Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, Continuing Education
and Nurse Attorney Institute, LLC
| Presents: |
Nursing Law and Ethics
Update 2009 |
| Date: |
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 |
| Location: |
The Regional Medical Center of Acadiana, Meeting Room I
2810 Ambassador Caffery - Lafayette, LA |
| Speakers: |
Tonia D. Aiken, BSN,
RN, JD and
Diane T. Warlick, BSN, RN, JD of Nurse
Attorney Institute, LLC |
| 5 Contact Hours |
8:30 am - Registration |
9:00 - 3:30 pm - Program |
Target Audience: All
registered nurses and legal nurse consultants.
Other healthcare
providers are welcome.
Topics covered
include:
current legal issues and hot cases affecting nursing practice, ethical dilemmas and how to resolve them, legal pitfalls of documentation, current case law involving nursing and medical negligence, common areas of negligence (medication errors, failure to properly monitor, failure to use good nursing judgment in nursing practice, nursing home cases), cases involving intentional and quasi intentional torts (assault, battery, medical battery, false imprisonment, defamation, breach of confidentiality, breach of privacy), and how to keep your license and avoid disciplinary actions.
LSUHSC School of Nursing
is accredited as a provider of continuing
nursing education by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
LSBN (Provider #6). Certificates will be
distributed upon the completion of the
program. Participants must be present for
at least 90% of the program in order to
receive contact hours.
Special Needs:
Nurses with special needs identified under
the Americans with Disabilities Act, please
call 504-568-4202 for special accommodations.
Fee: Early paid registration $85 (paid prior to day of program). Group Discount: $10 discount ($75 each) if 3 or more registrations received in the same envelope. Payment at door $95. (Receipt of payment secures place.) Fee includes contact hours, handouts and continental breakfast.
Make check payable to: LSUHSC
School of Nursing
| Mail
to: |
LSUHSC School
of Nursing, Continuing Education
1900 Gravier Street, New Orleans, LA
70112-2262
(Receipt of Payment secures place.) |
You may register
by phone 504-568-4202, or by filling
out the form below.
Click
here for a printable Word version.
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| Law and Ethics Update |
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 |
| Make check payable to: LSUHSC
School of Nursing |
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