Barbra A Bachmeier
JD, MSN, APRN - Forensic Nurse
IU Heath-Methodist
barbra.bachmeier@gmail.com
Indianapolis, IN, USA

Area of expertise: Forensic Nursing

I have worked as a nurse in healthcare since 1982. I graduated from IUPUI Adult Primary Health-Nurse Practitioner Master's program in 1994. I completed a post-master's program in pediatrics at Northern Kentucky University in 1997. I currently work as an FNP-C in a level 1 academic teaching center in Indianapolis. I specialize in emergency and forensic nursing. I received my J.D. degree at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in January 2007. I am a solo attorney in Indianapolis with a small practice in the area of Guardianships, Guardian Ad Litem and consultant work with attorneys in the area of elder law, personal injury, and criminal cases involving domestic violence and sexual assault. I am active in several professional nursing and law organizations. I was one of the original members who helped establish the professional forensic nursing organization the Academy of Forensic Nursing in 2018. I currently educate forensic nurses, law enforcement, attorneys, and advocates in Indiana regarding strangulation, domestic violence, sexual assault, and intentional blunt force and penetrating trauma. I am currently enrolled in the certificate in Public Health program at the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI with a projected date of graduation in May 2021. I proudly served in the US Army National Guard for 29 years before retiring in 2009.