COURSE DESCRIPTION
Students will focus on ethical and legal issues impacting nursing and health care practice. Emphasis is on examining concepts, theories and values applicable to ethical decision-making.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1) Explore contemporary moral, legal and ethical concepts that affect nursing and health care;
2) Examine the major theories and principles influencing ethical decision-making;
3) Utilize ethical decision-making models to evaluate ethical dilemmas;
4) Apply legal principles that are essential to ethical decision-making.
Journals
Articles from these journals can be retrieved from the CINAHL database on EBSCOhost
Advances in Nursing Science
Journal for Nurses in Staff Development: JNSD
Journal of Advanced Nursing
The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
The Journal of Nursing Education
Journal of Professional Nursing
Nurse Educator
Nursing Education Perspectives
Related Library Book Call Numbers
*R 727.4
*RT 71
*RT 73
*RT 73.7
Bastable, S. B. (2019). Nurse as educator: Principles of teaching and learning for nursing practice. (5th ed.). Jones & Bartlett. ISBN 978-1284127201
Canobbio, M. (2006). Mosby's handbook of patient teaching. (3rd ed.). Mosby.
Hergenhahn, B.R., & Olson, M.H. (2005). An introduction to the theories of learning. (7th ed.). Prentice Hall.
Mohanna, K., Wall, D., & Chambers, R. (2003). Teaching made easy: A manual for health professionals. (2nd ed.). Radcliffe Medical.
James, M., et al.. (2006). Learning how to learn : Tools for schools. Routledge.
Battersby, J. & Gordon, J.. (2006). Preparing to teach : Learning from experience. Routledge.
Smith, F. (2006). Ourselves : Why we are who we are. Routledge.
New directions in nursing education
Evidence-based teaching in nursing : a foundation for educators
Curriculum development and evaluation in nursing
High-fidelity patient simulation in nursing education
Clinical teaching strategies in nursing
Curriculum development in nursing education
Transforming nursing education : the culturally inclusive environment
Nursing education : foundations for practice excellence
Creative teaching strategies for the nurse educator
Quinn's principles and practice of nurse education