Join Joanne Kenna nurse attorney with The Health Law Firm and the Greater Orlando Chapter of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants for:
FLORIDA LAWS AND THE NURSE – NEW LICENSURE REQUIREMENT: Keep Your Patients Safe and Protect Your Nursing License
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this is course is to provide nurses with knowledge of the Florida Laws and Rules that govern the practice of nursing in Florida, while meeting the 2015 requirement for Florida nurse licensure and renewal; and to provide valuable information regarding the structure and purpose of the Florida Board of Nursing Disciplinary Process and how to protect your nursing license by providing excellence in nursing care.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Describe the purpose and provisions of the Health Professions and Occupations Statue, the Florida Nurse Practice Act and Florida Health Professions Regulations;
- Describe nursing standards of practice and identify deviations in standards;
- List the steps in the Florida Nursing Disciplinary Process;
- List specific sources of nursing practice that have high potential for putting a nursing license at risk of discipline.
- Describe resources and procedures to protect your nursing license and respond to disciplinary action by the Florida Board of Nursing.
Beginning with the biennium ending in 2015, each Florida Nursing licensee must complete a two hour course on the laws and rules that govern the practice of nursing in Florida. This program is approved by the Board of Nursing to meet the requirement.
SPEAKERS FOR THIS PROGRAM ARE:
ATTORNEY JOANNE KENNA, RN, JD is an attorney, whose practice encompasses most aspects of health law and nursing law, including the representation of health care providers in professional licensing and credentialing matters, professional board representation, administrative hearings, contracts, licensure issues, corporate matters, transactional matters and litigation. Ms. Kenna received her juris doctorate degree from Stetson University College of Law. She has an extensive legal background including medical malpractice defense and nursing home defense. Prior to law school, Ms. Kenna’s nursing career included at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics included being the head nurse of the cardiac critical care units, a cardiac nursing instructor and cardiac nursing consultant. She brings a vast amount of experience and expertise to her role in health law.
JUDY A. YOUNG, RN, MSN, MHL is a nurse with over 38 years experience, 20 of which were served in the US Air Force. Judy is the owner of Florida Legal Nurse Experts, LLC, and works as an independent Legal Nurse Consultant. Judy’s LNC experience includes defense of mass torts / product liability; expert witness for both plaintiff and defense; and behind the scenes LNC roles for both plaintiff and defense firms. She currently does medical malpractice defense work. She also remains clinically active in critical care. In addition to decades of critical care experience, Judy has been a nursing school director and instructor, and has experience in nursing administration and flight nursing. She has a master’s degree in nursing from University of Oklahoma, and a master’s degree in health law, from the Sheppard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
WHEN: October 28, 2014 – Social (light food) & Networking – 5:30 – 5:45 PM; Chapter Update Meeting 5:45 – 6:00 PM; and Education Program 6:00 – 8:00 PM.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS: 2.0 contact hours, as part of the total hours of continuing education required for initial licensure and biennial renewal, FL Administrative Code 64B9-5.011. Approved by The Greater Orlando Chapter AALNC, FL Board of Nursing Continuing Education Provider #: 50-13. LNCCs – This topic qualifies as contact hours that can be applied toward LNCC certification renewal. If you are submitting this program as contact hours on application for LNCC renewal, report these hours on the application as nursing contact hours.
WHERE: PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION!!! We are now holding our Greater Orlando Chapter AALNC Meetings at University of Central Florida (UCF). The street address is UCF Continuing Education, Innovative Center, 3280 Progress Drive, Suite 700, Orlando, FL 32826, Room 722.
REGISTRATION: If you plan to attend the meeting in person, PLEASE RSVP by contacting: [email protected]. If you are a guest, please provide your name, address and FL nursing license number for continuing education credit and course completion certificates.
**NEW REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Members and guests will be able to attend the program in person or “virtually” by logging in online. Registration to attend the meeting online, will be completed through UCF Continuing Education. Information regarding the online registration process will be sent ASAP. The program will also be available for online attendance at any time after the live meeting.
FEES: The meeting / program is free to all Greater Orlando Chapter Members. There will be a fee for guests: $25.00 for in person attendance. Virtual (online) attendance is also free for members, and $25.00 for guests.
