Why should you take advance directives seriously?

Updates to CMS rules on advance directives went into effect October 7, 2011. Notice of the hospital’s advance directive policy must be provided to inpatients, observation, emergency department patients and same day surgery patients. Staff will have to determine if there are any patient representatives including support persons and those with visitation advance directives.

Sign up for this 90-minute webinar where nurse attorney Sue Dill Calloway will cover in detail advance directives such as living will, durable power of attorney, organ donation, mental health declaration, and do not resuscitate orders.  She will include The Joint Commission, CMS Hospital Conditions of Participation, case law discussion, organization’s position statements on DNR (do not resuscitate) and other federal laws on advance directives during this session.

Learning Objectives:

• List the CMS Conditions of Participation requirements for advance directives
• Describe the 2012 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 what is a visitation advance directive
• Discuss why advance directive information must be given to inpatients, ED, observation, and same day surgery patients under the CMS regulations

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.

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.

Refund Policy:

If you are not able to attend for any reason, please notify us as soon as possible. Webinar cancellations received prior to the start time of the webinar are fully refundable. If you prefer, you may substitute an upcoming webinar for the one you originally registered for.

Recorded: Wednesday, January 18, 2012