PC3 - Moms, Babies, Nurses, and Lawyers? Legal Issues In Obstetric & Neonatal Nursing
Disciplines: Professional Issues (PI), Newborn Care (NB), Childbearing (CB), Advanced Practice (AP)
Learning Objectives:
- Review common themes in perinatal litigation using a case review approach.
- Describe a variety of risk reduction strategies achieved by the proper integration of standardization, communication and teamwork into perinatal care.
- Identify strategies for deposition survival.
Whether you work in labor & delivery, mother-baby, or the neonatal intensive care unit, you will be faced with a variety of legal issues, most of which are not unique to your specialty. Learn what to expect and how to cope when the nurse-patient relationship suddenly includes the law. This interactive pre-conference will include illustrative cases from a variety of care settings, and will assist nurses of any background in understanding the impact of the law on day to day practice.
Saturday, June 25, 2011: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
702-706 (Colorado Convention Center)
Moderator:
Maureen Shogan, MN, RNC
Presenting Authors:
Lisa A. Miller, CNM, JD
and
Jay Kelley III, J.D.
