Barbara Forshier, JD, BSN, RN

Barb Forshier RN is an attorney and owner of Forshier Law, LLC. Her law firm specializes in nursing license defense for those called before the Minnesota Board of Nursing. Barb worked as an RN for 40 years, primarily in perianesthesia nursing. She has been an advocate for nurses throughout her nursing career serving as MNA union chair at her hospital, past MNA Board of Directors, past chair MNA Governmental Affairs Commission. She has practiced law since graduating from Hamline University School of Law and becoming licensed in 2008. In addition to the Nurses Peer Support Network (NPSN) board of directors, Barb also serves on the NPSN education committee. Barb currently chairs a metro Nurse License Defense Attorney group that is working on how to improve the way nurses interact with the Minnesota Board of Nursing.