Legal and ethical studies in nursing
BH
6 points * 12 hours of study per week * First semester * Gippsland/Distance *
Registered nurse presents the major legal issues related to nursing practice and provides a framework for discussing and exploring important ethical issues in health care.
Assessment
Three assignments: 100%
Prescribed texts
Burdess N The handbook of students skills: For the social sciences and humanities Prentice Hall, 1991
Johnstone M Bioethics: A nursing perspective Saunders/Bailliere and Tindall, 1989
Staunton P J and Whyburn B Nursing and the law 3rd edn, Harcourt Brace, 1993