PHIL 105: Ethics and Policy In Healthcare I

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Class Program

Credits

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

091261

Meets Degree Requirements For

Humanities

Description

Introduction of ethical and legal issues relevant to healthcare. This course is taught in an integrated format with NURS 101.

Grading Basis

Graded

Prerequisites

Acceptance to the Nursing Program and concurrent enrollment with the following: NURS 101, NURS 151, PHIL 105, NUTR 105, PSYC 105, PHARM 101

Identify legal and ethical concepts involved in providing patient-centered care.

Participate in therapeutic relationships with peers through communication, delegation and collaboration.

Describe the healthcare role as it pertains to professionalism, advocacy, communication and collaboration.

The healthcare professional as a caring patient advocate and collaborative healthcare team member
Managing conflict with therapeutic communication: nurse-nurse, nurse-patient/family, nurse-members of healthcare team
Educational pathways to become a healthcare professional, healthcare specialties and differences in scope of practice between different healthcare professionals
Documents that guide healthcare: legal, moral and ethical concepts of healthcare practice
Professional boundaries in nursing