ABOUT ME

Hello and Thank You for your interest in my editing services. I’m Maria and I am a Cardiothoracic Nurse Practitioner with more than 20 years of experience in advance clinical work with board certification in Adult Health (NP-C) and Acute Care (APRN-BC). I also hold certifications in Critical Care Nursing with a subspecialty certification in cardiology (CCRN-CMC). I am a former Emergency Department staff nurse among several other clinical experiences.

As a nurse educator, I have extensive experience in both traditional classroom and e-learning at different levels of nursing education including guiding advanced nursing students through their capstone projects.

My publication experience includes authoring and editing several nursing and healthcare manuscripts and developing continuing education content for professional journals and for nursing education publishers. I have worked as a nursing content creator, reviewer, writer and editor for Sherpath/Elsevier, Pearson, Wolters Kluwer, The Research Masters, WilliamsTown Communication, RN Magazine, The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, Nurse.com, Nurse Practitioner World News, and Nursing Spectrum. I have worked privately with doctoral physician assistant students, advanced nursing students, and physicians. I am currently a member of the Editorial Review Board for the International Journal of Studies in Nursing a past member of the Editorial Freelancers Association and a current member of American Medical Writers Association (AMWA).

I hold a Certificate in Editing from New York University School of Publishing, a course of study that includes print and online editing, fact-checking, proof-reading, and an introduction to online media among other courses.

I also hold certificates in Fundamentals of Media Relations and Fundamentals of Professional Social Media from Muck Rack Academy, the offshoot of Muck Rack Public Relations Management.

I currently work as an independent copy editor with Frontier Nursing University’s DNP Program in addition to independent contract work for nursing and medical professionals and for healthcare publications.