Past Event: 2016 NCSBN Discipline Case Management Conference

Date

June 06-08, 2016

Location

Norfolk, VA

Topic

Alternative to Discipline Programs, Discipline, Discipline Process, Investigations

Audience

Board Staff, General Public,

Knowledge Network

Discipline

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

  1. Apply advanced interviewing techniques during investigations.
  2. Explore state board responses to North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission and the FTC Staff Guidance.
  3. Identify important disciplinary content and education strategy for board members.
  4. Utilize strategy when investigating a nurse with a multistate license.
  5. Identify due process issues arising from the use of technology during a board hearing.
  6. Address prevention, detection and remediation strategies for cases of narcotic overprescribing.
  7. Identify remediation options for practice and boundary violations.
  8. Examine formalized sanction

Event Presentations

Watch Root Cause Analysis and Action: A Blueprint for Prevention of Harm Video

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
Watch Key Regulatory Decisions: did the Case Unravel?  Video

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
Watch State Board Shake-Up: Legislative Action in the Wake of North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission Video

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
Watch Investigative Interviewing 2.0  Video

Investigative Interviewing 2.0

Presented by
Michael Ferjak, MA, President and CEO, Trainer, “I Know a Guy” Training & Consulting,John Cherry, BA, JD, Career Prosecutor, Former Criminal Division Chief, U.S. Department of Justice
Length
1:06:51
Watch Nurse Licensure Compact: Teaming Together to Manage Complaints, Investigations and Discipline Across Jurisdictions  Video

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
Watch Educating Board Members on the Disciplinary Process  Video

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
Watch The Opioid Epidemic: Swinging the Pendulum Video

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
Watch Using the Prescription Monitoring Program in Substance Use Disorder Cases Video

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
Watch The NCSBN SUD Guidelines: Discipline, Contracting and Collaboration with the Alternative Program Video

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
Watch Tech in a Hearing: Discipline & Due Process in the Digital Age Video

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
Watch “Is the Sky Falling?” Prosecution and Defense of Complaints Against Advanced Nurse Practitioners Prescription Practices  Video

“Is the Sky Falling?” 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
Watch Teamwork to Address Prevention and Detection of Narcotic Overprescribing Video

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
Watch National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) Reporting: Don’t Report the Envelope, Report the Contents Video

National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) Reporting: Don’t Report the Envelope, Report the Contents

Presented by
Kathleen A. Russell, JD, MN, RN, Associate, Nursing Regulation, NCSBN
Length
45:47
Watch Remediation for Overprescribing Video

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
Watch Virginia's Sanction Reference Point System: An Empirically Based Approach to Ensure Fairness Video

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
Watch Remediating Practice Breakdown Video

Remediating Practice Breakdown

Presented by
Rene Cronquist, JD, RN, Director of Practice and Policy, Minnesota Board of Nursing
Length
27:21
Watch When Lines are Crossed, Remediation of Boundary Violations Video

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