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NU 416 - Clinical Ethics

Credits: 3 credits

This elective is designed to explore the ethical issues facing clinicians in the workplace.  This course will provide an opportunity for small group discussion in which students will explore their own beliefs, biases and wisdom related to these issues.  Topics will include patient self-determination, informed consent, end-of-life decision making, advocacy, truth-telling, confidentiality, ethics consultation process and more.  Students will have the opportunity to assess their own moral agency and to develop basic skills in recognizing and addressing ethical challenges. 

Prerequisite/Corequisite
NU 390 (Nursing of the Adult II)

NU 314 (Maternal / Newborn Nursing)

NU 315 (Nursing Care of Children)

NU 400 (Mental Health Nursing)

NU 405 (Community Nursing)

NU 406 (Nursing Leadership & Management)

Co-Requisite: 

NU 420 (Nursing Internship)

 

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to do the following:

  1. Recognize ethical challenges in the workplace;
  2. Use ethical tools to analyze and determine the best approach to resolving an ethical issue;
  3. Demonstrate respect for the moral agency of self and others;
  4. Demonstrate ethical knowledge and self-awareness by participating in ethics case discussion with peers;
  5. Recognize personal limitations when dealing with an ethical challenge and when to engage an ethics committee. 


Frequency of Offering:
Spring Semester Only


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