David is well regarded and highly experienced educator in healthcare with over 15 years of local and international nurse education experience. He has filled the role of both Adult and Paediatric Emergency Nurse Educator at a tertiary level hospitals. David has a strong background in Emergency Nursing Care for over 25 years. His passion is delivering high quality, interactive education solutions that are clinically relevant and easily accessible for clinical staff.
Through experience as a clinical nurse specialist and as a nurse educator, David has a practical and theoretical understanding of standard of care in a diverse range of nursing areas including critical and emergency care, acute nursing and paediatrics. He can provide concise medico-legal opinions on irregularities and deviations of care in nursing practice.
Areas of Interest and Expertise
- Emergency Care
- Care of the Critical Ill
- Triage Assessment
- Paediatric Care
- Transfer of Critically Ill patients
- Multi Trauma Patients and their Care
- Minor Trauma including Motor Vehicle Accidents and Assault
- Falls and Falls Risk Assessment
- Medication Errors
- IV cannulation and fluid administration
- Nursing Standards
- Scope of Practice Issues
- Emergency Care of the Mental Health Patient
- Catheter care
- Indwelling Catheter insertion and other invasive devices
- Pressure area care
- Wounds and Burns Care
- Cardiac Arrest and Post Cardiac Arrest Nursing Care
- Nursing care of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke
- Medication Administration
- Nursing Competency/Failure to follow standards of care
- Documentation
- Standard of Nursing Care
- Failure to provide the appropriate nursing care
- Managing and Recognising Sepsis
- Early Discharge of Patients
- Failure to use equipment in a responsible manner
- Failure to assess and monitor and failure to communicate
- Failure to act as a patient advocate
If you require assistance with any medicolegal reports please email
