OVERVIEW

Advanced Legal Nurse Consulting (LNC) I: Theories & Specialties is organized by The American Institute of Health Care Professionals (AIHCP), Inc.45 hours of continuing education credit.

Description:
this course provides a review of theories of liability, standards of care, patient injuries in care, the medical record, scope of practices and defenses to malpractice issues. A wide array of subject content is covered which provides a beginning for review of issues of injury, negligence and malpractice. Focus is also on deviations from standards of care, case analysis and review, and specific areas of common nursing liabilities. There is an emphasis on chart reviews and the use of standards in litigation. The concept and theories of specific nursing malpractice are covered. Course Code: ALNC 600. 45 hours of continuing education credit.

Course Content:
• Profile of the nursing profession
• Nursing education and licensure, certification
• Use of the nursing process in litigation
• Boards of nursing and nurse practice acts
• Standards of care in nursing practice
• Regulatory agencies and regulation of practice
• Standards of care vs. practice guidelines
• Evidence-based nursing practice
• Nursing's contribution to health care
• Errors in health care
• Issues of nurse staffing and liabilities
• Roots and causes of patient injuries
• Common nursing care delivery systems
• Theories of liability and negligence
• Nursing roles and inherent liabilities
• Advanced practice nursing
• Legal issues of medical records and documentation
• Nursing charting systems
• Guidelines and standards for charting
• Tampering with medical records
• Nurse-physician communications and issues
• Standards of care in obstetrical nursing
• Deviation from standards of care
• Screening obstetrical nursing cases
• Liability issues in labor and delivery
• Areas of specific nursing liability in neonatal nursing
• Issues related to charting and documentation
• Identification of high risk obstetrical patients
• Common defenses in obstetrical malpractice cases
• Standards of practice and deviations in neonatal nursing practice
• Common causes of liabilities in neonatal nursing practice
• Issues related to informed consent
• Standards of practice in emergency nursing
• Common issues in emergency nursing negligence claims
• The nursing process in emergency care
• Case studies involving emergency nursing malpractice

Learning Objectives:
• Discuss education programs today for registered nurse practice.
• Discuss the differences between licensure and certification for nurses.
• Understand the use of the nursing process in litigation.
• Identify the histories and functions of state boards of nursing.
• Define "nurse practice act" and types of violations.
• Discuss issues related to standards of care and types of practice standards.
• Define and discuss modern care delivery systems in nursing.
• Understand the roots of patient injuries in health care.
• Identify and discuss regulatory issues related to patient safety and injury.
• Identify current issues related to nurse staffing and potential liabilities of staff issues.
• Identify and discuss the major types of incidences of nursing negligence today.
• Identify and discuss major theories of liability and how they related to nursing practice and malpractice today.
• Review and discuss major nursing roles and issues related to practice liability.
• Discuss advanced practice nursing and identify major issues for potential liabilities in practice.
• Review types of nursing documentation systems in place today, as well as each system's potentials for liabilities.
• Review legal mandates for patient care documentation.
• Identify issues related to tampering of medical records and criminal implications.
• Review standards of care for obstetrical nursing practice.
• Identify common areas of obstetrical practice with increased risk of liabilities.
• Review types of deliveries and legal liability issues.
• Detail and discuss specific areas of nursing liabilities, including care of the mother and newborn, and review common defenses to alleged malpractice.
• Identify key issues for documenting care in obstetrical nursing.
• Review key standard of care for neonatal nursing practice.
• Identify common causes of liability in neonatal nursing practice and strategies to prevent liability.
• Discuss issues related to informed consent in neonatal care.
• Identify major issues related to litigation in pediatric nursing.
• Discuss methodology for reviewing pediatric legal cases.
• Review standards of care for pediatric nursing.
• Review and discuss the importance of standards of care in emergency nursing malpractice cases.
• Review cases involving treat area care.
• Discuss the nursing process as it related to emergency care.
• Identify the role of the emergency nurse as patient advocate.
• Learn methodologies for reviewing emergency nursing malpractice cases.
• Identify and discuss common defenses to emergency nursing malpractice cases.