Legal Pitfalls in a Mental Health Crisis
- Speaker:
- Lois A Fenner-McBride, RN, MS, JD
- Duration:
- 2 Hours 02 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
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Aug 24, 2023
- Product Code:
- POS078617
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
Mental health crises are contributing to rapid expansions of our roles as nurses. Nurses are functioning more independently with increased responsibilities and potential for legal risks. Violence, anxiety, depression, gender, substance use, isolation, suicide and other mental health issues are prevalent daily. These issues impact nursing care interventions, regardless of your environment. This seminar will show you how to continue to help the people you have been trained to help while still protecting yourself from legal pitfalls. Case studies with specific examples will be discussed providing you with “hands on” strategies for implementing safe, ethical and effective care, minimizing your legal risks exposure.
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Handouts/Brochure
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Legal Pitfalls (5.30 MB) | 24 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Speaker
Lois A Fenner-McBride, RN, MS, JD Related seminars and products
Lois A. Fenner McBride, RN, MS, JD, is an honor’s graduate of the University of Maryland Graduate School of Nursing, Undergraduate School of Nursing, and University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. She is an attorney admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the Federal Bar and the Maryland Bar. Nurse-Attorney Fenner is a compact licensed registered nurse and a certified clinical nurse specialist.
She is a founding member of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys, past president of the Monumental Bar Association, a member of the Women’s Bar Association, and the Trial Lawyers Association. Nurse-Attorney Fenner has been recognized by the Alliance of Black Women Attorneys with the Distinguished Women in Law award and has been recognized as a Baltimore Business Journal’s Who’s Who in Law, with a selection as a Super Lawyer twice.
Nurse-Attorney Fenner’s law practice today focuses on medical/healthcare litigation and consulting including medical malpractice, licensure, credentialing, administrative and litigation matters. She is a dynamic speaker with a realistic hands-on approach to resolving issues and minimizing risks for patients, clients and health care professionals.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Lois Fenner maintains a private practice. She receives compensation as a Nurse Attorney, Consultant, Educator-Lecturer, and Nurse Clinical Specialist. Lois Fenner receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Lois Fenner is a member of the Maryland Bar Association, the American Nurse-Attorney Association, the American Bar Association, and others. For a complete list, please contact info@pesi.com.
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Objectives
- Identify the nurse’s responsibilities relating to mental health issues regarding the duty to warn/protect.
- Explore the nurse’s obligations relating to mental health issues and duty to report.
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of substance use disorder.
- Delineate the nurse’s role in safeguarding a suicidal patient.
Outline
Violence: Assault, Battery & Homicide- Duty to warn/protect
- Caselaw and statutory requirements
- Obligations and clients’ expectations re; confidentiality
- Why warn or disclose?
- Voluntary and involuntary commitment
- Case studies
- Potential liabilities
- Civil-breach of standard of practice or care
- Defamation – libel or slander
- Licensure administrative ramifications
- Employment: breach of contract, policies, procedures, protocols
- Loss of credibility
- Guilt – conflicted feelings
- Duty to report
- Types of abuse: Physical, emotional, sexual, neglect, and financial
- Statutory regulations and mandates/procedure, policies, protocols
- Case studies
- Potential liabilities
- Immunity: Report/failure to report
- Criminal – loss of freedom, fines, public record (PBJ or PBV or SS)
- Defamation
- Licensure administrative ramifications
- Employment: Breach of contract, procedures, policies, protocols
- Why the change “drug abuse”
- Some Risk Factors
- Social – desire for acceptance, attempt to feel more at ease in various settings
- Stress-minimize discomfort
- Psychological triggers, anxiety disorders, trauma, depression, isolation
- Peer pressure – everyone else is “doing it”
- Social media
- Genetics
- Family/environmental, enabling, learned behaviors
- Case Studies
- Can we prevent the suicide or safeguard the at risk person?
- Hits close to home (Dr. Lorna Breen Act, March 18, 2022: taking care of me while focusing on the we
- Some Risk Factors
- Individual
- Relationship
- Community
- Societal
- Protective Factors Against Suicide
- Individual
- Relationship
- Community
- Societal
- Warning signs
- Case studies:
- Potential liabilities
- Did you miss the signs?
- Did you document effectively?
- Did you do enough in a timely manner-guilt?
- Breach of standard of practice or care
- Licensure administrative ramifications
- Employment, policies, procedures, protocols
Target Audience
- Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
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