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1. Analyze common errors and claims against nurses.
2. Explore some of the steps a nurse can take to help avoid claims.
3. Breakdown the laws on documentation and rules of good charting.
4. Investigate the new nurse rules on social media.
5. Determine who can provide informed consent.
6. Evaluate issues pertinent to Advanced Directives and End of Life care.
7. Exploit my rights if the Nursing Board takes action against my license.
8. Dissect employment laws and Nurse Whistleblower Protections.

Nursing Liability and Negligence

• Nursing standards
• Duties
• Supervision
• Delegation
• Multiple case studies

Nurse Practice Acts

• Changes in scope of practice
• Requirements every nurse must know!
• Reporting abuse/neglect
• Patient abandonment

Common Errors and Claims Staffing

• Assignments
• Rights when floating
• Unsafe staffing

What should you do if you make an error?

• How to document

Should you buy malpractice insurance?

• Does it make you a target?
• Will your employer's coverage protect you?

Documentation

• The do's and don'ts of good charting
• Problems with EHRs
• Real charting examples and solutions

Confidentiality

• HIPAA myths
• Nurses fired and prosecuted for breaches in confidentiality and posting online

Informed Consent

• Who has authority to consent?
• Capacity to consent?
• Plus, DNRs, End of life issues, and more

Boards of Nursing

• Most frequent charges against nurses
• Your rights
• Case examples

Nurse Whistleblower Protection Laws

Laurie Elston, BSN, JD, is a Nurse Attorney with over 20 years of experience as an attorney. She received her Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from Gonzaga University and was on Law Review. She has represented health care providers in malpractice and disciplinary cases throughout her career. She has also been a Municipal Court Judge Pro Tem. She has been licensed as an attorney in both California and Washington. Laurie maintains an active law practice: www.NursingLawCenter.com.

Prior to becoming an attorney, she obtained a BSN and worked as a registered nurse for over seven years in a large acute care medical center. During this time, she also worked as an assistant head nurse and charge nurse.

Since becoming an attorney, she has taught tort law at the University of Washington. She currently teaches Nursing Law classes across the country for groups and institutions. In addition, she teaches a Legal Nurse Consulting Training Course nationwide, and on DVD for home study. She is a frequent lecturer on medical-legal topics.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Laurie Elston maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Nonfinancial: Laurie Elston is a member of the California State Bar Association; the Washington State Bar Association; and the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants.

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Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion are available for email, download and/or printing from your online account immediately following the successful completion of the post-test/evaluation.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists - Credit Expired: 5/16/2020
No CE available for this board.

California Nurses: PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #:17118 for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

Florida Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

Iowa Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 6.3 self-study contact hours.

Copies of the evaluation may be sent to the IBON. You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

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Other Professions
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