Overview
This conference provides an interactive and informative forum to learn effective investigative tools, strategies and procedures for regulatory proceedings. Attorneys, specifically those practicing administrative law, investigators, probation compliance monitors, hearing officers, executive officers, board presidents, board members and staff of boards of nursing (BONs), and associate members are invited to attend.
OBJECTIVES
- Apply advanced interviewing techniques during investigations.
- Explore state board responses to North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission and the FTC Staff Guidance.
- Identify important disciplinary content and education strategy for board members.
- Utilize strategy when investigating a nurse with a multistate license.
- Identify due process issues arising from the use of technology during a board hearing.
- Address prevention, detection and remediation strategies for cases of narcotic overprescribing.
- Identify remediation options for practice and boundary violations.
- Examine formalized sanction
Event Presentations
Root Cause Analysis and Action: A Blueprint for Prevention of Harm
- Presented by
- Patricia McGaffigan, MS, RN, Chief Operating Officer & Senior Vice President, Programs, AHA-NPSF Patient Safety Leadership Fellow, Class 11, National Patient Safety Foundation
- Length
- 1:06:17
Key Regulatory Decisions: did the Case Unravel?
- Presented by
- Amigo Wade, JD, Senior Attorney, Principal, Virginia Division of Legislative Services,Yolanda Green, JD, Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of Health, Prosecution Services Unit
- Length
- 46:45
State Board Shake-Up: Legislative Action in the Wake of North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission
- Presented by
- Nicole Livanos, JD, MPP, State Advocacy Associate, Nursing Regulation, NCSBN
- Length
- 27:34
Investigative Interviewing 2.0
- Presented by
- Michael Ferjak, MA, President and CEO, Trainer, 鈥淚 Know a Guy鈥 Training & Consulting,John Cherry, BA, JD, Career Prosecutor, Former Criminal Division Chief, U.S. Department of Justice
- Length
- 1:06:51
Nurse Licensure Compact: Teaming Together to Manage Complaints, Investigations and Discipline Across Jurisdictions
- Presented by
- Valerie Smith, MS, RN, FRE, Director-at-Large, NCSBN Board of Directors, Associate Director, Hearing Department, Arizona State Board of Nursing,Jim Puente, Director, Nurse Licensure Compact, NCSBN,Rick Masters, JD, Special Counsel, Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators
- Length
- 58:25
Educating Board Members on the Disciplinary Process
- Presented by
- Amy Fitzhugh, JD, Director of Legal/Staff Attorney, North Carolina Board of Nursing
- Length
- 55:54
The Opioid Epidemic: Swinging the Pendulum
- Presented by
- Colleen Labelle, MSN, RN-BC, CARN, Board Member, Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing
- Length
- 41:28
Using the Prescription Monitoring Program in Substance Use Disorder Cases
- Presented by
- Janeen Dahn, PhD, FNP-C, Associate Director, Complaints and Investigations, Arizona State Board of Nursing
- Length
- 42:18
The NCSBN SUD Guidelines: Discipline, Contracting and Collaboration with the Alternative Program
- Presented by
- John Furman, PhD, MSN, COHN-S, Director, Washington Health Professional Services, Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission,Karl Hoehn, JD, Legal Manager, Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission
- Length
- 58:46
Tech in a Hearing: Discipline & Due Process in the Digital Age
- Presented by
- Nicole Schuster, JD, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Indiana Attorney General
- Length
- 53:47
鈥淚s the Sky Falling?鈥 Prosecution and Defense of Complaints Against Advanced Nurse Practitioners Prescription Practices
- Presented by
- Robert Walters, JD, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tort Litigation Division, State of Wyoming,Randall Hudspeth, PhD, MBA, MS, APRN-CNP/ CNS, FRE, FAANP, Principal and Clinical Practice Consultant, RSHudspeth Consulting, LLC,Margaret Hardy, JD, MBA, RN, Attorney, Sands Anderson PC
- Length
- 58:34
Teamwork to Address Prevention and Detection of Narcotic Overprescribing
- Presented by
- Elizabeth Lund, MSN, RN, Executive Director, Tennessee State Board of Nursing
- Length
- 49:03
National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) Reporting: Don鈥檛 Report the Envelope, Report the Contents
- Presented by
- Kathleen A. Russell, JD, MN, RN, Associate, Nursing Regulation, NCSBN
- Length
- 45:47
Remediation for Overprescribing
- Presented by
- Randall Hudspeth, PhD, MBA, MS, APRN-CNP/ CNS, FRE, FAANP, Principal and Clinical Practice Consultant, RSHudspeth Consulting, LLC
- Length
- 48:53
Virginia's Sanction Reference Point System: An Empirically Based Approach to Ensure Fairness
- Presented by
- Elizabeth Carter, PhD, Director, DHP Healthcare Workforce Data Center, Executive Director, Virginia Board of Health Professions
- Length
- 34:58
Remediating Practice Breakdown
- Presented by
- Rene Cronquist, JD, RN, Director of Practice and Policy, Minnesota Board of Nursing
- Length
- 27:21
When Lines are Crossed, Remediation of Boundary Violations
- Presented by
- Kathie Pohlman, LCSW-BACS, MBA, Recovering Nurse Program Manager, Louisiana State Board of Nursing
- Length
- 22:40
Guidance for Staff in Discipline and Eligibility Cases: Texas Disciplinary Guidelines for Criminal Conduct and Texas Policy on Minor Criminal History
- Presented by
- Dusty Johnston, JD, General Counsel, Texas Board of Nursing
- Length
- 41:05