Nurse Education on Litigation “Tripwires” & Key Documentation Issues:

Lessons Learned from Four Decades of Defending Malpractice Lawsuits

John’s premise is that the more nurses understand about malpractice lawsuits and how such cases develop, the better they can reduce litigation risk.

He offers in-person workshops and webinars to help nurses understand how routine situations can evolve into lawsuits, and documentation issues that are often pivotal in these cases. Both modules are for CE credit and are interactive with polls, contests, and case studies.

John has teamed up with moderator Rebecca Cypher, MSN, PNNP for webinars, “Anatomy of a Birth Injury Lawsuit.” To date the average rating is 4.86 / 5.0, with 168 L&D bedside nurses, educators, unit managers and others attending. Here are some comments from participants:

  • “Excellent help for what to chart in difficult situations. I found every detail informative and interesting. It could have been 8 hours and I still would have been interested.”
  • “Loved hearing from an attorney perspective of his experiences.”
  • “I found the detailed review of the most common OB nursing liability allegations to be most helpful.”
  • “I think it was fantastic – a great birds eye view to understand how a case comes about and the particular weaknesses in nursing care/documentation that are most often the root cause.”
  • “…I felt it was all very helpful. I like the interactive portions and the mini case scenarios….”
  • “I loved that it was interactive and not strictly lecture. I enjoyed the case studies as well.”
  • “The whole presentation was helpful to me as a nurse manager and a bedside nurse!” …[Suggest] recording so I can rewatch!”

The next live webinars are November 17, 2026 at 10:30am and 3:00pm CDT. For additional details or to register please click on the following links:

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