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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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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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