Living wills, durable power of attorney, organ donation, mental health declaration, and do not resuscitate orders are all a part of advance directives. This program will discuss 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. 

Why should you take advance directives seriously? Sign up for this 90-minute webinar where nurse attorney Sue Dill Calloway will highlight the new changes to the CMS hospital conditions of participation on the QIO and state agency notification requirement and why this may result in more hospitals having complaint surveys.

Learning Objectives:

• List the CMS Conditions of Participation requirements for advance directives.
• Describe the 2011 Joint Commission 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 the visitation advance directive.

Target Audience:

• Consumer advocate 
• Nurse Educator
• Ethicist
• Ethic Committee Members
• Nurses
• Physicians
• Chief Nursing Officer
• Nurse Managers
• Risk Managers
• Compliance Officers
• Quality Improvement Director
• Joint Commission Coordinator 
• Hospital Legal Counsel
• Director of Registration 
• Behavioral Health Staff 
• Psychiatrist
• Patient Safety Officer

Level: All levels 

Meet your Expert:

Sue Dill Calloway is a nurse attorney and medical-legal consultant. She has done many educational programs for nurses, physicians, and other health care providers. She has spoken internationally on patient safety, risk management, legal, regulatory, and CMS and Joint Commission issues. She has authored over a thousand articles and a hundred books including a book on the Compliance Guide to the Joint Commission, CMS Patient Rights Standards and a book on 2009 Joint Commission Leadership and many books on nursing law and nursing law and ethics.  

Her associate degree is from Central Ohio Technical College and Ohio State University. Her BA, BSN in Nursing, MSN in nursing (summa cum laude) and JD degree (law degree with honors) are from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.

Participation:

Each listener participates in the continuing education activity by listening to the webinar and completing the online post test and evaluation.

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.

Recorded: Wednesday, September 21, 2011