Legal Risk Aversion Tools for Critical Care Nurses

Credit

Speaker

Rosale Lobo, PhD, RN, MSN, LNC Related seminars and products

---

Rosale Lobo, PhD, RN, MSN, LNC, has been a registered nurse for 37 years in the capacity of a nurse, legal nurse consultant, administrator, speaker, author, and entrepreneur. Working with people in hospitals, clinics, and home care settings allowed her to study patients and healthcare professional’s experiences from various perspectives.

Dr. Lobo earned her PhD (2017), with research demonstrating the importance of educating nurses on documentation and patient safety. Her company, Lobo Consulting Group, LLC partners with medical malpractice attorneys nationwide to support their pursuit of justice for their clients. Through her versatile background, she has acquired expertise in the nuances and complexities of healthcare litigation and documentation. As a speaker, Dr. Lobo continues to travel the country speaking with nurses and healthcare systems about the pathways to safer practice patterns.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Rosale Lobo has an employment relationship with Southern Connecticut State University. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Rosale Lobo has no relevant non-financial relationships.

Additional Info

Access never expires for this product.

Visit our FAQ page at www.pesi.com/faq or contact us at www.pesi.com/info

Objectives

1. Analyze legal risks specific to high stress, high intensity situations in the critical care setting. 
2. Manage your clinical actions that could trigger a legal risk. 
3. Integrate common potential missteps into strategic resolutions for confident practice habits. 
4. Appraise your own practice to incorporate new knowledge, power, and resources. 

Outline

• Straight talk on medical malpractice 
• Personal injury and equipment failures 
• Information technology: Path of an unfortunate outcome  
• The trail of information – Evidence speaks for itself 
• The dark cloud on your license  

• Actions and inactions – Both are important 
• Communication – Multiple minds to consider 
• Short cuts – Do they benefit the critically ill? 
• Simulating – Honesty is the best policy 
• Trusting – Yourself and others 

• The critical dissection of a story 
• What could we have done differently?  
• Multiple players, multiple steps  

• Resources – Specificity is key in critical care 
• Innovation – The iteration of critical care nursing  
• Reporting – Share experiences for education 
• Time management – Caring for a few, at one time  

Target Audience

• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Physicians Assistants