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1. Plan to use factual tactics to stay out of court.
2. Assess time stamping in your charting for contemporaneous patient accounts.
3. Explain deposition behaviors that favor your credibility.
4. Summarize hazards of inconsistent use of drop down boxes.
5. Distinguish between defense counsel that is for or against you.
6. Formulate habits that keep your license safe.
7. Analyze the chart specific to your specialty.
8. Contrast between poor and exceptional quality charting.
9. Summarize common charting mistakes and how to avoid them.

• Time Stamping - It's a Crucial Variable
  • Lawyers' secret weapon
  • What you don't realize
  • Being ahead of the team
  • The sneaky truth about timing in litigation
• Depositions
  • Being called to testify
  • You could be next, seriously
  • Silently waiting your turn
  • Preparing for the worst
  • The alarming facts about nursing and litigation
• Technology in the Nurses' World
  • The medical record is just a machine
  • Charting by exception - a meaningless phrase
  • Minimalist charting could spell t-r-o-u-b-l-e
  • Knowing your gadgets or asking for help
• Drop Down Boxes: Avoid the Risks
  • You could lose credibility
  • Choosing your options carefully
  • When your options are absent
  • What the lawyers interpret from mishaps
• Nursing Limits, Expectations & Responsibilities
  • Your license is your shingle
  • Copying/Pasting… it's a mistake
  • Finding the rules and regulations to guide you
  • Standing your ground, knowing your limits
• The Crime Scene
  • The body speaks for itself
  • The silent witnesses
  • Others are also telling the story
  • The circumstantial evidence
  • Elements of a lawsuit
• Your Worst Fears
  • Case studies
  • Actual depositions
  • Role of the plaintiff
  • Avoid becoming the defendant

Brenda Elliff, RN, MPA, ONC, CCM, LNCC, established Elliff Medical-Legal Services in 1996. As a legal nurse consultant, she assists on both plaintiff and defense cases. She performs record reviews, develops strategies and provides expert witness preparation. Her work involves Medical Malpractice, Worker’s Compensation, Personal Injury and a variety of legal cases. Previously, Brenda worked as a Health Care Coordinator for a large law firm and taught a Legal Nurse Consultation review course. Initially, she began working with attorneys on legal cases in California and has now expanded her scope throughout the Pacific NW.

Her clinical nursing experiences are vast and span 40 years. Brenda has worked as a staff nurse, as a nurse manager at major teaching facilities, as nurse case manager and as an adjunct nursing professor.

When not nursing, Brenda enjoys participating with a local performing group. The group has performed at the LA Christmas Parade, 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Parade in Honolulu and the Washington DC Cherry Blossom Parade. Past nurses who have attended Brenda’s programs have appreciated the dynamic and fun way in which she can deliver excellent clinical and legal information. She has been a sought-after speaker at national, state and local levels, on a variety of topics that draw from her areas of expertise. Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Brenda Elliff maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Nonfinancial:Brenda Elliff has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.

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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: 9/20/2021
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
This self-study activity qualifies for 6.25 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
**All self-study participants must complete and pass (80% or better) a post-test and evaluation prior to receiving a certificate of completion. If you require a copy of the test/evaluation for CE purposes, please print at the time you take the test. Or you may call our customer service department and a copy of your test/evaluation will be emailed to you. Please allow 30-45 days.

Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists