Global nursing issues III
Course code: 0727
Ms G Milton
2 points * 2 hours per week * First or second semester * Peninsula
Objectives On successful completion of the subject, it is expected that the student will be able to discuss how differences in personal and professional beliefs and values influence moral decision making; identify the major ethical theories; describe how an ethical reasoning framework may be effectively used to resolve ethical dilemmas commonly encountered by nurses in a variety of clinical settings; effectively utilise an ethical reasoning approach to resolve ethical problems experienced within a health care setting.
Synopsis This subject will present an overview of those aspects of ethics which are relevant to current nursing practice and which enable students to develop a framework against which they may judge ethical standards of nursing practice within a variety of clinical settings.
Assessment Assignment: 60% * Examination: 40%
Prescribed texts
Johnstone M Bioethics: A nursing perspective 2nd edn, Saunders/Bailliere Tindall, 1994
Mitchell K R, Kerridge I H and Louat T J Bioethics and clinical ethics for health care professionals, 2nd edn, 1996
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