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