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Medication errors, unavailable medications, and ineffective monitoring for adverse effects of medications can lead to significant negative resident outcomes, survey deficiencies and increase the risk of LTC litigation. This seventh session in the Reducing Litigation Risk series will review the regulatory requirements and standards of care for effective medication management. Areas of significant risk for medication errors will be discussed, along with best practices for preventing medication errors and for the monitoring of adverse effects.
Learning Objectives
1. Become knowledgeable with the regulatory requirements and standards of care for effective medication management.
2. Identify areas of significant risk for medication errors.
3. Discuss best practices for avoiding medication errors and for monitoring of adverse effects.
Target Audience: Administrator, DON, Clinical Department Managers, Clinical Consultants, Compliance Officer, QAPI team
*This webinar is a part of the Reducing Litigation Risk for SNF & AL webinar series. If interested in purchasing the full 12-month series, contact kniehoff@ihca.org
Director of Legal Nurse Consulting, Proactive Medical Review
Janine is a Registered Nurse with over 30 years’ experience in long term care, working in
all nursing capacities from Nursing Assistant and Charge Nurse, to MDS Coordinator, Staff
Development Coordinator, ADON and DON. She is MDS Certified through AANAC, and is
a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant. Her background includes serving as a Corporate Nurse
Consultant, and the Director of Clinical Services for a multi-facility, multi-level of care organization.
She has extensive experience in the RAI process, clinical documentation, legal
nurse consulting, restorative nursing programs, fall management, QAPI, and infection control,
and has provided training on these topics for State and National organizations.
1 CEU per webinar. Sessions will be approved by NAB for Administrators, IN licensed social workers, IN licensed occupational therapists, & nurses. Please note that in order to receive continuing education credits for this webinar, you MUST login via the webinar software on your computer, or via the mobile app. We are unable to grant continuing education units for those who call in by phone only without doing so through the GoToWebinar application on your phone. As a registered participant, you will receive access to the webinar recordings. No CEUs are given for watching the recording.
