Nursing Law & Order

I am presenting two Ohio nursing law and rules programs for Vitas

I am presenting two Ohio nursing law and rules CE dinner programs for VITAS here in May 2009 and June 2009 at Drake Hospital.

Navigating Ohio Nursing Law & Rules on May 27, 2009.

Ohio Board of Nursing Disciplinary Investigations: What Nurses Need to Know on June 24, 2009.

If you still need the Ohio nursing law and rules CE credit, my firm is offering four programs in Cincinnati, Ohio during May 2009. My programs were approved for CE credit by the Ohio Nurses Association.

If your facility is interested in scheduling a program, I am also available.

Kentucky Holistic Nurses Association Conference, May 16, 2009

http://www.khna.net/Flier%20-%20workshop.pdf

I attended the conference in 2008 and I enjoyed the content. I may attend the morning sessions.

Legal Issues with Nurse Fatigue and Legal Issues with Bullying & Horizontal Violence

The Center for American Nurses is offering two webinars in recognition of Nurses Week.

Legal Issues with Nurse Fatigue

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 from 1pm-2pm ET

Legal Issues with Bullying & Horizontal Violence

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 from 1pm-2pm ET

See www.centerforamericannurses.org for additional information including objectives and presenters.

Live Ohio Nursing Law and Rule CE in May 2009 in Cincinnati, Ohio

My CE applications were reviewed and re/approved by the Ohio Nurses Association this week. See below

Contact Jack Stem at [email protected] to register

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Navigating Ohio Nursing Law and Rules

7pm-8pm

1.0 contact hour of Category A (Ohio nursing law and rules) CE Credit

Presented by LaTonia Denise Wright, RN, BSN, JD, Attorney at Law

Location:

Panera Bread

8420 Winton Road

Cincinnati, Ohio 45231

 

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Ohio Board of Nursing Disciplinary Investigations: What Nurses Need to Know

7pm-8pm

1.0 contact hour of Category A (Ohio nursing law and rules) CE Credit

presented by:

LaTonia Denise Wright, RN, BSN, JD

Attorney at Law

Location:

Panera Bread (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Address to be announced

 

Thursday, May 21, 2009

What About Next Thursday? Professional Boundaries for Ohio Nurses

1.0 contact hour of Category A (Ohio nursing law and rules) CE Credit

7pm-8pm

presented by:

LaTonia Denise Wright, RN, BSN, JD

Attorney at Law

Location:

Panera Bread

8420 Winton Road

Cincinnati, Ohio 45231

            Thursday, May 28, 2009

Ohio Board of Nursing Alternative to Discipline Programs

7pm-8pm

1.0 contact hour of Category A (Ohio nursing law and rules) CE Credit

 

Presented by:

LaTonia Denise Wright, RN, BSN, JD

Attorney at Law

Location:

Panera Bread

8420 Winton Road

Cincinnati, Ohio 45231

 

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These continuing nursing education activities were approved by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

 

Approval valid through 3/17/2011.

 

No Commercial Support has been provided for this program.

 

Vested Interest Statement

LaTonia Denise Wright is an attorney with Law Office of LaTonia Denise Wright, LLC.  In this capacity she represents, counsels, and advises nurses in licensure and professional practice matters in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.  The material presented by Ms. Wright will presented in a neutral and balanced fashion.

Doctoral Programs in Nursing: DNP vs. PhD

See this article discussing the DNP and PhD.

http://www.nursezone.com/Nursing-News-Events/more-news.aspx?ID=18860

My question to you is does it matter in the big picture way of speaking whether we have a DNP or PhD or other terminal degrees in nursing when there are still multiple levels of entry into the practice of nursing (ASN, diploma, BSN, MSN)?

Do you think the profession should focus on terminal degrees, entry level to practice, or both?

Do You Need Category A, Ohio nursing law and rules CE for the 2009 Ohio RN Renewal this Year?

The theme of National Nurses Week 2009 is Nurses: Building a Healthy America. National Nurses Week is celebrated annually from May 6, also known as National Nurses Day, through May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.

 

In celebration of National Nurses Week 2009,the Law Office of LaTonia Denise Wright, LLC  will offer weekly offerings in May offering 1.0 contact hour of Category A CE credit. Category A CE is required to renew your Ohio nursing license.

 

To register, email Jack Stem at [email protected]

 

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Navigating Ohio Nursing Law and Rules

7pm-8pm

1.0 contact hour of Category A (Ohio nursing law and rules) CE Credit

Presented by LaTonia Denise Wright, RN, BSN, JD, Attorney at Law

Location:

Panera Bread

8420 Winton Road

Cincinnati, Ohio 45231

 

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Ohio Board of Nursing Disciplinary Investigations: What Nurses Need to Know

7pm-8pm

1.0 contact hour of Category A (Ohio nursing law and rules) CE Credit

presented by:

LaTonia Denise Wright, RN, BSN, JD

Attorney at Law

Location:

Panera Bread (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Address to be announced

Thursday, May 21, 2009

What About Next Thursday? Professional Boundaries for Ohio Nurses

1.0 contact hour of Category A (Ohio nursing law and rules) CE Credit

7pm-8pm

presented by:

LaTonia Denise Wright, RN, BSN, JD

Attorney at Law

Location:

Panera Bread

8420 Winton Road

Cincinnati, Ohio 45231

            Thursday, May 28, 2009

Ohio Board of Nursing Alternative to Discipline Programs

7pm-8pm

1.0 contact hour of Category A (Ohio nursing law and rules) CE Credit

 

Presented by:

LaTonia Denise Wright, RN, BSN, JD

Attorney at Law

Location:

Panera Bread

8420 Winton Road

Cincinnati, Ohio 45231

 

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These continuing nursing education activities were approved by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Approval valid through 3/14/09.

Re-approval applications pending.

Applications have been submitted to the Ohio Nurses Association. Please email LaTonia at [email protected] with the Law Office of LaTonia Denise Wright, LLC for more information about contact hours.

No Commercial Support has been provided for this program.

Vested Interest Statement

LaTonia Denise Wright is an attorney with Law Office of LaTonia Denise Wright, LLC.  In this capacity she represents, counsels, and advises nurses in licensure and professional practice matters in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.  The material presented by Ms. Wright will presented in a neutral and balanced fashion.

 

 

Advanced Practice Nurse Symposium on Saturday, March 14, 2009

This is a full day conference in Cincinnati. The cost is reasonable if you need CE for the 2009 RN Renewal period in Ohio this year. Download Advanced_practice_nurse_symposium2[1]

I am presenting Dodging Legal Minefields in Advance Practice Nursing.

2009 LEAD Summit of the Center for American Nurses

Mark Your Calendars for

LEAD Summit 2009!

The Joint Commission is requiring hospitals to address unprofessional conduct that undermines patient safety. 

Register now for these opportunities to learn how to manage conflict among healthcare groups. 

Special Pre-Conference Workshop –

Skills for Conflict Competent Nurses: Moving from Avoidance to Engagement                    
Debra Gerardi, RN, M PH, JD
Phyllis Beck Kritek, PhD, RN, FAAN

Immerse yourself in an intensive skill building workshop and learn how to create communities of practice for sustainable skill development.

 

 The Magic of Creative Conflict Engagement 
Phyllis Beck Kritek, PhD, RN, FAAN

 Creative conflict engagement skills can change the fear of conflict to an invitation to creativity and enriching relationship options. As skills expand, nurses discover their innovativeness and ability to connect with others result in improved satisfaction in their work and with their colleagues. Indeed, it can be magic!

    
Exhibits                      Networking                 Professional Coaching

 Registation and Information:  www.CenterforAmericanNurses.org or call 1-800-685-4076

The Center for American Nurses is a national professional nursing organization that educates, equips, and empowers nurses to advocate for themselves, their profession, and their patients.  The Center offers evidence-based solutions and powerful tools to navigate workplace challenges, optimize patient outcomes, and maximize career benefits.  Established in 2003, the Center partners with organizational and individual registered nurse members nationwide to develop resources, strategies, and tools to help nurses manage evolving workforce issues, and succeed in their careers. 

Career Coaching: Enhancing Personal & Professional Satisfaction

The path to career satisfaction is personal. The Center for American Nurses is proud to bring you a coaching program designed to connect registered nurses with professional coaches specializing in the diverse aspects of a nursing career.   A professional coach can help you: Evaluate your career choices through the lens of your strengths, values and long-term personal and professional goals. Look at the way your current choices impact your work-life balance and identify the changes that will have the biggest impact on your personal and professional satisfaction. Develop more confidence, create strategies to improve your visibility and promote-ability and give you a safe place to practice critical conversations. Objectively assess your leadership, communication or conflict skills and provide you with tools you can use immediately to increase your emotional intelligence and become more effective both personally and professionally. Identify strategies to deal with a difficult situation at work. FREE TELE-SEMINARS February 12, 2009 1:30 – 2:15 PM Eastern February 18, 2009 8:00 – 8:45 AM Eastern February 24, 2009 7:00 – 7:45 PM Eastern Participate in a FREE informational tele-forums to learn how professional coaching can help you! For more information go to www.CenterforAmericanNurses.org

Forensic Nursing Conference in Northern Kentucky, March 4, 2009

Thank you to Sharon Nolan Dickman, who is a Nurse Educator and P-SANE nurse at Cincinnati Children's Hospital for providing me with this information.

See the brochure if you are interested in attending. Download 3-09_BandW_Version_RFC_Publication-Final-[1]

Release Your Inner Writer and Author!

Do you like to write?

Do you want to publish an article?

The Center for American Nurses is seeking Nurse Writers and Authors to its Nursing That Works Series.

See http://centerforamericannurses.org/associations/9102/files/NTW_Writer%20Guidelines.pdf.

I started writing in 2000 and I haven't stopped.

One of my practice goals for this year is to update my blog and write a post at least 25 days out of the month. Are you planning to submit an article(s) for publication this year? Do you have any goals related to writing and publication for 2009?

Do You Want Professional Assistance with your Nursing Career? Consider a Career Coach

See http://centerforamericannurses.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=217.

Pam Williams, ACC, is the Chief Innergy Officer and Internationally Certified Coach at Innergized! and is working closely with the Center for American Nurses for career coaching designed especially for nurses.

 The Center for American Nurses is offering a series of informational tele-forums to learn more about career coaching on:

• 2/12       1:30 - 2:15 PM ET
• 2/18       8:00 - 8:45 AM ET
• 2/24       7:00 - 7:45 PM  ET 

 To participate in an informational tele-forum, call (218) 844-8230 at the appointed time. The participant access code for these calls is 875498#.

Legal Webinars for Nurses for 2008-2010

See this attachment for the complete legal webinar schedule for 2008-2010. Tell me what you think about the legal webinar titles.

As you may know, I am consultant for the Center and we would be interested in knowing what other legal webinar topics would be of interest to nurses.

Download LEGALWebinarTotalSchedule[1][1]

Joe Flores, NP and Attorney at Law in Texas

My buddy, Joe Flores did an excellent job presenting The Nurse as A Criminal Defendant on Wednesday, November 19, 2008. The program was presented as a legal webinar offered by the Center for American Nurses. See www.centerforamericannurses.org.

Joe is a certified NP and trial attorney in Texas and he represents nurses and other healthcare professionals in licensure matters and he is also a skilled criminal defense attorney.

See Joe's website at www.floreslaw.com. See also his youtube links at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3s_FsqeEJc

•     Joe can be reached by phone or e-mail at  361.887.8670 or [email protected]

•        Other legal discussions can be seen at www.youtube.com then typing in search term “Joe Flores”

 

Got Criminal Issues? What to Know about more about the Nurse as a Criminal Defendant?

The Center for American Nurses is sponsoring a series of legal webinars for nurses in 2008-2010. See www.centerforamericannurses.org.

The November 19, 2008 webinar features my colleague Joe Flores as the expert presenter. Joe Flores is a practicing NP and an attorney in Texas and he represents nurses in licensure and criminal matters.

I am looking forward to this webinar because of the content. More and more nurses are being charged with crimes or have criminal convictions that impact the suitability for licensure. A number of the posts and comments on this blog involve criminal conduct and criminal convictions.

I am the moderator for the webinar and we are looking forward to your participation in the webinar and any questions you pose after the webinar. There is a question and answer component after the lecture component.

For additional information about Joe and his law practice see the firm's website at http://www.floreslawfirm.com/.

The Nurse as A Criminal Defendant

Joe Flores, RN, MSN, JD with the Flores Law Firm

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

7pm to 8:15 EST

Download nurseascrimdefendant.pdf

House Bill 346 "The Staffing Bill" CE in Cincinnati, Ohio

If you live in the Greater Cincinnati, Ohio, you may be interested in attending this free CE program sponsored by the Registered Nurse Association and the Southwestern Ohio Nurses Association on October 21, 2008. See this flyer.

Download 081021_inservice_flyer_ceu1.pdf

What to Do When the State Board of Nursing Calls

You answer the phone and its an investigator from the Nursing Board, what do you do? Or you receive a letter from the Nursing Board regarding a complaint filed against your license, what do you do?

The Center for American Nurses is hosting a series of legal webinars for nurses in 2008-2009. The Center for American Nurses is a national professional association offering workforce advocacy products and services to individual nurses.

The first webinar is:

title: What To Do When the State Nursing Board Calls

date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008

time: 7pm-8:15pm EST.

My esteemed colleague, Nancy Brent is the presenter.

Nancy Brent, RN, MS, JD is a nurse attorney in Chicago, Illinois and has extensive experience in licensure defense and health law matters. Nancy is also the featured nurse attorney expert on Nursing Spectrum and authors Brent's Law.

Registration information will be available soon at www.centerforamericannurses.org.  

Indiana State Nurses Association Psychiatric Nurses Meeting and CE

http://www.indiananurses.org/events/083108%20psych%20meeting%20registration.pdf.

I am thinking about attending this meeting for the CE. I like the content however I am already driving to Indianapolis twice in October as of today.

It cost me $100 to gas up my boat (premium gas from Shell) and drive from Cincinnati to Indianapolis (this is past downtown Indy and near the airport) and I will have to gas up again ($75) and drive back to Cincy.

How many conferences have you attended this year?

The fall will be here in no time and you know that means for nurses: conferences, seminars,in-services, and conventions.

How many have you attended this year?

I am attending the Kentucky Law Update next month presented by the Kentucky Bar Association for CLE. I need the credits for my Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana law license.

I am attending more webinars and teleconferences related to my law practice. I have attended three webinars offered by Lorman Education this summer and I will register for several more this year.

I will attend a program on chemical dependency offered by the Indiana State Nurses Association in Indianapolis in October. I will also attend the Ohio Attorney General Administrative Law Seminar this winter if its offered again.

I don't have to renew my Ohio RN license until 2009 so I don't really have to worry about CNE this year.

National Mental Health Conference in Indianapolis

There is a National Mental Health Conference next month in Indianapolis, Indiana June 23-25, 2008 that I would like to attend.

Especially the sessions on chemical dependency, dual diagnosis, and criminal behavior related to chemical dependency. Alot of my law practice involves chemical dependency, chemical impairment, criminal conduct/convictions, and issues related to medication administration, documentation, and handling with nurses. The conference registration is reasonable for a three day conference also.

Its only a 90 minute drive from Cincinnati to Indianapolis anyway.

The conference takes place at the same as the Center for American Nurses Membership Council Meeting  www.centerforamericannurses.org and the ANA House of Delegates www.nursingworld.org.

Its a tough choice: attending national professional association governance meetings that get messier and more bizarre with each meeting or attending a conference that has direct applicability to my tri-state law practice. Or is it a tough choice! What would you do?

I already committed myself as a delegate of both organizations to attend when I ran for office in October 2007, so I will be in Washington, D.C.

However, the link for the conference is:

http://www.in.gov/idoc/unlockingthemystery/index.htm.