Legal Nursing Certificate Course
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24.5 CE creditsCompletion Time
23 hours, 9 minutesAvailable Until
December 31, 2025Posted By
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Acute Care, Adult, Family, Gerontological, Neonatal, Oncology, Pediatric, Psychiatric / Mental Health, and Women's HealthSubspecialties
Primary Care and Urgent CareEven the most skilled and compassionate nurses can find themselves facing a lawsuit that shakes their confidence and threatens their livelihood. With evolving regulations, electronic documentation pitfalls, and legal risks at every turn, it’s easy to feel unprepared for a deposition or investigation.
The Legal Nursing Certificate Course is your solution to transforming fear into confidence. This comprehensive training will show you how to protect your license, master the art of clear and defensible documentation, and navigate the legal process if the unexpected happens. You’ll discover exactly what plaintiff attorneys look for, how your records can become your greatest asset or biggest liability, and how to respond if you’re ever called to testify. Completing this course will empower you to safeguard your career with skillful charting, clear communication, and proactive risk management. You’ll finish ready to deliver excellent care with confidence, knowing you’ve earned up to 24.5 CE hours and your Certificate in Legal Nursing, proving your expertise in this critical area of practice.
Learning Objectives
- Analyze how the nursing standards of care can come under scrutiny.
- Evaluate authoritative sources.
- Distinguish between a care plan and the care planning process.
- Evaluate a strategic nursing documentation system.
- Defend how documentation is used to decide if you are innocent or guilty in a lawsuit.
- Propose how to prevent risky behavior when using social media and other forms of electronic communication.
- Apply best practice and standard of care for documenting incident reports and adverse events.
- Analyze the Center for Medicare and Medicaid regulatory language on nursing documentation.
- Formulate a strategic tool for your standard of practice.
- Evaluate deposition proceedings
- Analyze timeline chronologies.
- Develop defense and plaintiff allegations, in response to the same scenario.
- Integrate the correct practices into your documentation to reduce litigation exposure.
- Distinguish common documentation mistakes and how to avoid/correct them
- Evaluate facility policy and procedures for potential risk.
- Extrapolate the litigation timeline
- Formulate deposition questions as the plaintiff and/or defense teams.
- Practice litigation language during mock depositions.
Speakers
Brenda Elliff, RN, MPA, ONC, CCM, LNCC, established Elliff Medical-Legal Services in 1996. As a legal nurse consultant, she assists on both plaintiff and defense cases. She performs record reviews, develops strategies and provides expert witness preparation. Her work involves Medical Malpractice, Worker’s Compensation, Personal Injury and a variety of legal cases. Previously, Brenda worked as a Health Care Coordinator for a large law firm and taught a Legal Nurse Consultation review course. Initially she began working with attorneys on legal cases in California and has now expanded her scope throughout the Pacific NW. Her clinical nursing experiences are vast and span 40 years. Brenda has worked as a staff nurse, as a nurse manager at major teaching facilities, as nurse case manager and as an adjunct nursing professor. Past nurses who have attended Brenda’s programs have appreciated the dynamic and fun way in which she can deliver excellent clinical and legal information. She has been a sought-after speaker at national, state and local levels, on a variety of topics that draw from her areas of expertise.
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Rachel Henderson, PhD, MS, LHRM, CCRN-K, has nearly three decades of clinical, management and consulting experience. Rachel is a legal nurse consultant certified (LNCC), a licensed healthcare risk manager (LHRM) and she holds a forensic nurse certificate (FNC). As a legal nurse consultant, Rachel works with attorneys, law firms and healthcare organizations to review and evaluate medical records for compliance with standards of care and regulations posed by accreditation agencies, including The Joint Commission. In addition to her legal insights, Rachel draws from vast clinical experiences, including work in: critical care, renal transplant, dialysis and surgical settings.
CE Information
This activity offers 24.5 CE credits to attendees.
Accredited by ANCC.
Credit eligibility by state, board, and more information can be found here: Legal Nursing Certificate Course | PESI.com
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