Ten Ways To Avoid Getting Sued: What Every Rehabilitation Nurse Needs To Know

This is a recording of a session from ARN's 2024 conference. This recording is about 1 hour in length. You will need to watch the recording, then complete an evaluation to receive your certificate and complete this course. You will have access to this course for 1 year, starting on the purchase date.

Vital information for today’s nurses. This presentation clearly describes the ten traps that lead to nursing malpractice and addresses the ways for rehabilitation nurses to avoid them. Case examples are analyzed and discussed with ample time for questions and answers. The most pressing legal matters affecting rehabilitation nurses will be addressed.

Learning Objectives

  • Upon completion, participant will be able to identify three areas of the liability in rehabilitation nursing practice.
  • Upon completion, participant will be able to summarize four liability reduction strategies in rehabilitation nursing.
  • Upon completion, participant will be able to describe two documentation techniques used to potential reduce liability exposure.
  • Upon completion, participants will be able to utilize at least two liability reduction strategies in rehabilitation nursing practice.
Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 CNE
    ANCC The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Publication date: 
06/11/2025
Purchase deadline: 
06/11/2028
Member cost:
$23.95
Non-member cost:
$35.95
Cost:
$35.95
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Elizabeth Rudolph is an attorney and nurse who founded JurexNurse.com, a company that trains nurses to be certified as Professional Legal Nurse Consultants. Elizabeth obtained her Bachelor’s in Nursing, Master’s in Nursing, and law degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. She has been a nursing faculty member, and she has practiced law for many years in Memphis, TN. A nationally known speaker and author on legal issues in nursing, Elizabeth has provided presentations at over two thousand conferences, seminars, and workshops. She has authored numerous publications on legal and nursing issues, many of which are available in books, courses, and online. In addition, Elizabeth has been featured in network television programming. Elizabeth lives in Memphis, TN with her husband and four sons.

 

 

None of the planners or presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Notice of requirements to receive contact hours: 1.0 Nursing Contact Hours will be awarded for individuals who participate in the full activity and complete the post-evaluation for the activity. The ability to view or accept credit for this product expires on 06/11/2028. 

The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 CNE
    ANCC The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Price

Member cost:
$23.95
Non-member cost:
$35.95
Cost:
$35.95
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