S2E50 How one nurse’s passion for advocacy lead her to the legal profession w/Maggie Ortiz

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Welcome our guests today, Maggie Ortiz founder of Advocates for Nurses in Austin, Texas. Today’s episode, “How one nurse’s passion for advocacy lead her to the legal profession.”

About Maggie Ortiz

Maggie has been a dedicated nurse for 24 years, starting her career with an associate's degree in nursing. She began with a year-long residency in the ICU, where she worked for about 10 to 15 years, eventually expanding her expertise to include various other hospital specialties, excluding labor and delivery. Over the past decade, Maggie has primarily worked as an agency nurse, floating in procedural areas and providing conscious sedation. This experience inspired her to pursue a BSN and later an MSN, during which she developed a tool aimed at enhancing patient safety and protecting nurses. Her tool ensures appropriate patient screening and advocates for the use of anesthesia providers, when necessary, rather than relying on RN-administered sedation.

After 15 years, Maggie transitioned from a freestanding emergency room to a role as a board investigator within an agency. There, she learned the intricacies of investigating nurses reported for conduct violations and discovered a lack of due process in many cases, a common issue in administrative law. Over the past decade, she has passionately advocated for nurses, assisting them and their legal teams during professional license investigations. Maggie has also served as a civil expert, providing deposition and testimony in medical malpractice cases.

Driven by her deep passion for nursing advocacy, Maggie is now pursuing a law degree to enhance her ability to support and effect meaningful change for nurses. She is a true advocate, creating educational content aimed at preventing nurses from ever having to face their board.

To get in touch with Maggie, you may reach out to her on her website and her Linktree: https://www.advocatesfornurses.com/

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