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1. Analyze how the nursing standards of care can come under scrutiny.
2. Evaluate authoritative sources.
3. Separate care plan and the care planning process.
4. Explore a strategic nursing documentation system.
5. Communicate how documentation is used to decide if you are innocent or guilty in a lawsuit.
6. Explore how to prevent risky behavior when using social media and other forms of electronic communication.
7. Inform how to use best practice and standard of care for documenting incident reports and adverse events.
8. Analyze the Center for Medicare and Medicaid regulatory language on nursing documentation.
9. Formulate a strategic tool for your standard of practice.
10. Evaluate deposition proceedings.
11. Analyze timeline chronologies.
12. Determine defense and plaintiff allegations.
13. Integrate the correct practices into your documentation to reduce litigation exposure.
14. Explore the common documentation mistakes and how to avoid/correct them.
15. Evaluate facility policy and procedures for potential risk.
16. Graph the litigation timeline.
17. Formulate deposition questions as the plaintiff and/or defense teams.
18. Practice litigation language during mock depositions.

• Healthcare Litigation
• Evolution of medicine, nursing
• and healthcare
• The essence of the story behind litigation
• The burden of proof
• The expert witness seals the deal
• The Components of Documentation
• Guidelines
• Interpretation
• Mistakes
• Education
• Social networking
• Indirect care
• Electronic Nursing Documentation
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
• Meaningful Use
• Risky electronic documentation practices
• Dangers of email, social networking, and texting
• Electronic Medical Record Strategies
• Time management
• Liability
• Software knowledge/Informatics
• Reimbursement and Documentation
• Medicare and Medicaid Changes
• Incentives for participation
• Hospital Acquired Conditions
• Elements of a Lawsuit
• Plaintiff complaints
• Medical record review
• Timeline chronology
• Evidence
• Documentation When Things Go Wrong
• Compliance
• Regulations
• Incident reporting
• Adverse events
• Risk factors
• Ethical Issues
• Truth telling
• Standards that are within standards
• Deviations, real or perceived
• Errors of omission
• Errors of commissions
• Communicating clearly
• Avoiding Risky Documentation
• Credible evidence
• Avoiding ambiguity
• Recording events objectively
• Late entries
• Correcting errors
• What if the Worst Happens?
• Duty/Breach of Duty
• Nurse Practice Act
• State Board of Nursing
• Depositions

Rosale Lobo, PhD, RN, MSN, LNC, has been a registered nurse for 37 years in the capacity of a direct care provider, administrator, researcher, speaker, author, legal nurse consultant, and entrepreneur. Working with people in hospitals, clinics, and home care settings allowed her to study patients and healthcare policy and administration. Her dissertation grew from the love of researching healthcare standards as a legal nurse consultant. Her company, Lobo Consulting Group, LLC partners with medical malpractice attorneys to support their pursuit of justice for their clients. Through her versatile background, she has acquired expertise in the nuances and complexities of healthcare litigation and documentation. As a speaker, Dr. Lobo continues to travel the country speaking with nurses and healthcare systems about the pathways to safer practice patterns.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Rosale Lobo has an employment relationship with Southern Connecticut State University. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Rosale Lobo has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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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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Ethics
This self-study course includes 3.0 hours of general ethics instruction. Not all boards allow ethics credit for self-study products. If ethics is not specified within your licensing board’s approval statement below, please contact your board to determine the applicability and amount of ethics allowed.

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Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists - Credit Expired: 5/17/2020
No CE available for this board.

California Nurses: PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #:17118 for 19.0 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 19.0 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 19.0 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 19.0 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, Legal Nurse Consultants, and Risk Managers