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    • 16 Jan 2024
    • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EST)
    • Virtual
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    Inclusive History - Untold Stories of Women of Color in Nursing; Part 1

    Presented by

    Edith A. Brous, BSN, MS, MPH, JD, RN; Law Offices of Edith Brous, Esq. PC; East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

    Description

    Nurses Week is scheduled to correspond with the birth of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) and we do this to honor her work in professionalizing and modernizing nursing. Her contribution to our profession is considerable; and it is right that we pay respect to her. But it is equally right that we put Nurse Nightingale in context so nurse’s week can celebrate all nurses, and not just the upper and middle class white women on which most nursing history focuses. This presentation will honor just a handful of women of color who accomplished remarkable things during Florence Nightingale’s lifetime.

    Learner Objectives

    1. Explain how the professionalism of nursing effected women of color. 
    2. Describe color restrictions in health care.
    3. List actions nurses of color took to overcome barriers.

    Presenter

    Ms. Brous is a Nurse Attorney in private practice concentrating in professional licensure representation and nursing advocacy. She has practiced in major litigation law firms representing nurses at all levels of practice, physicians, other health care professionals, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies. Edie is admitted to practice before the bars of the state courts of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the Southern and Eastern Districts of the New York Federal Courts and the United States Supreme Court. She is a member of many bar associations and nursing organizations and was the 2011 president of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys. Ms. Brous has an extensive clinical and managerial background in OR, Emergency and Critical Care Nursing. In addition to her law degree, she holds master’s degrees in Public Health and in Critical Care Nursing from Columbia University. She has been part time faculty at Columbia University, and has held adjunct faculty positions at several universities teaching legal aspects of nursing. Ms. Brous has lectured and published extensively on legal issues for nurses and co-authored the textbook Law and Ethics for Advanced Practice Nurses. She is the 2008 recipient of the Outstanding Advocate Award, the 2017 Outstanding Litigation Section Member Award, and the 2020 Outstanding Solo Practice Section Member Award from The American Association of Nurse Attorneys.

    Registration Rates

    • TAANA Members: $0, free to members

    • Non-Members: $39
      Not a Member? Click here to join, then follow the instructions in the membership form to sign up for the webinar.

    CLE & Nursing CE

    This event is approved for CLE with the Alabama, New York, Texas and Pennsylvania state bars for live or on-demand participation. This event is approved for Nursing CE with the California Board of Nursing for live or on-demand participation. 

    Cancellation

    No refund due to cancellation. All registrants will have access to a video archive if you are unable to attend in person.

    • 20 Feb 2024
    • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EST)
    • Virtual
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    The Use of Mock Deposition to Improve Nursing Documentation

    Presented by

    Victoria Yu; DNP, JD, RN, CNE; University of New Mexico

    Description

    Increasingly, research indicates that new graduate RNs are ill prepared to make appropriate entry level clinical judgments. Residency programs are designed to address the practice gaps most new graduate RNs experience. Also, unknown to the newly graduated nurse resident is the litigation process. In fact, the litigation process is not well known among nurses in general especially deposition. Deposition examines documentation that clinicians record during their care. Documentation that is untimely, unclear, or non-existent is exposed at a great cost to a clinician’s reputation. Errors in care can also be revealed in documentation. In order to rectify the knowledge deficit of deposition among nurse residents, simulation is used to increase awareness about that process. A pre and post survey is used to determine knowledge before and after the mock deposition. The nurse resident responds to interview questions related to their care of a fabricated patient chart. 

    Learner Objectives

    1. Identify the potentially serious cyber risks to your practice.
    2. Discuss possible professional and practice consequences if uninsured.
    3. What to look for when purchasing cyber insurance.

    Presenter

    Victoria is a clinician educator assistant professor at The University of New Mexico (UNM) College of Nursing. Dr. Yu has had a varied career in Nursing, Risk Management and Medical Legal Consulting as well as Program Development. She forged her knowledge of medical legal issues in risk management and served multiple times as a testifying witness. Her medical legal consulting was in domestic violence as well as child maltreatment issues. She consulted on cases in the district and federal court. With her work in nursing education, particularly with nurse residents, she has assessed multiple gaps in the new nurse knowledge of documentation. She offers a simulated training presentation in order to increase knowledge and awareness for the newly licensed nurse.

    Registration Rates

    • TAANA Members: $0, free to members

    • Non-Members: $39
      Not a Member? Click here to join, then follow the instructions in the membership form to sign up for the webinar.

    CLE & Nursing CE

    This event is approved for CLE with the Alabama, New York, Texas and Pennsylvania state bars for live or on-demand participation. This event is approved for Nursing CE with the California Board of Nursing for live or on-demand participation. 

    Cancellation

    No refund due to cancellation. All registrants will have access to a video archive if you are unable to attend in person.

    • 19 Mar 2024
    • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)
    • Virtual
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    Forced Urinary Catheterization by Nurses for Police: “Reliable and Accepted” or “Wanton Misconduct”

    Presented by

    Etan Yeshua, JD, MSN, RN; VHC Health; Washington, DC

    Description

    Emergency nurses often face ethical dilemmas in their interactions with law enforcement. One such dilemma arises when police order emergency nurses to forcibly catheterize a resisting arrestee in order to collect a urine specimen for the sole purpose of obtaining evidence of drug or alcohol use. Although the procedure is invasive and serves no medical purpose, police argue it could produce evidence to protect public health and safety by keeping dangerous drivers off the road. This presentation assesses the ethical implications of the practice for nurses through a review of clinical literature, state laws, and court cases. It concludes that the practice violates nurses’ principal ethical obligations to hold a patient’s welfare as our primary commitment and does little to promote public health and safety. Therefore, hospitals and professional nursing organizations should issue policies and position statements to clarify for nurses, judges, law enforcement officers, and legislators that internally catheterizing unwilling people for the sole purpose of obtaining urine samples as evidence for police is antithetical to the values of nursing.

    Learner Objectives

    1. Understand how and why nurses are ordered to perform medically unnecessary urethral catheterization of people in police custody. 
    2. Consider the risks and benefits to the arrestee, and to public health, of forced, medically unnecessary urethral catheterization. 
    3. Evaluate the ethical implications of this practice for nurses in light of clinical literature as well as statutory and regulatory requirements.  
    4. Propose alternatives to current practices and changes to hospital, law enforcement, and judicial policies.

    Presenter

    Etan Yeshua holds a JD from Georgetown Law and an MSN from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. He worked as an attorney and regulatory consultant in the pharmaceutical, medical device, and food industries from 2011-2018, and he taught as an adjunct professor in that field at Georgetown Law.  Since 2018, he has worked in intensive care units in the Washington, DC area - as an RN since 2021. He is a member of his hospital's ethics committee and is particularly interested in nursing ethics and end of life decision-making.

    Registration Rates

    • TAANA Members: $0, free to members

    • Non-Members: $39
      Not a Member? Click here to join, then follow the instructions in the membership form to sign up for the webinar.

    CLE & Nursing CE

    This event is approved for CLE with the Alabama, New York, Texas and Pennsylvania state bars for live or on-demand participation. This event is approved for Nursing CE with the California Board of Nursing for live or on-demand participation. 

    Cancellation

    No refund due to cancellation. All registrants will have access to a video archive if you are unable to attend in person.

    • 18 Jun 2024
    • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)
    • Virtual
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    Unveiling the Hidden Burden: Forced Labor in Nursing Contracts

    Presented by

    Magen Kellam, JD; Law Offices of Magen E. Kellam, PA; Naples, Florida

    Description

    Join us as we uncover the hidden burden of forced labor in nursing contracts, and contribute to a meaningful discussion on promoting fairness, equity, and dignity within the nursing profession.

    As the United States continues to deal with healthcare staffing shortages, the industry is looking to foreign-educated nurses to fill critical roles. This demand for healthcare professionals, particularly nurses, has given rise to complex and exploitative practices within the nursing profession. This presentation aims to critically explore the issue of forced labor in nursing contracts, shedding light on the ethical, legal, and social implications of such practices. This presentation will provide a comprehensive definition of forced labor, highlighting the relevance to the nursing profession and foreign nurses.

    The focus will then shift to identifying key factors that contribute to the prevalence of forced labor in nursing contracts, such as deceptive recruitment tactics, oppressive contract provisions, psychological manipulation, abuse of the legal process, and threats of severe financial harm. The presentation will further delve into the consequences of forced labor, discussing its impact on the well-being and professional development of nurses, as well as the quality of care provided to patients. Case studies will be presented to illustrate the real-life experiences of nurses who have faced forced labor situations. Attorneys and healthcare professionals will learn to identify forced labor in nursing and discuss the legal implications for facilities and healthcare companies that may be knowingly, or unknowingly, participating in such a venture. The presentation will propose actionable recommendations to tackle forced labor in nursing contracts, ranging from increased transparency and accountability to empowering nurses through education and advocacy.

    Learner Objectives

    1. Understand the concept of forced labor and identify how it is being used in nursing.
    2. Discuss the legal and ethical challenges of forced labor in nursing contracts. 
    3. Raise awareness and consider the potential role of nurse attorneys and healthcare professionals in policy, practice, and leadership to combat forced labor in nursing.

    Presenter

    Magen is an accomplished attorney with nearly two decades of experience in civil litigation, immigration, and human rights matters. She represents clients before the U.S. Immigration Service (USCIS), U.S. Immigration Court, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of State, as well as state and federal courts. Magen collaborates with governmental and non-governmental organizations to champion justice for foreign workers and she is best known for her work in the fight against human trafficking. Magen has represented and assisted countless survivors of sex and labor trafficking and since 2006, she has developed a focused practice working to combat the forced labor and human trafficking of foreign healthcare professionals. Magen’s mission includes seeking justice in court, immigration relief, educating the community, preventing exploitation, and empowering survivors.

    Registration Rates

    • TAANA Members: $0, free to members

    • Non-Members: $39
      Not a Member? Click here to join, then follow the instructions in the membership form to sign up for the webinar.

    CLE & Nursing CE

    This event is approved for CLE with the Alabama, New York, Texas and Pennsylvania state bars for live or on-demand participation. This event is approved for Nursing CE with the California Board of Nursing for live or on-demand participation. 

    Cancellation

    No refund due to cancellation. All registrants will have access to a video archive if you are unable to attend in person.

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