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NTI

Concurrent V60M288

Beyond the Courtroom: The Other Risk to RN Licensure

Facilitator(s): Andrea Jacobs

Contact Hours 1.00
CERP B 1.00
San Diego Conference
Date Tuesday 5/19/2026
Time 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PT
Virtual Conference
Date Monday 6/15/2026
Time 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT
Live Q & A

Session Summary

If you think your license is safe just because you don’t have a lawsuit on your record, think again. This powerful session reveals how the Board of Registered Nursing investigates and disciplines nurses—even if no legal action or employer discipline occurs. Learn more about the types of complaints that are investigated, the potential consequences and steps you can take now to protect your license and your career.

Objectives

  • Describe the complaint and disciplinary process used by the Board of Registered Nursing.
  • Identify common causes of disciplinary action, including those that do not necessarily involve lawsuits.
  • Choose strategies to protect licensure through professional accountability, regulatory compliance and ethical nursing practice.
Topics Legal
Role Staff

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Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for 1.00 contact hours.

Disclosure

Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.

Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity.

Activities with pharmacology hours are to assist the APRN in fulfilling the pharmacotherapeutic education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion. 

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.