Cyndi Zarbano – Limit Legal Liability: Protect Yourself & Your License During a Rapid Response

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Speaker: Cyndi Zarbano, MSN-Ed, CCRN, CMSRN, LNC

Duration: 2 Hours 03 Minutes

Format: Audio and Video

Copyright: Nov 10, 2023  

Media Type: Digital Seminar

Description

How exciting! As a member of the rapid response team, you step into serious medical complications as they happen and work hard to “Save the Day!” Hemodynamically unstable patients, arrhythmia’s, seizures, chest pain, altered mental status, respiratory failure … Each patient is a puzzle for us to try to decipher and treat. Though the role of rapid response is exciting, it’s also laden with risk. Join Cyndi Zarbano as we explore potential pitfalls and how to avoid them.

Speaker

Cyndi Zarbano, MSN-Ed, CCRN, CMSRN, LNC

 
Cyndi Zarbano, MSN-Ed, CCRN, CMSRN, LNC, has been a nurse for 29 years working in the intensive care, emergency department and flight nursing settings. For much of her career she has also served as an open-heart nurse working with both valve replacements and coronary artery bypass graft patients.

She has been a legal nurse consultant since 2008, working with over 200 cases for both plaintiff, defense, and numerous boards of nursing cases. In addition to her legal work, Cyndi currently works as an intensive care nurse for Mayo in Minnesota.

Having spoken nationally and internationally, Cyndi has earned the reputation of keeping attendees engaged with the use of current clinical knowledge, evidence-based practice, fascinating nursing experiences, the injection of humor to keep learning fun, and utilizing learning tools to encourage knowledge retention. Cyndi is a veteran of the US Navy having served ten years and leaving service as a Lieutenant Commander.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Cynthia Zarbano is the owner of Clinical Review Consultants and has an employment relationship with Mayo Mankato. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Cynthia Zarbano has no relevant non-financial relationships.

Objectives

1. Determine how practice acts give direction to help avoid legal risks.
2. Analyze ethical concepts as they relate to the rapid response role.
3. Evaluate common documentation errors that increase liability risk during an emergency.

Outline

Limit Legal Liability

• The rapid response role
• Exciting, yet fraught with potential risks
• Liability and potential penalties
• Quick review of some legal concepts

Understanding Your Limits

• Important statutes to guide your nursing practice
• Facility policies
• Staying within your scope of practice
• The importance of communication skills

Ethical Concepts & How They Relate to the Rapid Response Role

• ANA’s Code of Ethics for Nurses
• Beneficence
• Nonmalefiscence
• Respect
• Veracity
• Autonomy
• Accountability

Documentation

• One of the most important tools to keep you safe!
• Common errors
• How much is enough?
• Documentation tips

Target Audience

• Nurses 
• Physicians 
• Physician Assistants

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