Region 3 Virtual Offering: Responding to an Unsafe Patient Assignment: Legal, Moral, and Practical Implications
November 4 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
$25Description: This program will provide nurses with the advocacy skills and communication strategies to respond when they hear, “Just do your best” when nursing judgment determines they cannot safely meet the needs of the patient. Discussion topics include patient abandonment, mandatory overtime, and assuming an assignment under duress or objection. Documentation of unsafe assignments and mandatory overtime will be explored. The program will explain who should accept the liability and responsibility for an unsafe assignment.
Presenters: Joe-Ann Fergus, PhD, RN; Mary Sue Howlett, PhD, RN/FNPBC, CEN; and Carol Mallia, MSN, RN
Date: Monday, November 4, 2024
Time: Pre-Program Login, 5:30 – 6 p.m. Program, 6 – 8 p.m.
Location: This program is a live “Virtual Continuing Educational Program” offered via Zoom.
Fee: Member/Associate Member, free. However, a $25 placeholder fee, which will be returned upon attendance, is required to complete registration. Non-Members: A $95 charge is required; call for registration.
Continuing Education Credits: Will be provided
For Autumn 2024 Continuing Education Program registration:
Members register by signing in to the MNA App/events section or sign in to the website https://mna.yourassociation.org, and click the CE Programs/Events button.
Non Members register by contacting: Liz Chmielinski at 781-830-5719 or echmielinski@mnarn.org
