Description
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Rachel Cartwright-Vanzant – Legal Risks for Nurses: Protect Yourself from the Courtroom!
- Faculty:
- Rachel Cartwright-Vanzant
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 16 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Nov 07, 2019
Description
Imagine that you and your manager/administrator have been served with a lawsuit related to the stay of a patient that you vaguely recall some 2-3 years ago.
The failures listed in the complaint are voluminous, covering some 3 pages. You are both stone-cold petrified. What went wrong? What am I being accused of? Why me? How am I supposed to remember any of this? How can this happen to me, a stellar nurse of 20 years?
This recording will address all of this and provide you with pertinent information to prevent this scenario in the first place!
Healthcare today is rife with litigation against nurses. There is more accountability, reliability, autonomy, and liability. The rate of nurses becoming part of lawsuits is steadily on the rise.
Watch legal nurse consultant Rachel Cartwright-Vanzant, MS, RN, CNS, LHRN, LNCC, for this critical and self-protective look into very real legal risks for nurses.
Handouts
| Manual – Legals Risks for Nurses (15.82 MB) | 83 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Outline
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
- When do you need an attorney?
- What can you do to protect your license?
- Case examples
Nurse Whistleblower Protection Laws
Faculty
Rachel Cartwright-Vanzant, MS, RN, CNS, LHRN, LNCC Related seminars and products: 7
Rachel Cartwright-Vanzant, MS, RN, CNS, LHRN, LNCC, has nearly three decades of clinical, management and consulting experience. Rachel is a legal nurse consultant certified (LNCC), a licensed healthcare risk manager (LHRM) and she holds a forensic nurse certificate (FNC). As a legal nurse consultant, Rachel works with attorneys, law firms and healthcare organizations to review and evaluate medical records for compliance with standards of care and regulations posed by accreditation agencies, including The Joint Commission. In addition to her legal insights, Rachel draws from vast clinical experiences, including work in: critical care, renal transplant, dialysis and surgical settings.
Disclosures:
Financial: Rachel Cartwright-Vanzant is receiving a fee for speaking at this educational activity.
Nonfinancial: Rachel Cartwright-Vanzant has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
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