Detention & Mental Health Conference a Success!

IMG_9207This past weekend, we hosted our 3rd annual Detention and Mental Health Conference in Pasadena. This conference brought wonderful representation from nurses of all backgrounds from correctional to pediatric, with our biggest attendance yet.

Our keynote speaker, Laurie Elston, was entertaining and informative. As a lawyer with a bachelor’s of science in nursing, she illuminated many of the little understood intricacies of what goes into a BRN investigation, and the amount of preparation a trial can take. As opposed to intimidation, she gave us powerful insights into protecting our rights as nurses, and boy did we have questions for her.

We also had the chance to hear updates from Kathy Hughes on the developing guidelines for a workplace violence prevention standard in California. They have moved forward with an advisory subcommittee for non-hospital settings on November 13, and have another upcoming subcommittee for security on Wednesday, November 19 in Oakland.

In case you didn’t have the chance to attend this class, here are some of the comments we received:

“I will be more mindful of the various areas that make the nurses vulnerable.”

“Good review regarding filling out incident reports: Not to put other people’s statements (heresy) on incident reports. Do not speculate how it could have been prevented.”

“I learned you must notify the BRN for traffic violations over $1000, and any convictions within 30 days. I also learned how to protect ourselves from the bullies that are called our supervisors…”

“The presentation topics were very relevant and eye opening for nurses about the dangers of malpractice–litigation is indeed expensive, whereas patient loss of of life is irreplaceable…For nurses to avoid litigations, one has to be very conscientious of their responsibilities and have a knowledge of standards and policies. More importantly, one should be able to document well and be a life guard. Nurses are real life guards.”

“This is a very well organized and presented class. All California Registered Nurses should know the current legal issues of California Nursing practice.”

“Great presentations. Stirs me to act!”

“All the information will be shared with my coworkers.”

 

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