Avoiding Pressure: Wound Care and Legal Pitfalls

DATE: 06/17/2025
SPEAKER:
Tammera Banasek, Partner, Hepler Bloom, LLC
LENGTH: 102 Minutes

Target Audience

Executive teams, corporate and campus risk managers, human resource personnel, administrators, medical directors, PCPs, directors of nursing, quality representatives, and QAPI committee members

Learning Objectives

  1. Explain the litigation process generally and the prevalence and increase of skin and wound allegations in lawsuits and the impact on organizations
  2. Identify wound definitions and differentiate between pressure-related and non-pressure related wounds in the context of litigation 
  3. Discuss specific wound documentation requirements and case examples to ensure best nursing practices
  4. Evaluate and analyze recommendations to improve wound identification and care planning to reduce the risk of wound care litigation 

 

Course summary
Course opens: 
08/16/2024
Course expires: 
04/30/2029
Cost:
$0.00

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