Students investigate how the practice of ethics interfaces with nursing and health care. The ethical concerns of contemporary issues such as abortion, premature births, the use of life support systems, AIDS, and drug and alcohol abuse will be addressed. Students should explore ethics in health care and ethical issues specific to nursing. Students should make extensive use of professional nursing journals. Students will investigate the ethical committee or team charged with ethical decisions in their work place and include a report as part of this course.
Student can use interviews or sit in on actual meetings.
Critical Issues for the 21st Century. The Moral Challenges of Health Care Management. Ethical Dimensions in Health Professions. Nursing Ethics And Law. A Nursing Perspective, 2nd ed.