Limit Legal Liability: Protect Yourself & Your License During a Rapid Response
- Speaker:
- Cyndi Zarbano, MSN-Ed, CCRN, PCCN, CMSRN, LNC, NLCP
- Duration:
- 2 Hours 03 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
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Nov 10, 2023
- Product Code:
- POS059638
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
How exciting! As a member of the rapid response team, you step into serious medical complications as they happen and work hard to “Save the Day!” Hemodynamically unstable patients, arrhythmia’s, seizures, chest pain, altered mental status, respiratory failure … Each patient is a puzzle for us to try to decipher and treat. Though the role of rapid response is exciting, it’s also laden with risk. Join Cyndi Zarbano as we explore potential pitfalls and how to avoid them.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Limit Legal Liability (5.98 MB) | 84 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Limit Legal Liability - French (5.98 MB) | 84 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Limit Legal Liability - Italian (5.98 MB) | 84 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Limit Legal Liability - German (5.98 MB) | 84 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Limit Legal Liability - Spanish (5.98 MB) | 84 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Speaker
Cyndi Zarbano, MSN-Ed, CCRN, PCCN, CMSRN, LNC, NLCP Related seminars and products
Cyndi Zarbano, MSN-Ed, CCRN, PCCN, CMSRN, LNC, NLCP, brings 30 years of frontline nursing experience across intensive care, emergency, and flight nursing – and she continues to take patient assignments as an intensive care nurse at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. That direct patient care isn’t just background; it’s the foundation of everything she teaches.
A sought-after speaker on national and international stages, Cyndi is known for delivering evidence-based clinical content with the kind of real-world perspective and genuine humor that makes learning stick. She practices what she preaches when it comes to professional growth, currently pursuing her third master’s degree – this one in leadership.
Her expertise extends well beyond the bedside. Since 2008, Cyndi has served as a legal nurse consultant on more than 300 cases spanning plaintiff, defense, and boards of nursing matters. She has accumulated critical perspectives on clinical documentation, standards of care, and the moments when nursing judgment makes all the difference. A 10-year US Navy veteran who left service as a Lieutenant Commander, she carries that same precision, discipline, and commitment to excellence into every room she enters.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Cynthia Zarbano is the owner of Clinical Review Consultants and has an employment relationship with Mayo Mankato. She receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Cynthia Zarbano has no relevant non-financial relationships.
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Objectives
- Determine how practice acts give direction to help avoid legal risks.
- Analyze ethical concepts as they relate to the rapid response role.
- Evaluate common documentation errors that increase liability risk during an emergency.
Outline
Limit Legal Liability- The rapid response role
- Exciting, yet fraught with potential risks
- Liability and potential penalties
- Quick review of some legal concepts
- Important statutes to guide your nursing practice
- Facility policies
- Staying within your scope of practice
- The importance of communication skills
- ANA’s Code of Ethics for Nurses
- Beneficence
- Nonmalefiscence
- Respect
- Veracity
- Autonomy
- Accountability
- One of the most important tools to keep you safe!
- Common errors
- How much is enough?
- Documentation tips
Target Audience
- Nurses
- Physicians
- Physician Assistants
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