Risk Management in Nursing

Course Overview

Course Outline

1. Introduction 
2. Overview of Risk Management 
3. Medical Malpractice Case Study: Nurse Practitioner Oversight 
4. The Five Basic Techniques to Handle Risk 
5. The Value of Risk Management in Nursing 
6. The Eight Domains of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)  
7. Evolution of Risk Management in Healthcare 
8. The Role of Risk Manager 
9. Evaluating Organizational Risk 
10. Creating a Healthcare Risk Management Plan 
11. Patient-Specific Risk Management Strategies 
12. How Incident Reporting Improves Risk Management 
13. Sentinel Events 
14. Summary 

Accreditation Statement

Nursing CE Central LLC is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

In this course, we will discuss Risk Management in Nursing. It will take the average learner 180 minutes to complete and awards 3 contact hours of continuing education.

Course Outcomes

After completing this course, the learner will rate a 4 out of 5 on the Likert Scale for their ability to:

1. Define risk management in the context of healthcare, explaining its importance and necessity for ensuring patient safety, preserving organizational reputation, achieving accreditation, and securing reimbursements.  
2. Identify, assess, and evaluate risks within healthcare environments. 
3. Implement effective risk management plans that include comprehensive strategies for risk identification, assessment, mitigation, reporting, and monitoring. 
4. Understand the application of risk management principles in clinical nursing practice. 
5. Foster an environment that encourages the reporting of near misses and adverse events, and how to respond to sentinel events to prevent recurrence. 

Target Audience

• Registered Nurses (RN)
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN)
• Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN/LVN)

Requirement for Completion

1. Enrollment in the course by the learner
2. Read and learn all course materials
3. Complete the course evaluation
4. Attest and testify learning of the course materials

Accreditations + Approvals

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

Nursing CE Central nor any of the authors, planners, content experts, or any contributors have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.