PHIL 215 - Ethics and Policy in Healthcare IV

1 credits

Corequisites
NURS 272 - Advanced Nursing Concepts 2.

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 fourth course of five.

Theory Hours
1 theory hour.

Course Outcomes

Apply basic ethical principles to an ethical issue
Analyze the impact that sociocultural factors have on ethical decision making by nursing personnel
Identify an ethical dilemma in the clinical setting (during clinical)
Discuss current ethical issues in health care and possible solutions
Evaluate the ethical implications of current healthcare related legislation
Analyze the ethical and legal issues involved in safe delegation of patient care tasks in healthcare