About
Georgia J. Persky RN, MBA, PhD, CLNC, is a Columbia University trained nurse researcher, educator and executive with over 40 years of broad Clinical Nursing experience (inpatient and surgical) including 25 years of Senior Leadership in Healthcare Organizations.
Background Experience - Dr. Persky served most recently as Vice-President of Nursing and Patient Care Services for New York Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University Medical Center. For nine years, she was responsible for Patient Care Leadership and Risk and Quality Management for a 750 bed academic hospital.
Litigation Support - As a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant and Hospital and Quality Reviewer, Dr. Persky has investigated many Malpractice and Injury cases as a fact witness and can assist as an expert witness. She has testifying experience with nursing and hospital malpractice cases with an ability to attest to standards of care in clinical litigation with a strong understanding of how hospitals work.
Areas of Expertise:
•Nursing Standards of Care for Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Home Health Agencies
•Surgical and Perioperative Nursing
•Quality and Risk Management
•Fall and Pressure Ulcer Prevention
•Perioperative Safety and Complications
•Traumatic Brain Injury and Sepsis
•Patient Sexual Assault
•Medication Safety
•Intravenous Extravasation
•Hospital Policy and Procedure and Hospital Administration
•State, Federal, Joint Commission Regulatory Compliance