Enhance Your Liability IQ: Top Reasons Nurses Get Sued for Malpractice (1.25 CNE!)

NSO & CNA released our fifth published analysis of nursing claims from the most recent 5 years. Professional liability data provides insight into the underlying causes in liability cases as it can reveal missteps, clinical errors, patterns of communication, and judgment failures that contributed to adverse events.

Using case studies and claim data, nurses can examine top areas of liability through the experiences of their peers. Most importantly, this session provides you with practice recommendations that you can use to help prevent or defend against malpractice allegations, while also enhancing patient safety.

Objectives:

• Identify the leading allegations made against nurses in malpractice lawsuits.
• Define average costs to defend nurses in malpractice lawsuits.
• Identify key risk management tools that nurses can incorporate into their practice to help improve patient safety and reduce risk and error.

This webinar is offered to WSNA members only and attendees can earn 1.25 CNE.  Can’t make it to the live presentation? Members are encouraged to register even if they can’t make it to the live event, as all registrants will have access to the recording and CNE for 30 days post-event.

Jennifer Flynn, CPHRM, is Vice President of Risk Management for Nurses Service Organization in the Healthcare Division of Aon’s Affinity Insurance Services, Inc. Specializing in risk management and having worked in the health care insurance business for over 21 years, Jennifer is dedicated to educating nurses and health care professionals on professional liability risks and offers strategies to mitigate those risks by supporting patient safety principles and developing quality management programs. In addition to being a frequent national speaker on healthcare risk and liability, Jennifer is also a published author on various risk management topics. Jennifer is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management and is a licensed Property & Casualty agent. She earned a BA in Psychology from Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania.