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May Webinar: Legal Risk Management for Nurses Practicing in the Mental Health Environment

Mental health nursing is a growing area of specialty within nursing that deals with the care of vulnerable populations. This webinar will look at some of the legal considerations for nurses who practice in mental health nursing such as consent to treatment, involuntary care, patient restraints, and privacy and confidentiality of health information.
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Nurse Practitioner Webinar Series

The Canadian Nurses Protective Society (CNPS) is pleased to provide a webinar series for nurse practitioners (NPs) that provides specific information to help NPs strengthen their legal risk management education. This five-part webinar series focuses on legal risk management in primary care, with new topics presented throughout the year. Details and registration link are below....
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InfoLAW: Consent to Treatment: The role of the nurse

Consent may be implicit or explicit. Holding out an arm to have a blood pressure taken is implicit consent, whereas an ECG or blood gases may require explicit consent. The main types of consent in the health care setting are general consent as required for admission to and basic care in a health care facility...
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