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Exploring the Essential Features of “Deborah Ward – Short Staffing: Legal Risks & Implications for Nursing Practice”
Speaker: Deborah Ward, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, LNC
Duration: 2 Hours 01 Minutes
Format: Audio and Video
Copyright: Jun 05, 2023
Media Type: Digital Seminar
Description
Do you as a nurse/clinician ever feel overwhelmed by your workload?
Has short staffing and increased workload ever negatively impacted your nursing/clinical practice, exposing you to legal risk?
The current and projected nursing shortage and short staffing rates present a continuing and long-term problem for all levels of nursing professionals. Despite the prior knowledge of nursing shortage projections, the COVID-19 pandemic only aggravated staffing complications. Aside from negatively impacting the health and well-being of nurses, short staffing can also expose nursing professionals to increased legal risk.
Take a look at how staffing shortages and increased workload can place your nursing practice at legal risk and identify ways to improve and prevent yourself from landing in the courtroom.
Speaker
Deborah Ward, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, LNC
D.R. Ward Consulting, LLC
Deborah Ward, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, LNC, is a nurse practitioner with extensive experience and expertise in both the clinical and legal arenas. Her expertise as a nurse practitioner and legal nurse consultant continues to facilitate bridging the gap between the medical and legal sectors through detailed analysis, support, and education. As a legal nurse consultant, Deborah provides full case development services for her legal clients, both plaintiff and defense, for a wide range of medical related cases. Her background as a nurse practitioner brings a unique and progressive approach to case development for her legal clients. Deborah is also an enthusiastic and passionate educator providing programs and presentations focusing on improving patient care and the health of our communities.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Deborah Ward maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Boulder Crest Foundation Boundless Leadership LLC. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Deborah Ward is a member of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants and the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants.
Objectives
- Evaluate current factors affecting nursing shortage and short staffing.
- Analyze how short staffing and increased workload affect nursing processes, patient care, and safety.
- Identify deviations in nursing practice that increase legal risk/exposure related to short staffing and increased workload.
- Formulate and apply practices to improve nursing care and reduce legal risk. tify ways to improve and prevent yourself from landing in the courtroom.
Outline
Background and Factors Affecting Nursing Shortage
- History of Nursing Shortage
- Projections and Factors Affecting Future Nursing Shortage
Short Staffing Effects on Patient Safety and Care
- Relationship between workload and patient safety
Legal Risks of Short Staffing/Increased Workload
- Ways in which nursing professionals deviate their nursing practice that exposes them to legal risk.
- Scope of Practice
- Assessment
- Documentation
- Errors in Treatment/Patient Care & Management
- Communication
- RNs & NPs
- Inpatient Setting
- Outpatient Setting
How to Improve Nursing Practice and Protect from Legal Risk
- Ways in which nursing professionals can improve their nursing practice and protect from legal risk.
- Education
- Scope of Practice
- Assessment
- Documentation
- Patient Care & Management
- Communication
- Time Management
- Leadership
- RNs & NPs
- Inpatient Setting
- Outpatient Setting
Target Audience
- Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
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