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• Edie Brous, RN, BSN, MS, MPH, JD; Edith Brous, Esq. PC; New York City, New York
• A presentation handout is not available for this session
  

Presentation Objectives:

1. Discuss common misperceptions about the LGBT community
2. List public health implications of healthcare disparities in the LGBT population
3. Analyze legal protections from LGBT discrimination Will use case examples

• Rosemary Parker, RN; Advocate 4 You; El Dorado Hills, California
• Presentation Handout

Presentation Objectives:

1. Teaching tools for both client and attorneys: What is Sexual harassment in the workplace? Does the company have tools and training? Is there a protocol for anti-retaliation? Transforming the emotions into legal facts.
2. When the stress response causes long term illness and life changing conditions: Diseases of the stress response. Proving the emotions causing stress related diseases: Timeline of health history, workman's comp evaluations, teaching the client to turn the emotions into facts.
3. Clients avoidance and reluctance, becoming overwhelmed easily and how to teach the clients to overcome the conditions that may impede a lawsuit.
4. How to design pamphlets, tools and techniques for both the attorney and what the attorney can give to their clients to move the client ahead in the legal process.

• Cathy Klein, JD, MSN, MSEd, APN; Cathy A. Klein, P.C.; Greenwood Village, Colorado
• Presentation Handout-1
• Presentation Handout-2

Presentation Objectives:

1. Discuss the history of the most misunderstood plant.
2. Identify cannabis issues in nursing.
3. Represent nurses with a basic understanding of the legal hurdles.

1. Innovations in Legal Nurse Consulting
   Yolene Lofton, LNC, BSN, MBA
   Nurse's Court, Inc., Miramar, Florida
2. Medication Misadventures
   Allison Muller, PharmD,
   Diplomate American Board of Applied Toxicology
   Acri Muller Consulting, LLC
   Aston, Pennsylvania
3. Naloxone and the Opioid Epidemic: The Science and Legal Issues
   Allison Muller, PharmD,
   Diplomate American Board of Applied Toxicology
   Acri Muller Consulting, LLC
   Aston, Pennsylvania
4. That is My Story, and I'm Sticking to It: Findings and Implications from APRNs' Defenses in Board Disciplinary Actions
   Omobola Oyeleye, EdD, JD, MSN, M.Ed, RN-BC, CNE, CHSE
   University of Texas at Houston, Cizik School of Nursing,
   Houston, Texas
5. Teaching Nursing Jurisprudence in "Tort-Reformed" States
   Kathleen Kearney, JD, MSN, BSN, RN
   Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
   Dallas, Texas
6. Case Studies of Immediate Jeopardy: Lessons Learned
   Madeline Coleman, JD, MS, RN, CPHQ
   Mejor Healthcare Solutions, LLC,
   Lexington, Mississippi
7. To Regulate or License: The Essential Questions Regarding Essential Oils
   Kimberly Cleveland, JD, MSN, RN, C-MBC
   Kent State University
   Canal Fulton, Ohio
   Sarah Kearney, M.Ed.
   Kent State University
   Canton, Ohio
8. Preparing Nurses On Boards: A Call To Action For Nurse Attorneys
   Kimberly Cleveland, JD, MSN, RN, C-MBC
   Kent State University
   Canal Fulton, OhioYvonne Smith, PhD, APRN-CNS
   Kent State University
   Canton, Ohio
9. Nurse Staffing: To Regulate or Not To Regulate. Is that a Serious Question?
   Kimberly Cleveland, JD, MSN, RN, C-MBC
   Kent State University
   Canal Fulton, Ohio
   Thomas Watral, UGN
   Kent State University
   Wickliffe, Ohio
10. Undergraduate Health Care Policy Education: The Power To Teach, Mentor and Inspire
    Kimberly Cleveland, JD, MSN, RN, C-MBC
    Kent State University
    Canal Fulton, Ohio
    Thomas Watral, UGN
    Kent State University
    Wickliffe, Ohio
11. Avoiding Ethical and Legal Pitfalls of Informed Consent in Advanced Practice
    Linda Farmer, RN, MSN, ACNP, CNOR
    Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
    Meridian, MS

• Donna De Simone, JD, MS, RN, APRN-CNP, APRN-CNS, FNP-C, CPN; De Simone Law, PLLC; Tulsa, Oklahoma

Presentation Objectives:

1. Identify the civil and criminal penalties for a breach of PHI.
2. Identify methods to protect themselves by being HIPAA compliant, on social media and on electronic devices.
3. Discuss the Office of Civil Rights penalties imposed on healthcare professionals.

• Stephanie Wise, ATR-BC, ATCS, LCAT; Marywood University; Scranton, Pennsylvania
• Presentation Handout

Presentation Objectives:

1. Discuss common reasons nurse attorneys experience burn out.
2. List 3 benefits of a robust self-care plan.
3. Analyze the interaction between self-care and ethical practice.

• Kimberly Kent, RN JD; Kent Law Group; Phoenix, Arizona
• Powerpoint Presentation
• Presentation Handout 1
• Presentation Handout 2

Presentation Objectives:

1. Learn the overview of state rules regarding deadlines for adjudication of contested matters.
2. Identify 2 key legal arguments regarding timely adjudication of administrative complaint.
3. Receive and use sample brief re-motion to dismiss for failure to prosecute.

• Allison Muller, PharmD; Diplomate American Board of Applied Toxicology; Acri Muller Consulting, LLC; Aston, Pennsylvania
• Presentation Handout

Presentation Objectives:

1. List the expected effects on the body from common street and prescription drugs.
2. Differentiate between drug/alcohol levels obtained from blood, urine, breath.
3. Identify common false positives when interpreting drug screen results.
4. Assess the utility of drug levels for commonly encountered street and legal drugs.
5. Describe the correlation between drug and alcohol levels and level of impairment.

1. Agenda: See page 10 of Program
2. Prior Meeting Minutes: See page 11 of Program
3. 2017 Financial Audit
4. Membership Report
5. NSO Survey Results

• Kathleen Hessler, Rn, JD, CHC, CHPC; Simione Healthcare Consultants, LLC; Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Presentation Handout

Presentation Objectives:

1. Define a Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) and state its relationship with a Settlement Agreement in a Healthcare matter.
2. Identify at least three requirements of a CIA.
3. Identify at least two responsibilities of the C-Suite and one of the Health Care Governing Board.
4. Discuss/analyze one CIA in terms of best practices.

• Susan Matt, PhD, JD, MN, RN, CNE; Seattle University; Seattle, Washington
• Presentation Handout

Presentation Objectives:

1. Describe at least three factors that contributed to the dramatic increase in opioid addiction in the U.S. over the past 10 - 15 years.
2. Discuss at least two reasons for the susceptibility of nurses to substance misuse.
3. List at least two barriers for nurses trying to access treatment for substance misuse.
4. Describe two reasons why nurses might not complete the Washington WHPS program.

• Jennifer Flynn, CPHRM; Nurses Service Organization; Pennsylvania
• Presentation Handout

Presentation Objectives:

1. Identify the most common allegations made to regulatory boards against healthcare practitioners.
2. Discuss contributing factors to final outcomes.
3. Identify risk control recommendations based on case review.

6pm - 7:30pm

Screening of "Home Truth," a film by April Hayes & Katia Maguire

• View the trailer at www.hometruthfilm.com.

• Learn more about the film (PDF), or download the the Press Kit (pdf).

• Moderator: Paula Henry, RN, BSN, NP, JD; Hershorin & Henry, LLP; Lake Forest, California

Presentation Objectives:

1. Identify key statutes, regulations and recent case law causing chaos for healthcare providers.
2. Discuss and share practice tips for keeping up with healthcare regulations and compliance mandates.
3. Identify 2 practical strategies to develop a litigation practice.
4. Identify low cost marketing opportunities to attract and maintain a litigation client base.
5. Discuss means by which TAANA members’ needs for disseminating legal education can be met.
6. Identify at least one way in which state chapters expand legal knowledge through partnerships with local agencies/associations.

• Kathleen Russell, JD, MN, RN; National Council State Boards of Nursing; Chicago, Illinois
• Presentation Handout

Presentation Objectives:

1. Describe the history of cannabis use in the United States.
2. Understand differences between federal and state legislation and state to state legislation.
3. Identify the conditions that have moderate to high quality evidence for the use of cannabis.
4. Recognize the intricacies of dosage considerations for medical marijuana.
5. Describe abuse, dependence, overdose and withdrawal.
6. Identify the essential knowledge and practice considerations for the APRN who will be certifying a qualifying condition.
7. Identify the essential knowledge and practice considerations for the nurse who will be caring for a patient that is using medical marijuana.

• Hillary Stemple, JD; Arent Fox LLP; Washington, DC
• Presentation Handout

Presentation Objectives:

1. Gain an understanding of potential licensure issues with telemedicine, particularly for multi-state arrangements.
2. Gain an overview of scope of practice issues associated with telemedicine.
3. Learn about Medicare, Medicaid and state law reimbursement requirements.
4. Become familiar with compliance and fraud and abuse issues associated with telemedicine.