About Us
Lynn Belcher LNC Associates
Providing Legal Nurse Consulting Services, Nurse Observer for Defense Medical Exams, Life Care Planning, and Speaking Service
Providing Legal Nurse Consulting Services, Nurse Observer for independent Defense Medical Exams, and Speaking Service
Defending or prosecuting a case with independent exam medical components are not always easy; attorneys may be skilled, experienced, and educated, but they are not medical professionals and so the finer points of a personal injury or malpractice case may not be easy to get a handle on. This is where a medical consultant can make all the difference. Whether you need an experienced observer to attend an exam or a qualified medical professional to review the case notes and provide insights a medical consultant can give you the edge you need to represent your client to the best of your abilities. If you don’t need specialist information, but instead want input from an experienced medical practitioner who worked on the front lines of healthcare provision, a legal nurse consultant is for you. In fact, in many cases, a nurse can be the best person to talk to about a patient’s case; while physicians make the diagnosis and care plan, it is the nurse who provides all aspects of care.
As experienced health care providers, we have seen it all; injuries, accidents, and malpractice allegations are something that all nurses see or experience during their careers; we can put this experience to work for you and your clients. From product liability to criminal cases, we are on-hand to support you every step of the way. All you have to do is contact us at lynn@lynnbelcherlnc.com, or on 702-843-4989. We are available Monday through Friday from 8 am to 5 pm (MST).
Meet the Team
All of our consultants are actively working in healthcare. Keeping their knowledge skills and expertise current with todays standards of independent exams and healthcare inovations.
Lynn Belcher
RN, BSN, MHA, CLNC, Legal Nurse Consultant, Nurse Life Care Planner
Lynn has over thirty years of nursing experience. She started her career in Critical Care holding positions as a staff nurse, manager and clinical educator. From there she moved on to transplant where she worked on both the procurement side and the transplant side. She became the Director of Transplant Services at a large medical center and helped build their program from the ground up. From there she moved into Nursing Administration successfully holding positions as Executive Director of Nursing, Associate Administrator of Ambulatory Care, and Chief Nursing Officer in two large acute care hospitals. In addition, Lynn works as a subject expert providing classes on leadership, nursing legalities, risk management, and safe documentation. Her career as a Legal Nurse Consultant began in 1988 when she started a legal nurse consulting business. This career line was interrupted by promotional opportunities. Her recent retirement from the hospital world allows her to return to legal nurse consulting and speaking on the medical legal aspects of nursing.
Lynn is the President/CEO of Lynn Belcher LNC Associates. Under her direction, the associate team provides a high quality, issue based, cost effective work product to their clients. She assures that all associates have proven experience and expertise in their field and that all reports are provided in an easily readable and applicable format.
Barbara Kordestani
RN, CLNC
Barbara has over 40 years of nursing experience which brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to her role as a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant. She began her career in a Medical/Surgical unit and then an adult Intensive Care Unit. Later in her career, Barbara joined a group of anesthesiologists, where she spent 18 years conducting preoperative assessments for 16 doctors to ensure the safety of their surgical patients. She brings extensive oncology knowledge and experience to the group, having worked both home health hospice and inpatient oncology. Barbara has been chemotherapy certified and is very familiar with the care of oncology patients. In addition to her oncology work, Barbara has also served as a Transplant Donor Coordinator for Nevada’s first transplant center. She currently works in surgical pre-admitting and same-day surgery in a large, acute care hospital. Barbara has been recognized multiple times for her delivery of compassionate care including The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Care, Caring Hands, Healing Hearts Award, and Outstanding Med Surg Nurse.
Karen Edwards
RN, BSN, MSN, PCNS-BC, CCRN, CLNC
Karen has over 30 years of nursing experience. Her primary area of expertise is Pediatrics/Pediatric Intensive Care. She started her nursing career in Pediatrics at a major children’s hospital in Los Angeles, and has been working in Pediatrics/PICU since. Though the majority of those years have been spent in the acute care setting, Karen has worked in Home Health Care providing home based care to pediatric and adult patients. During her acute hospital career, she worked in pediatrics/PICU as a staff nurse, charge nurse, and manager. After returning to school and obtaining her MSN and Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist board certification, she became the CNS for both pediatrics and PICU. In addition, Karen is a Pediatric Intensive Care Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN). Karen has also been in charge of data abstraction for a national PICU database. Currently, she continues to work as a Clinical Nurse specialist in a large acute care hospital. Karen is a member of the California Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists, National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists, American Nurses Association, Nevada Nurses Association, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, and Greater Long Beach/Orange County Chapter of AACN.
Nadine Gruidl
Nadine has over 30 years of experience in healthcare support services. She started her career working at a neurosurgical practice where she was promoted to Office Manager. After relocating to Las Vegas in 1989, Nadine took a position as a Medical Staff Coordinator at an acute care hospital where she was responsible for physician and allied health credentialing activities, and medical staff support services including accurate documentation of medical staff meetings and correspondence. She then joined the Transplant Department and was promoted to the role of Financial Coordinator. For the past 15 years, Nadine has worked in healthcare procurement as a Senior Purchasing Analyst. Nadine has joined LNC Associates as an associate editor to assure a high level of professionalism in report format and composition
Ginger Evors Fidel
RN, MSN, OCN, CNL
Ginger Evors Fidel has practiced as a registered nurse for 23 years. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The Medical College of Georgia (now Augusta University) in 1997. In 2006, she graduated with her Master of Science degree in Nursing Leadership from the University of Phoenix. She holds certifications as an Oncology Certified Nurse from the Oncology Nursing Society and as a Clinical Nurse Leader through the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
While her clinical background has primarily been in adult oncology and med/surg, she also has experience in the peri-operative setting and clinical management. Ginger has also worked in Quality and is knowledgeable about The Joint Commission and Standards of Care. Ginger has also taught bachelorette and masters level nursing students for more than 6 years. She has taught documentation for computerized charting to newly hired nursing staff and physicians. Currently she is teaching baccalaureate level nursing students in pharmacology and community health nursing at a local university in Las Vegas.
Ginger serves as a volunteer on the Nevada State Board of Nursing Practice Advisory Committee. And, she is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society, Sigma Theta Tau, and the American Nurses Association. She sees her role in nursing as an advocate for vulnerable populations as well as a nurse who empowers future nurses to be successful in their careers and advocates for the population they will serve.
Judith Ricci
RN, BSHA
Judy has worked in the field of nursing for over 25 years. She received her RN at Wheeling Hospital School of Nursing in Wheeling West Virginia. She went on to get a bachelor of science degree in Health Science Administration from Chapman College in Orange, California. She has worked as a staff nurse, a nurse manager and a Director of nursing in both California and Las Vegas hospitals. Her areas of expertise include medical surgical nursing, Orthopedics, and oncology. Her most recent role was as the Director of Quality at a 400 bed hospital in Las Vegas, NV.
Tana Wisniewski
RN, MSN
Tana has been a nurse for over thirty years specializing in critical care/trauma and finishing her career in information technology. She has held positions as a Flight Nurse, a staff nurse and clinical manager of Trauma Intensive Care in a large teaching hospital, and an IT Clinical Operations Supervisor. Tana has served as a Board Member for the Nevada State Board of Nursing and the Nevada Donor Network. She is a member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and the American Nurse Informatics Association.
Kay Godby
MSHA, BSN, RN
Kay has been an active Registered Nurse since 1979. Her background includes roles as Clinical Coordinator for Regulatory Readiness in a Tertiary Care Facility, a State and Federal Surveyor, a Regional Director of Ambulatory Care Clinics, and as a planner for Emergency Management. Kay has also worked in Public Health, dealing with preparedness, immunizations, infection prevention, home health, and volunteer management. She has experience in Trauma, Intensive Care, and Medical Surgical nursing.
Kay’s professional honors include two Nurse of the Year awards from the March of Dimes for Ambulatory Care and Infection Control, and a March of Dimes Community Health Recognition from Michael Osterholm PhD, MPH, CIDRAP for her Pandemic Preparedness Plan for the Southern Nevada Health District.
Kathryn Hughes
RN, MSN
Kathryn has been an RN for over 35 years. She has held positions as a staff nurse and nurse manager in Labor and Delivery as well as High Risk Obstetrics in a large academic medical center. Kathryn holds a certification in Inpatient Obstetric Nursing, and has experience in nursing quality and reporting, nursing infomatics, and electronic health record customization.
Kathryn also holds an MSN in Leadership/Management and a post-master’s certificate in Nursing Infomatics from Walden University. She is a member of both the Association of Women’s Health and Neonatal Nurses, as well as the American Nursing Infomatics Association.
Sandy Henemeyer
RNC, BSN, MSN, FNP-C
Sandy has over 25 years of nursing experience, the majority of which was primarily in Newborn Intensive Care (NICU) and Pediatric Intensive Care (PICU). She began her career in Tucson, AZ after graduating from the University of Arizona. Sandy has held a variety of positions including Staff Nurse, Clinical Leader, Transport Nurse for a Level IV facility, and Nurse Manager. Most recently, Sandy has continued her education and passed National Certification for Family Nurse Practitioner. She was named as one of Arizona’s Fabulous Fifty Nurse in 2002. Sandy is a member of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, Nevada Nurses Association, and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
Michelle Weaver
RN, BSN, MBA, COHN-S
Michelle has been a registered nurse for 25 years. She has worked in the high traffic, acute care settings of neurology, orthopedics, respiratory, oncology, telemetry and emergency departments at large academic medical centers before focusing on the field of occupational health. Michelle has managed occupational health clinics for large companies, overseeing their programs for occupational injuries, case management, return to work planning, long and short-term disability, medical surveillance and infectious disease. Michelle also worked closely with government agencies to ensure regulatory compliance with entities such as OSHA, FMLA, ADA, HIPPA, FEMA and as a site FAA administrator.
Michelle has been a part of Environmental, Health and Safety teams to develop policies and procedures to ensure employee and patient safety, and manage risk management.
While Michelle’s focus has always been on the best outcome and advocacy for her patients, she is equally committed to passing on her expertise to new nurses, her colleagues and the community. While working as a staff nurse, she has also been a school nurse, a clinical nurse instructor at a nursing school, and has been a speaker at various training and educational seminars as well as a featured speaker for the AZ Bioethics Network.
Michelle has a BS in Biology and History from the University of Colorado, a BSN and MBA in Health Management Systems from Grand Canyon University and a Green Belt in Six Sigma. She also holds a certification as an occupational health nurse specialist (COHN-S).
She is a member of the American Association for Occupational Health Nurses and American Board of Occupational Health Nurses.
Janice Logan
RN, ADN
Janice has over thirty years expertise as a professional nurse. She began her career in 1987 after graduating from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with an Associate degree in nursing.
Janice has held a variety of positions including clinical nurse at a level 1 trauma center maintaining certifications in advanced cardiac life support, Trauma Nursing Core Couse, and PALS. Janice has been a clinical nurse supervisor in a medical intensive care unit assisting with coordination and managing of staff and patient care. Most recently, Janice is holding a position as clinical nurse specializing in neurological intervention at a stroke center.
Janice has been an active member of the Nevada Nurses Association, as well as the Black Nurses Association.
Carla Alvarado
MSN, RNC-OB
Carla has been a registered nurse for over 20 years specializing in Obstetrics/Maternity care. Her background includes nursing in a high-risk population of a City/County Hospital in the Denver metro area that primarily served the Hispanic community. Carla’s positions have included providing care at the bedside, travel nursing, leadership roles and actively participating in grant-based research. After moving to Nevada, Carla obtained her BSN from Nevada State before moving on to attain her MSN from Western Governors University, specializing in Nursing Education.
Carla is also fluent in Spanish and has held a certification in Inpatient OB Nursing since 2015. She is currently a Nurse Manager of an LDRP model of Obstetrical patient care unit. In addition, she has experience teaching clinicals in various Maternal units across the Las Vegas Valley.
Janean Beason
BSN, MBA
Janean has a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a master’s in business administration.
Janean has worked as a registered nurse for over 47 years in the areas of Medical/Surgical; Post-Surgical, Emergency Room, home health, and case management. She retired from the hospital setting in December 2020 and now enjoys her hobbies & family time.
Robin Wuebbenhorst
RN, BSN
Robin has been an active Registered Nurse since 2010. She graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Nevada State College. Her nursing career began as a Medical Surgical Nurse for three years at Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is currently in her ninth year as a level three Labor and Delivery Nurse at Spring Valley Hospital Women’ Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. In her current role as a High Risk Labor and Delivery Nurse she has extensive experience in triage, antepartum, labor and delivery, operating room, and post anesthesia care. She is in the preceptor training new labor nurse program. Has served on hospital wide shared governance and staffing committee. Robin’s professional honors include Star RN 2022, Daisy Award 2017, March of Dimes Nurse of the Year nomination 2015, has earned a Gold Star Achievement. She also holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management and Marketing as well as Associate of Arts in Hotel and Restaurant Management from Northwood University.
Guadalupe Gomez
RN, BSN
Guadalupe has been a registered nurse for over 3 years. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Guadalupe started her nursing career as a home health nurse caring for pediatric patients. She then moved on to the hospital setting working as a medical surgical nurse on a neurological unit. She is currently a labor and
delivery nurse.