Do you know which offenses most often result in disciplinary actions?
Interested in learning how to decrease your risk of license suspension?
Do you want to protect your reputation and your record in the unlikely event of disciplinary action?

Although discipline is a topic that’s easy to avoid, it is important to know the regulations that govern nursing practice before there is a problem. This course protects you and your registered nurse license, helping you identify and prevent problems. If you’re experiencing a disciplinary action or warning, this course will help you to know what to expect and help you to proceed wisely.

For only $29, you will receive three weeks of unlimited, 24-hour access to the course materials, earning 4.8 contact hours.  Sign up and start learning how to protect your nurse license today!

Invest in Your Nurse Licensure in a Unique Online Class Setting

• Browse through lesson content developed by Julia Aucoin, RN, DNS,  DC, and Tonia Aiken, RN, JD, BSN, two recognized experts on disciplinary action in nursing. Find key terms, “Links to Knowledge” and visual aids throughout the online text.
• Apply what you are learning to “real life” situations by completing exercises in your downloadable workbook. Completion of the workbook may be necessary to meet board of nursing requirements.
• Interact with other nurses and learn from each other’s experiences in the conference room.
• Guide yourself through the course and complete assignments at your leisure in the self-paced class format. Access the Disciplinary Actions course syllabus here (PDF 350kb).
• Evaluate your understanding of key concepts by taking the Post-Test. Score 75% or above to receive your contact hours!

Protect Yourself against License Revocation

As an RN or LPN/LVN, your work is constantly under scrutiny. Even if your overall performance is above reproach, it’s important to understand what small oversights and lapses in judgment could lead to disciplinary action, jeopardizing your hard-earned registered nurse license or licensed practical/vocational nurse license.

Come Away With Knowledge That Can Protect Your Nurse License

Master these course objectives:

• Recognize events and actions that may lead to disciplinary action.
• Employ smarter nursing practices to decrease your risk of disciplinary action.
• Describe strategies to competently address violations made by colleagues.
• Defend yourself against disciplinary violations attributed to your practice.
• Understand the disciplinary process from complaint to resolution.

Online registration is easy, and your three weeks of unlimited access to the course begins immediately after you register. Sign up for Disciplinary Actions: What Every Nurse Should Know today!

More About the Disciplinary Actions Authors

Tonia Aiken is a nurse attorney and mediator. Former president of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys, she has been in private practice for 20 years representing nurses in disciplinary action. Aiken is also a national speaker and editor/contributing author for the textbooks Legal, Ethical and Political Issues in Nursing and Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Occupations, along with numerous other articles.

Julia Aucoin is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has been working in nursing professional development for over twenty years. As both an academic and a practice educator, she employs creative strategies to make learning fun and memorable.