An infant abducted from a healthcare facility would be tragic event for both the parents and facility and cause a media nightmare. This issue has recently been all over the news. An infant was kidnapped from Harlem Hospital in New York City and after 23 years finds her mom with the help of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and others. In a July 2011 article, it describes a recent abduction from a hospital in Alabama.

Did you know that about 95% of infant abductions result in litigation?  During this 90-minute webinar, nurse attorney Sue Dill Calloway will provide information on TJC and CMS standards on this topic and how to comply. Make sure your facility is up to date on what it should be doing and when. You do not want the unthinkable nightmare of an infant or child abduction to happen at your facility.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the important components of a proper infant and pediatric abduction prevention program, including policies and procedures, training of staff and parents, controlling access, and development of a critical incident response plan. 
• Describe what information should be communicated to the mother to minimize the risk of abduction.
• Explain The Joint Commission and CMS Hospital standards as they relate to infant and pediatric abduction.

Target Audience:

• OB and nursery nurses and nurse manager
• Pediatric nurses and nurse manager
• Chief nursing officer
• Risk manager
• Safety and security officers
• Security staff
• Patient safety officer
• Compliance officer
• Patient safety team members
• Consumer advocate
• Nurse educator
• Any other person who is involved in keep pediatric patients and infants safe

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:

AHC Media webinars may be attended in an audio-only format, but we encourage attendees to take advantage of the webinar feature as it may allow you to participate in interactive survey questions throughout the presentation. 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: Monday, September 19, 2011