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Catalog Number : ngd1142
Title : OB Legal Issues
Speaker : Sue Dill

Duration : 90 minutes

Webplay Recording Date : 11-2-2011
Webplay Price : $ 200 for two weeks viewing

Teleconference/Webinar Presenter: Sue Dill Calloway, RN, Esq., AD, BA, BSN, MSN, JD

Teleconference/Webinar Title: OB Legal Issues in Your Hospital - Part 1: Decreasing Your Chances Of Being Sued

Teleconference/Webinar Level: Basic

Teleconference/Webinar Purpose: To review and update legal issues in obstetrics.

Teleconference/Webinar Objectives:

  • Discuss the four elements that a plaintiff must establish to prove negligence.
  • Discuss some hospital requirements for EMTALA such as posting signs and having a central log.
  • Describe ways to decrease your chances of being sued especially the importance of good communication.

Teleconference/Webinar Outline:

  • Introduction
    • OB malpractice problem
    • Overview of legal system
    • Negligence and four elements
    • Standard of care
    • Recent Ohio lawful life case
  • Decreasing your chances of being sued
    • Documentation
    • Communication
    • Patient satisfaction surveys
    • Good “PR”
    • Informed consent
    • Chain of command policies
    • Blanket warmer
    • Keep abreast of current literature
    • Placenta exams
    • Unanticipated outcomes
    • Fetal monitoring
    • Use of fundal pressure
    • Know Ohio laws
    • Magnesium sulfate
    • Handling partners in room
    • Central monitoring FHR
    • Conducting OB assessments
    • Preventing retained sponges
    • Augmentation of labor
    • Newborn hearing tests
    • Competency of staff

Prerequisites: None

Target Audience: Chief Nursing Officer, Risk Manager, Compliance Officer, OB Nurses Manager, OB Assistant Nurse Manager, OB Nurse, OB CLinic Manager Director of Nursing Education and OB Medical Director.

Nursing Contact Hours: This course has been approved for 2.4 Iowa Nursing Contact Hours. There is usually a reciprocal agreement between state associations to allow these to count for each state. If you have any questions, please ask your state association.

Refund Policy:

Full tuition is refunded immediately on request if the participant has not been sent the program materials and instructions. Once the instructions (including access codes) have been sent, a full refund will be issued only after the program runs and it is verified that the participant did not access the program.