Legal Risks in the Nursing Profession
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Legal Risks in the Nursing Profession

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Mastering documentation, confidentiality, and liability correctly

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Description

Nursing professionals bear significant professional and legal responsibility every day. Errors in documentation, uncertainties regarding confidentiality, or unclear personal liability can lead to serious legal consequences – often without those affected being aware of it. This seminar provides practical and understandable legal knowledge specifically tailored to the daily nursing routine. Participants will learn to identify legal risks early, act correctly, and protect themselves legally through professional conduct.

Requirements

None

Notes

This training can be completed as part of the legally required continuing education obligation.

Course content

  • Legally compliant nursing documentation
  • The importance of documentation as evidence
  • What must be documented – and what should not?
  • Typical sources of error and liability traps
  • Documentation in exceptional situations (time pressure, staff shortages)
  • Confidentiality and data protection in nursing
  • Legal foundations of confidentiality
  • Dealing with relatives, colleagues, and external parties
  • Sharing information: What is allowed, what is prohibited?
  • Practical examples from daily nursing
  • Liability and responsibility in the nursing profession
  • Civil, criminal, and employment law liability risks
  • Personal liability vs. employer liability
  • Negligence, organizational fault, and assumption of responsibility
  • Correct conduct in the event of incidents, errors, or allegations
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Target group

  • Nursing professionals of all qualification levels
  • Nursing assistants
  • Nursing specialist assistants
  • Qualified nursing staff, as well as
  • Individuals in nursing-related roles

Dates and teaching units

13Oct

bfi-Villach - 13/10/2026 00:00:00

13.10.2026 - 13.10.2026

From: 13.10.2026

Until: 13.10.2026

Tue 08:00 - 19:00
190,-

To book this course, please log in and activate your Education Voucher in your Education Pass.

Next date

bfi-Villach

Kaiser-Josef-Platz 1, A-9500 Villach

Dienstag, 13.10.2026

Language of instruction: German

Tue 08:00 - 19:00
190,-

To book this course, please log in and activate your Education Voucher in your Education Pass.

Course provider: Kärntner Berufsförderungsinstitut GmbH

Kärntner Berufsförderungsinstitut GmbH

Course provider: Kärntner Berufsförderungsinstitut GmbH

For questions about course content, please contact:

Kärntner Berufsförderungsinstitut GmbH

info@bfi-kaernten.at057878