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In 2002, Ms. Rommal was awarded the Greatest Contributions to the Field of Healthcare Risk Management for Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southern California Association for Healthcare Risk Management (SCAHRM). She is a consultant and principal of Perinatal Risk Consulting. Her nursing career extended over various positions in perinatal care at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center in Long Beach, California. Subsequently, she assumed responsibility for risk management education and product development for Farmers Insurance Group’s Healthcare Professional Liability Division. She has served on the editorial boards of OB/GYN Malpractice Prevention Newsletter and the Journal of Perinatology. She served on the ACOG/AWHONN task force that developed the original Nursing Practice Competencies and Educational Guidelines for Antepartum and Intrapartum Fetal Heart Monitoring. She has published and lectured extensively on electronic fetal monitoring and risk management issues in perinatal care. She is currently President of SCAHRM. | 