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February Webinar: Intimidation and Harassment of Healthcare Professionals

Violence and harassment directed at nurses are growing concerns in Canadian healthcare. This webinar addresses the frontline challenges nurses may encounter during interactions with patients and their family members or visitors that can involve harassment or intimidation, and provides an overview of the risks nurses face in day-to-day patient care. The session explores legal considerations,...
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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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InfoLAW: Negligence

Negligence is the failure or omission to provide care that a reasonable and prudent nurse in similar circumstances would have rendered. During their career, a nurse may be faced with a professional negligence allegation arising from their nursing practice from a current or prior patient. A negligence claim may be in connection to variety of...
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