Nursing Hot Topics - The Criminalization of Nursing Practice: A Risk Management and Regulatory Perspective
Webinar/Online
Friday, August 19, 2022 at 12:00pm CT - 1:00pm CT
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Info
Topic
The Criminalization of Nursing Practice: A Risk Management and Regulatory Perspective
Speaker(s)
Nancy J. Brent MS, JD, RN; Pamela J. Para RN, MPH, CPHRM, ARM, DFASHRM
Credits Offered
This event offers
1.0 CE credit
to attendees.
Accreditation Info:
The Illinois Nurse Foundation is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Ohio Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91)..
Additional Information
This will be a one-hour webinar on the risk management and regulatory implications of the potential or actual criminalization of a health professional’s conduct that resulted in the death of a patient. It will include information on the impact of standards of practice, regulatory compliance, and enterprise risk management principles on potential regulatory and criminal charges that could be brought in Illinois against a nurse whose medication error results in death to a patient, as well as ways in which to avoid the potential for regulatory and criminal charges associated with a medication error that results in the death of a patient. Case studies will be used to illustrate the topic.
At the end of this offering, the participant will be able to:
- Explain the risk management process.
- Apply enterprise risk management principles to gaps in professional healthcare practice.
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