1.0 Contact Hour | Online, Self-Paced Continuing Education for Nurses
 
 
Course Description
Accurate and timely documentation is a critical component of professional nursing practice and plays a significant role in patient safety, continuity of care, and legal protection. This Nevada Board of Nursing–appropriate continuing education course provides nurses with an overview of documentation standards and their relationship to legal and professional risk.
Participants will examine common documentation errors, regulatory expectations, and best practices for maintaining clear, complete, and defensible nursing records. The course emphasizes professional accountability and the role of documentation in ethical practice, quality improvement, and regulatory compliance across healthcare settings.
This CEU is educational in nature and supports risk awareness, professional responsibility, and safe nursing practice.
 
 
What You’ll Learn
Upon completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
Describe professional documentation standards relevant to nursing practice
Identify common documentation errors that increase legal and professional risk
Recognize the relationship between accurate documentation and patient safety
Apply best practices for maintaining clear, compliant nursing records
 
Course Format
Online, self-paced continuing education
Accessible on demand
Includes post-test and course evaluation
Certificate of completion provided upon successful completion
 
Intended Audience
Registered nurses
Nurse leaders and charge nurses
Nurses practicing in clinical, educational, or administrative roles
 
Regulatory & Compliance Notes 
This continuing education activity is designed for licensed nurses.
Content is educational and does not constitute legal advice.
No commercial support was received for this activity.
The planner and presenter have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.