ix.netcom.com
 
Nurse Stone's areas of expertise include: 
Expert witness services in emergency nursing, sexual assault.  Additional areas of practice include personal injury, toxic torts, medical product liability, and general nursing negligence and malpractice.
 
Contact Information for Nurse Stone:  DStone@forensicnursingusa.com
 
Nurse Smythe-Freed's areas of expertise include:
Expert witness services in emergency nursing, medical surgical nursing, infection control, toxic torts (currently a Town Health Officer), sexual assault, holistic nursing, hospice, home health and nursing home care.  Additionally, Nurse Smythe-Freed provides additional case review in areas of Medicare and Medicaid payor disputes.
 
Contact Information for Nurse Smythe-Freed:  RSmytheFreed@forensicnursingusa.com 

 

Link to Dr. Boersma's Curriculum Vita

          /Documents/CV Academic 2006 PhD.doc

Link to Nurse Stone's Curriculum Vita coming soon

Link to Nurse Smythe-Freed's Curriculum Vita coming soon



Company History
We are located in Massachusetts and provide a full range services provided by licensed health care professionals.  Our associates include:  Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE), Legal Nursing Consultants (LNC), Forensic Mental Health Clinicians, Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselors (LDAC), Registered Nurses, and professionals representing many other specialty areas.
General Information
Please contact us
Telephone:  (978) 943-6544
Fax:           (413) 723-8545
Email:         RachRB@ix.netcom.com