This course begins with a brief review of the legal elements and most common types of nursing negligence. It offers practical guidance and application to help nursing professionals prevent acts of negligence in the workplace. The course also provides several scenarios to test understanding of situations where nursing negligence may or may not be occurring. This series is an update of Nursing Negligence: Preventing Nursing Negligence in the 21st Century . This course has been redesigned to be easier to use by presenting information in smaller modules that still provide continuing nursing education. This series discusses the legal elements of nursing negligence. It also provides expanded information on delegation of nursing tasks to unlicensed personnel such as Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs)--including the ANA's 5-Rs of Delegation--and describes how this can affect liability. Information is provided on the most common types of negligence, with the goal of helping nurses protect themselves, their patients and their healthcare institution. | 
