Course Summary

The relationship between a nurse and patient involves values of trust, responsibility, and care. The healthcare setting is a professional environment where a nurse interacts not only with patients and their family members but also with co-workers and other interdisciplinary health team members. Each profession has its specific ethical considerations, and ethics is an important part of the nursing role during daily interactions with health team members, in the delivery of patient care, and when engaging with patients’ family members. The following sections will examine ethics specific to the nursing profession.

Course Format

Homestudy

Course Syllabus

• Introduction
• Ethics, Values, and Morals
  • Ethics
  • Values
  • Morals
• Ethics, Law, Religion, and Conscience
  • The Nursing Profession and Ethics
• ANA Code of Ethics: Provisions and Practical Applications
  • Provision Number 1
  • Provision Number 2
  • Provision Number 3
• Other Provisions of the ANA Code of Ethics
• The Process of Making Ethical Decisions
  • Ethical Decision Making
  • Process of Ethical Decision Making
• Case Studies: The Revised ANA Nursing Standards and Duty to Warn
  • Case Study 1
  • Case Study 2
• Summary