Unit Code: NUR643

Unit Name: Ethics and Legal Issues in Nursing

Description: This course is designed to provide students with This course is designed to provide students with This course will address Ethics and legal issues in nursing. Ethics with standards of conduct and moral judgment. Healthcare ethics pertain to how professionals fulfil their responsibilities and provide care to clients. It also serves as a basis for interpreting and analyzing clinical situations in decision making. Ethical decision making theories are introduced and discussed using local scenarios and contexts. Nurses have a responsibility to understand the legal basis of nursing practice. The relationship of law and the legality of nursing practice within its context are discussed. Such contexts of practice include the geo physical, socio, political, economic and legal framework which govern and influence nursing practice.

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Prerequisite: NUR511, NUR521, NUR541, NUR542, NUR512, NUR552, NUR543 & NUR544

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 1