Recorded: Monday, July 30, 2012 

This program will cover in detail advance directives such as living will, durable power of attorney, organ donation, mental health declaration, and do not resuscitate orders. It will also include The Joint Commission, CMS Hospital Conditions of Participation, case law discussion, organization position statements on DNR (do not resuscitate), and other federal laws on advance directives. 

Sign up for this 90-minute webinar by nurse attorney Sue Dill who will explain the latest updates to the advance directives standard and what a hospital must do if a patient who has no advance directives on file and a support person shows up. 

Make sure you are providing advance directives to all of your inpatients, observation, emergency department and same day surgery patients!

Learning Objectives:

• Recall why CMS Conditions of Participation has requirements for advance directives for hospitals
• Describe The Joint Commission 2012 standards on advance directives
• Explain what is required of hospitals under the federal law on the Patient Self Determination Act
• Discuss the CMS new regulations on visitation and visitation advance directives
• Identify why information on the hospital’s advance directive policies must be given to inpatients, ED, observation, and same day surgery patients under the CMS hospital manual

Target Audience:

• Consumer advocates
• Nurse Educators
• Ethicists
• Ethic Committee Members
• Nurses
• Physicians
• Chief Nursing Officers (CNO)
• Nurse Managers
• Risk Managers
• Compliance Officers
• Quality Improvement Directors
• Joint Commission Coordinators
• Hospital Legal Counsel
• Director of Registration
• Behavioral Health Staff
• Psychiatrists
• Patient Safety Officers
• Outpatient and Emergency Department managers
• OR directors

Level: All levels

Meet Your Expert:

Sue Dill Calloway, R.N., M.S.N, J.D. is a nurse attorney and President of Patient Safety and Healthcare Consulting and Education. She is also the Chief Learning Officer for the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation. Sue has been a medical and legal consultant for over 30 years. She has done many educational programs for nurses, physicians, and other health care providers on topics such as nursing law, ethics and nursing, malpractice prevention, HIPAA medical record confidentiality, EMTALA anti-dumping law, Joint Commission and CMS   issues, documentation, medication errors, medical errors, pain management, federal laws for nursing, sentinel events, MRI Safety, legal issues in surgery, patient safety, and other similar topics. Ms. Calloway received her AD in nursing from Central Ohio Technical College, her BA, BSN, MSN (summa cum laude) and JD (with honors) degrees are from Capital University in Columbus.  She is a member of many professional organizations and has a certificate in insurance from the American Insurance Institute.

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Accreditation Statement:

AHC Media is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Credit Designation:

This activity has been approved for 1.5 nursing contact hours using a 60-minute contact hour.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 14749, for 1.5 Contact Hours.

Sponsor:

The sponsor of this educational activity is AHC Media.

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