NURS 222: Professional Practice III: Nursing Ethics builds on previous Relational Practice and Professional Practice courses, focusing on the growing body of knowledge related to nursing ethics. Beginning with an understanding of bio-medical ethics that have dominated nursing ethics in the past and moving to an understanding of developing ethical theory related to nursing and nursing issues, participants will have opportunities to explore nursing ethics in the context of their nursing practice.
Prerequisites: Promotion from Semester II to Semester III
Corequisite: Year 2 Nursing courses
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standard statementCourse Details| Total number of weeks | 15 |
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| Total Hours | 45 |
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Typical hours per week breakdown| Lecture | 3 |
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Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- gain an understanding of nurses as moral agents who enact ethical decisions in relation with others and in a context (organizational, socio-political); and
- have opportunities to discuss ethical dilemmas that they might encounter in their nursing practice.
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