Digital Seminar

Short Staffing

Name: Short Staffing
SKU: POS078604

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Do you as a nurse/clinician ever feel overwhelmed by your workload?
Has short staffing and increased workload ever negatively impacted your nursing/clinical practice, exposing you to legal risk?
The current and projected nursing shortage and short staffing rates present a continuing and long-term problem for all levels of nursing professionals. Despite the prior knowledge of nursing shortage projections, the COVID-19 pandemic only aggravated staffing complications. Aside from negatively impacting the health and well-being of nurses, short staffing can also expose nursing professionals to increased legal risk.
Take a look at how staffing shortages and increased workload can place your nursing practice at legal risk and identify ways to improve and prevent yourself from landing in the courtroom.

Here's What You'll Learn

Background and Factors Affecting Nursing Shortage

History of Nursing Shortage
Projections and Factors Affecting Future Nursing Shortage

Short Staffing Effects on Patient Safety and Care

Relationship between workload and patient safety

Legal Risks of Short Staffing/Increased Workload

Ways in which nursing professionals deviate their nursing practice that exposes them to legal risk.
- Scope of Practice
- Assessment
- Documentation
- Errors in Treatment/Patient Care & Management
- Communication
RNs & NPs
- Inpatient Setting
- Outpatient Setting

How to Improve Nursing Practice and Protect from Legal Risk

Ways in which nursing professionals can improve their nursing practice and protect from legal risk.
- Education
- Scope of Practice
- Assessment
- Documentation
- Patient Care & Management
- Communication
- Time Management
- Leadership
RNs & NPs
- Inpatient Setting
- Outpatient Setting

Everything You're Getting

More than 2 hours of video content
Up to 2.0 CE credits
Certificate of completion

Meet Your Experts

Deborah Ward, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, LNC

Deborah Ward, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, LNC, is a nurse practitioner with extensive experience and expertise in both the clinical and legal arenas. Her expertise as a nurse practitioner and legal nurse consultant continues to facilitate bridging the gap between the medical and legal sectors through detailed analysis, support, and education. As a legal nurse consultant, Deborah provides full case development services for her legal clients, both plaintiff and defense, for a wide range of medical related cases. Her background as a nurse practitioner brings a unique and progressive approach to case development for her legal clients. Deborah is also an enthusiastic and passionate educator providing programs and presentations focusing on improving patient care and the health of our communities.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Deborah Ward maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Deborah Ward is a member of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants and the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants.

More taught by Deborah Ward, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, LNC

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Media Type:: Digital Seminar
Product Code:: POS078604
Duration:: 2 hours, 1 minute
Copyright:: Jun 05, 2023
Format:: Audio and Video

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.

For Planning Committee disclosures, please see the statement above. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography. A small portion of the material for this CE activity was developed with limited assistance from generative AI. All AI-generated information was reviewed for accuracy by the instructor, an independent content reviewer, or PESI staff. Evergreen Certifications is owned by PESI, Inc. Counselors please note: This activity is not offered for NBCC CE hours.

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