Workshop:  Critical Legal and Documentation Focuses and Mandates For School Nurses In 2002hs

Workshop:  Critical Legal and Documentation Focuses and Mandates For School Nurses In 2002

Kansas City, MO - April 30 - May 1, 2002

Phoenix, Arizona - May 7 - 8, 2002

Houston, TX - May 23 - 24, 2002

Dallas, TX - May 28 - 29, 2002

Boise ID - June 4 - 5, 2002

Bismarck, ND - June 6 - 7, 2002

Portland, OR - June 11 - 12, 2002

San Diego, CA - June 13 - 14, 2002

Buffalo, NY - June 18 - 19, 2002

Baltimore, MD - June 21 - 22, 2002

San Antonio, TX - June 25 - 26, 2002

Hartford, CT - July 9 - 10, 2002

Manchester, NH - July 18 - 19, 2002


Course Overview:

Are you in the school nursing and school health environment and suffering from “I need more specific legal and documentation direction syndrome”?  If so this dynamic course that guarantees to give you straight up answers ideas, solutions and directions is for you.  Featured, as the faculty, is well known speaker, consultant, author and success and survival strategist, Dr. Gloria “Jo” Floyd (Ph.D, RN), author of “School Nursing Today" and 50 + other educational materials.  You will be thrust into a sea of awareness that will boost your school nursing / school health knowledge in this fast paced two day program.  As a participant you will be given insights, information, and documents to jump-start you in this millennium to practice legally and effectively while documenting for maximal success and protection.  By the end of day one you will be able to; 1) Explain selected issues impacting your role in the year 2002 and beyond, 2) Discuss relevant standards of practice critical to professional vs unprofessional functioning in the school nurse role, 3) Identify key policies and documentation processes germane to most care components, 4)   Describe a multiplicity of dynamics impacting how you care for general and special need populations, focused toward individualized health plans and emergency care planning strategies and 5) Grasp the overall legal picture and safety protections needed for nursing and school health functioning.  Day two will also push you into an updated thinking toward the role of documentation and relevant charting safeguards and processes in today’s school nursing environment.  By the end of this fast paced day you should be able to: 1) Share at least 15 directions, issues, trends and mandates applicable to documentation in the field, 2) Describe the importance of a systematic and consistent process for basic, general and special needs student admission protocol system wide, 3) Explain how the nurse practice act and documentation have relevance to each other and provides a legal safeguard to you, the student client and the school organization, 4) Document to assure the ability to settle legal controversy and/or issues when questioned and 5) Develop at a beginning level a comprehensive school health manual for distribution at school.  Employing a mixture of teaching formats that include lecture/discussion, small group work, self assessment, brainstorming and/or audiovisual instruction, the speaker promises a humorous, fast-paced, fun-filled, content-driven and clinically sound approach to enhancing your knowledge skills and abilities in the area of legal and documentation issues.

Schedule: Day I: Legalities

  8:30 am -   9:00 am Registration
  9:00 am - 10:00 am

Opening and Course Overview

Legal Issues and Trends Impacting School Nursing / School Health In The Year 2002 - Group Think Tank and Discussion

10:00 am - 10:30 am

I.   Standards of School Nurse Practice
II.  The Role of the School Nurse

III. School Nurse Code of Conduct
IV. Unprofessional versus Professional Conduct

10:30 am - 10:45 am Break and Materials Review
10:45 am - 11:15 am

I.    Policies and Procedures:  What, Who, When, Where, Why
II.  Documentation and Compliance Issues

11:15 am -  12:00 pm

Special & General Population Patients (Students)
I.   Individualized Health Plans
II.  Emergency Care Plans

III.   Individual Education Plans

12:00 pm -   1:30 pm Lunch On Your Own
  1:30 pm -   2:30 pm

I.   Special Needs Student Planning & Identification
II.  Medically Fragile Children / Frequent Visitors / Abuse & Neglect
III. Emergency Care Processes & Issues
IV. Plan of Care Process from Assessment to Evaluation
V.  Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA)
VI. Medications and Treatment

  2:30 pm -   2:45 pm Break and Materials Review
  2:45 pm -   4:00 pm

Grasping The Big Legal Picture in School Health
I.     Notification Issues
II.    Reporting / Communications
III.   Abuse / Neglect
IV.   Consent
V.    Physician Communications / Orders
VI.   Referrals
VII.  Protections Against Legal Controversy
VIII. Avoiding Death, Violence and Unexpected Tragedy at School

Evaluation and Closing

Schedule: Day II: Documentation

  8:30 am -   9:00 am Registration
  9:00 am - 10:15 am

Opening and Course Overview

Millennium Directions, Issues, Trends & Mandates For School Health Documentation - An Update
I.   What to Document:  Who to Document:   When to Document
II.  Documentation Consistency Vs Inconsistency Between Licensed & Unlicensed Staff
III. Documentation Policies and Procedures Components
IV. A Comprehensive Look at Forms Needed
V.  Protections In Forms and Policies

VI. Basic Do’s and Don’ts - An Update

10:15 am - 10:30 am

Break and Materials Review

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Basic General Student & Special Needs Population Admission Process Documentation Strategies
I.     Documentation Forms Inclusiveness
II.    General History, Assessment, Baseline Assurances
III.   Physician Requirements
IV.   Consents
V.    Immunizations
VI.   Health Needs Identification
VII.  Policies and Procedures Mandates
VIII. Importance of Consistency, Follow-Through and Policy Implementation
IX.   Special Needs Students:  Definition, IHP, ECP, IEP
X.    Medically Fragile Children

11:30 am -   12:00 pm Nurse Practice Act and Documentation
12:00 am -   1:30 pm

Lunch On Your Own

  1:30 pm -   2:30 pm

Documentation 2000 - A Serious Review and Update
I.   Steps To Avoid Legal Controversy - Documentation Safeguards
II.  Records Relevance in Litigation/Lawsuits - How Is the Record Used?
III. Daily Logs vs Individual Student Progress Notes:  Accessing the Office, Assessment,
     Intervention, Disposition Format
IV. Physician’s Orders:  Forms, Issues, Implementation Processes

V.  Medications and Treatments Documentation, Forms, Implementation

  2:30 pm -   2:45 pm Break and Materials Review
  2:45 pm -   3:15 pm

Implementation of Documentation Components   
I.    Notifications
II.   Reporting
III.  Referral
IV.  Immunizations
V.   Screenings
VI.  Emergency Records

  3:15 pm -  4:00 pm

The Student Health Information Manual:

Contents

Consents

Transportation

Emergencies

CPR

Medications

Treatments

Demographic Data

Immunizations

Neglect/Abuse

Reporting

Referrals

Over The Counter Meds

Physicians Order

The Health Care Team Home Visits

The School Health Program Description

Homeopathic Meds

Controlled Substances

Medication Treatment Administration Team

Child Protective Services

Notifications

Etc.

Evaluation and Closing

Workshop Speaker/Leader:

Dr. Gloria “Jo” Floyd, a recognized author, speaker, consultant and survival strategist has produced and/or presented over 1,000 workshops and seminars attended by thousands nationwide.  For over 33 years, Jo has been the heartbeat for program participants leading them in common sense survival approaches to a variety of challenges.   Since she founded NCEHS in 1978, she has prided herself on customizing her programs to assure participant empowerment and realistic survival.  Dr. Floyd earned the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas.  She has been a consultant to over 350 agencies, schools, businesses, associations, universities, hospitals, home care agencies and related facilities throughout the U.S.  Never idle for long, Jo is published in numerous professional journals and is the author of Survival Strategies for Managing Life, Stress, Obstacles, Challenge and Change.  She is also featured in/on over 60 other nationally distributed audio-visuals and educational materials including:  On Leaders and Leadership, Communicating Effectively, Improved Productivity through Stress Management, Documenting Patient Care Legally and Effectively, Legalities of Documentation, Recording Clinical Actions, and On Being The Effective Teacher/Educator/Presenter.  Jo is constantly reading, analyzing, networking and researching to continue to bring up to the minute options to her clients nationwide via educational materials, workshops, seminars, keynote addresses and consultation.  Dr. Floyd is, also, nationally recognized as a medical-legal expert in the area of legal and documentation issues.  She assists in review and analysis of simple to complex medical and legal cases.  Jo has received numerous awards, citations and recognitions from a variety of groups.  She has held positions as Administrator, Director of Nursing, Education, Surgery and Central Services, Inservice Education Coordinator, Professor, Television and Radio Host, Health Writer, and Staff Nurse.  Dr. Floyd has, also owned four businesses.  She has been successfully married for over 35 years to Elliott and is the mother of 5 children.  Dr. Floyd is an inductee into the Leadership Texas Hall of Fame and the San Antonio Women’s Hall of Fame.  Dr. Floyd has taught numerous school nursing courses throughout the United States.   She is also a licensed child and school health care administrator. 

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Workshop:  Critical Legal and Documentation Focuses and Mandates For School Nurses In 2002 

Kansas City, MO April 30, 2002 May 1, 2002
Phoenix, Arizona May 7, 2002 May 8, 2002
Houston, TX May 23, 2002 May 24, 2002
Dallas, TX May 28, 2002 May 29, 2002
Boise, ID June 4, 2002 June 5, 2002
Bismarck, ND June 6, 2002 June 7, 2002
Portland OR June 11, 2002 June 12, 2002
San Diego, CA June 13, 2002 June 14, 2002
Buffalo, NY June 18, 2002 June 19, 2002
Baltimore, MD June 21, 2002 June 22,  2002
San Antonio, TX June 25, 2002 June 26, 2002
Hartford, CT July 9, 2002 July 10, 2002
Manchester, NH July 18, 2002 July 19, 2002

   Registration Fees:

$79 per person/per day (three or more) group rate to 5/20/02

$87 per person/per day to 5/20/02

$117 per person/per day from 5/21/02 - 5/26/02

$137 per person/per day from 5/27/02 - 5/31/02

$157 per person per day from 6/01/02 - 6/05/02

$177 per person per day from 6/06/02 and at the door
**Note:  Must call first to verify space availability if not pre-registered

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To register, please complete the registration form and forward with fees to NCEHS, 23640 Scenic Loop Road, Bldg. #2, San Antonio, TX 78255. Call 210-698-8700 to register or for information. Fax to 210-698-8701. Call 210-698-8700 to register with MasterCard, VISA, AMEX or Discover. Refer to deadlines. The pre-registration fee is $87 per person/per day to 5/20/02 by date of receipt; $117 per person/per day 5/21/02 - 5/26/02 by date of receipt; $137 per person/per day 5/27/02 - 5/31/02 by date of receipt; $157per person/per day from 6/01/02 - 6/05/02.  From 6/06/02 and at the door (please call to verify space availability if not reregistered). $177 per person/per day.  A group discount of $79 per person/per day for 3 or more, registering together on the same form, is available until 5/20/02. Fee payment completes the registration process and the registration form is received is the registration date. Cancellation with full refund minus a $25 fee is available up to 5/20/02. Letters of credit will be given for course cancellation by registrants after 5/20/02. Substitutions will be accepted up to one day before the course, only with notification. No substitutions/cancellations are accepted on the day of the course. Registrants who do not attend/call forfeit their fees. A certificate will be awarded to all that complete the entire day (s). Each offering is approved for 6.0 contact hours for each entire day of course attendance. NCEHS has been awarded Provider Status by the Texas Nurses Association (TNA), which is accredited as a approver of continuing education for nurses by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). This approval meets Type I criteria for mandatory, CE requirements toward relicensure as established by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. Social Work credit approved. If commercial products are displayed during this program it does not imply NCEHS, nor ANCC or TNA approval or endorsement of any such commercial product (e.g. book, manuals, tapes). Treasury Regulations do allow income tax deductions for educational expenses undertaken to maintain and improve professional skills. Confer with your CPA for details. NCEHS reserves the right to alter the format of the program to accommodate unforeseen events. If you do not reregister, please call to verify seminar availability and course information prior to attending.


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