Karen, a Registered Nurse with over 27 years of experience, has worked with organizations such as New York Presbyterian Hospital, Stony Brook University Hospital and Northwell Health System. She has a background as a Critical Care Nurse, a hospital-based Nurse Manager, and a Practice Administrator, running private physicians’ offices. Through these experiences she has gained inside knowledge of the complexities of our modern healthcare system and the challenges to obtaining safe and quality care, especially in fast-paced hospital settings. Several years ago, she found herself facing a major medical crisis for the second time in three short years. As she tried to navigate through all the requirements leading up to surgery, Karen found herself feeling overwhelmed and thought that if with all her years of healthcare experience, she felt overwhelmed, how did the average person (newly diagnosed with a chronic or life-threatening illness, or an elderly person with no family nearby, or a family whose loved one was involved in a traumatic accident) manage. In that moment, the idea for Cornerstone RN Patient Advocates was born. When Karen witnessed her own mother almost receive a potentially harmful treatment for a condition that she did NOT have, Karen knew it was time to intervene professionally on the behalf of others. She knows that doctors, nurses, and most healthcare professionals are stretched thin, and more demands are being placed on them daily, but by working alongside them as part of your team and keeping the patient at the center of the care model, the best results can be achieved for you or your loved one.