As under-pressure health care systems continue to ask nurses to do more with less, those involved in frontline care must be acutely aware of their potential legal liabilities.

This intensive one-day Osgoode Professional Development course builds on and updates the successful programs offered in past years. It will explain what the law is and how it applies from the special perspective of the professional nurse. Equipped with this information you will be in a better position to make sound, professional judgments, and avoid the potential liability traps that exist in your everyday work.

Key subjects are again included: medical malpractice, professional misconduct, consent to treatment, privacy and tackling harassment and violence in the workplace. In addition, a new case study session has been added to deal with common risk scenarios.

Don’t miss this opportunity to be better informed and have your questions answered by some of Ontario’s leading health law experts.

Plus! Take advantage of our two post-conference workshops:

A. Medical Negligence and Charting: Best Practices for Getting it Right and
Reducing Liability

B. Mental Health Law 101: The Fundamentals That All Nurses Should Know

These two interactive sessions will allow plenty of time for questions and will
provide you with in-depth instruction and practical approaches you can put to
work right away.

Chair
Mary Jane Dykeman, Dykeman Dewhirst O'Brien LLP

OPD Program Lawyer

Myrsini Rovos

mrovos@osgoode.yorku.ca