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"We have top consultants and experts to choose from."
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Veronica
Castellana, RN, ALNC, CLNI, CPSS
Diabetes Expert & Educator,
Marketing Consultant,
Freelance Writer
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Veronica Castellana has been involved with
Emergency Care since 1995. She left Emergency
Care to pursue her own business. She is a
Registered Nurse and a freelance writer. She is
Certified as a Legal Nurse Consultant and is the
founder and director of the Legal Nurse
Consulting Firm.
She
consults on cases for numerous attorneys in the
Tampa Bay area and the Attorney General's
office.
She
owns RN MARKET LLC which is an education and marketing business.
She trains nurses how to become
successful as Legal Nurse Consultants.
She
considers herself to be a Diabetes Nurse Expert.
She is founder and director of Diabetes Help
Foundation and Diabetic Zone. This is the Web
site where she offers free diabetes education
to others.
http://diabeticzone.com
She
is presently on the Leadership Council for the
American Diabetes Association and has been a
committee member for 6 years for the ADA Walk-A-Thons.
She
is listed on the AADE Web site as a Diabetes
Educator in the Florida area. She has
contributed to the revision of the AADE School
Position Statement for children with diabetes
and helped with a video for kids with Type 2
diabetes.
She
is currently in the process of writing a book
about diabetes. The book has first hand stories
from all over the world about adults and
children and how they cope with having diabetes.
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Credentials
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Critical Care
Internship Program, Emergency Nursing Internship
Program, Certified CPR instructor, EMT-B, ACLS,
PALS, TNCC, EKG, Certified in Pre-School Vision
Screening to Prevent Blindness, American Lung
Association Open Airways Asthma instructor.
Charge Nurse experience in the Emergency Room.
American Diabetes Association, Volunteer,
Advocate, and Speaker. On-line Host for Diabetes
Station.
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Honors
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Sigma Theta Tau,
International member. Golden Key, International
member. University of South Florida, Dean’s
List. International Dean’s List. All American
Honors Society. University of South Florida
Community Nursing Award.
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Publications
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She has written and
published several books and resources:
- Market
for Success
- Legal
Nurse Consulting: The LNC Marketing
Handbook
- Life
Care Planning: The LCP Marketing
Handbook
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Introduction to Legal Nurse Consulting
- Report
Writing & Case Analysis
- Legal
Nurse Essentials
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Deposition & Expert Witness Testimony
FNSA Resolution, NSNA Resolution, In Support of
Increased Education of the Risks, Signs, and
Symptoms of Diabetes Mellitus in School Aged
Children.
She is a freelance writer and has written
numerous articles for different publications and
magazines such as Vital Signs, Today's Nurse,
Opportunities in Nursing, National Nurses in
Business, and Nursing Spectrum.
She is listed on many other Web sites: Diabetes
123, children with DIABETES, Diabetic Solutions,
Nursing Spectrum, Diabetes Living, Diabetes
Station, and Rick Mendoza's Web sites. Mendoza
lists the who's who in diabetes.
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Membership
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International &
American Association of Legal nurse
Investigators & Consultants (IAALNI)
President
University of South
Florida, Student Nurses Association, Held Office
of Historian, District 4.
Florida Student Nurses Association
National Student Nurses Association
St. Joseph’s Auxiliary Association member
Member of the American Association of Diabetes
Educators, AADE.
Member the the American Diabetes Association,
ADA and the Leadership Council. Committe Member
of the yearly Walk-A-Thons for the ADA.
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Education
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University of South
Florida, Tampa, Florida. GPA 3.7. Bachelor of
Science/Nursing.
Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, Florida.
Emergency Medical Technician, 1997. Associate of
Arts/Liberal Arts, 1986. |
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Veronica Castellana
RN, ALNC, CLNI, CPSS
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