Advance directives contain a wide variety of documents such as the living will, durable power of attorney, organ donation, mental health declaration, and do not resuscitate orders (DNR). This session will cover The Joint Commission, CMS Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoP), case law discussion, organization position statements on DNR, and other federal laws on advance directives.

During this 90-minute webinar, nurse attorney Sue Dill Calloway will examine the many rules and expectations of advanced directives, the CMS new hospital visitation CoP regulation, and The Joint Commission patient centered care standard. She will provide insight and answer your questions on:

• CMS CoP on advance directives
• 2011 Joint Commission standards on advance directives
• Federal law on Patient Self Determination Act
• Community education requirement
• Documenting advance directives under Record of Care chapter
• Case law update
• Requirements of the Patient Self Determination Act
• Informed consent requirements
• Living wills, DPOA, DNR orders, mental health declarations, organ donor
• Assisted suicide
• Professional organization position statements on DNR (AORN, ACS, ASA, ASPAN, ACEP, ENA etc.)
• Joint Commission Tracer
• Joint Commission standard under RI and RC chapters
• Visitation Advance Directive under CMS and TJC new visitation standard
• Organ donation

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

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.

Continuing Education:

Participation:

Each listener participates in the continuing education activity by listening to the audio conference 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.

The information provided in AHC Media audio conferences does not, and is not intended to constitute medical diagnoses or legal advice. Individual tracer methodology outcomes cannot be guaranteed. Opinions, references and links provided by our speakers are provided for your convenience and do not represent our endorsement of such opinions, products or services.

Recorded: Monday, January 31, 2011