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January Public 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 a vulnerable population. This webinar will look at some of the legal considerations for nurses who practice in mental health nursing such as consent to treatment, nurse and patient safety, patient restraints, and privacy and confidentiality of health...
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Ask a Lawyer: Engaging with non-compliant patients and discontinuing nursing services

Question: I am a nurse working in a community healthcare clinic. I am providing services to a patient who regularly fails to attend appointments, refuses to take prescribed medications as recommended, and has dismissed my proposed plan of care. I am concerned about their well-being and their compliance with clinic expectations regarding practitioner-patient communications. The...
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InfoLAW: Consent for the Incapable Adult

This InfoLAW focuses on adults who do not have the capacity to give or refuse consent to treatment on their own behalf.
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