EM V. Garcia, DHEd, DNS, MA, RN, FACLNC

Certified Specialist and Fellow
American College of Legal Nurse Consulting

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Education

A.T. Still University
Kirksville, Missouri
Doctor of Health
Concentration:  Education

Fairleigh Dickinson University
Teaneck, New Jersey
Global Health and Human Service
Administrative Science
Level:  Post-Doctoral Studies

Breyer State University
Los Angeles, California
Doctor of Nursing Science

Republican College
Manila, Philippines
Master of Arts in Education
Major:  Administration and Supervision

                       
Dr. Carlos S. Lanting College
Manila, Philippines
Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Certificates/Other Academic AccomplishmentS

Thomas Edison State College
Distance Education Teaching, Administration, and Management
Scholarship Grant from AHRQ
                       
Association of Peri-Operative Registered Nurses
 Ambulatory Surgery Administration   

University of California, Riverside
Forensic Nursing

University of California, Riverside
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner

Instructor
American College of Legal Nurse Consulting
Legal Nurse Consultant, Certified Specialist
Fellow in the American College of Legal Nurse Consulting

University of South Carolina – Palmetto Richland Hospital
Primary Hyperbaric Medicine

Dynamics Research Corporation
Med Teams®: Leadership

Professional Affiliations (Previous and Current)

• • Emergency Nurses Association/California Emergency Nurses Association
  • Society of Trauma Nurses
  • Association of periOperative Registered Nurses/Ambulatory Surgery Specialty
  • American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
  • American Forensic Nurses
  • American Association of Critical Care Nurses (Ambassador)
  • Critical Care Transportation Association
  • Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing
  • Association of California Nurse Leaders
  • Baromedical Nurses Association

  Professional Recognitions

  • Uliran (Role Model) Awardee, 2005 – The Florence Nightingale Award for Nursing Excellence
  • Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, Nu Mu Chapter – California State University
  • National Advisory Panel, American Forensic Nurses
  • Presidential Awardee, Preferred College of Nursing 2005 – Clinical Training Excellence
  • Reviewer/Contributor in Nursing Studies – Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins
  • Reviewer, Nursing Studies – Jones and Bartlett Publishers
  • Reviewer, Sigma Theta Tau International – Journal of Nursing Scholarship

  Selected Peer Refereed Journal Entries and Publications

  • • Nursing according to EM – Asian News Magazine, August 2005
    • Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins – Springhouse Review for Critical Care Nursing Certification, 4th Edition, 2007
    • Nursing Leadership in Contemporary Turkey (Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2009)
    • A Model of Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the Context of Clinical Investigation (Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2009)
    • Authors’ and Editors’ Perspectives on Peer Review Quality in Three Scholarly Nursing Journals (Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2009)
    • Training Nurses as Implementation Coaches (Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2009)