Barber Medical Legal Nurse Consulting is a nationally recognized medical legal consulting practice dedicated to bridging the gap between perinatal medicine, risk management, education and the law. Consulting services are rendered by means of thorough and objective medical analysis based on clinical expertise and evidence-based standards of care.
We support the ability of our clients to develop a greater understanding of complex medical case facts to enhance their capacity to communicate the strengths of their cases effectively. We are committed to ensuring that your medical legal case has a competitive edge by putting our medical legal expertise to work for you.
As a nationally recognized continuing education provider, we tailor educational requests to meet the needs of our learners. We support a multidisciplinary approach specific to perinatal healthcare, electronic fetal monitoring and risk management.
Founder, Certified Nurse Midwife, Medical Legal Consultant, Educator, Speaker:
Carrie Barber, DNP, APRN, CNM, OB/GYN NP, C-EFM has over 26 years of experience in healthcare including a 19-year career in perinatal health as a certified nurse midwife with roles in academia, and hospital nursing administration. As a former nursing professor, Dr. Barber was responsible for curriculum development and provided undergraduate and graduate course instruction. As a former nursing director, she has served as a nurse leader, managed multidisciplinary care delivery and contributed to system wide quality and process improvement initiatives. She is the founder of an independent national medical legal consulting practice, Barber Medical Legal Nurse Consulting, LLC. As a nationally recognized continuing education provider and speaker, Dr. Barber integrates clinical, risk management and hospital leadership insight into all aspects of her work. Her understanding of hospital operations, standards of care, as well as policy and procedure development informs her work as a perinatal medical legal consultant, educator and speaker.
Dr. Barber has advanced certification in electronic fetal monitoring and serves as a certified AWHONN (Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses) fetal monitoring instructor while maintaining active clinical practice as a certified nurse midwife. While demonstrating a commitment to maternal fetal safety, she empowers other clinicians through evidence-based education. Dr. Barber serves on the Board of Directors for Community Maternity Services where she is involved in collaborating with the executive team to develop strategic plans, review metrics and annual budgets. Dr. Barber integrates her unique expertise in perinatal healthcare to help guide specialized services such as pregnancy care and residential care for adolescent teen mothers and their babies.
