PHIL 115 - Ethics and Policy in Healthcare II

1 credits

Prerequisites
PHIL 114.

Corequisites
NURS 172.

Explores values, ethics and legal decision-making frameworks and policies used to support the well-being of people and groups within the context of the healthcare professions. This course is presented in a series that builds on the previous course content from introductory concepts to analysis of complex ethical healthcare issues. This course is embedded into the nursing core courses in an integrated format. This is the second course of five.

Theory Hours
1 theory hour.

Course Outcomes

Explore concepts of quality and safety in standards of care and information privacy
Identify potential ethical, legal, and confidentiality issues related to Electronic Health Records (EHR) and other healthcare technology
Explain to patients and their families the purpose and procedure for advance directives
Explain the concept of advocacy for the rights of the healthcare consumer
Summarize a structured method for ethical decision making (Nursing process)