Cherry Hill, NJ - On May 1, Bayada Nurses and the Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative will offer a free seminar for nurses entitled "Charting Smarter: A Clinical, Legal and Practical Approach to Documentation in 2001."

The seminar will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Cherry Hill, NJ. The seminar will help nurses appreciate charting from a jury's perspective, understand liability insurance requirements for today's nurse, and gain a physician's perspective on the impact of charting. The topic is of particular interest in today's litigious society, where jury awards to plaintiffs in malpractice cases have been very generous. As a result, malpractice insurance premiums have skyrocketed-causing many physicians in the Philadelphia area to modify or abandon their practices.

The seminar is free to all nurses and includes breakfast, lunch, and refreshments. Due to limited space, preregistration is required and must be received no later than April 23. On-site registrations will be accepted on a stand-by basis only. Registration brochures can be obtained by calling either Bayada Nurses at 856-216-8003 or the Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative at 856-665-6000. Attendees will be able to earn either nursing contact hours or professional development hours.

Founded in 1975, Bayada Nurses is an independently owned home health care agency that employs more than 5,000 nurses, home health aides, and therapists working from more than 60 offices in 11 states. Bayada Nurses provides pediatric and adult services in a patient's home. Services cover technology-dependent children and adults, at-risk infants and children, rehabilitation, general pediatrics, well baby care, and geriatrics. For more information about Bayada Nurses, go to www.bayada.com.

The Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative is a state-licensed maternal and child health consortium of health-care providers and consumers serving the pregnant women, infants, and children in the seven county southern New Jersey region. For more information on the Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative, go to www.snjpc.com.

An electronic copy of this press release is available upon request. Please e-mail your request to jlabunetz@bayada.com.