NUR 3220 - Health Care Ethics

This course is a didactic course that introduces students to principles and issues underlying and surrounding health care ethics. Content includes basic ethical theories, values, moral development, moral reasoning, and day-to-day ethical concerns. These concerns include, but are not limited to: genetics, end-of-life care and decision-making, moral reasoning, moral principles, research ethics, the interface between law and ethics, patient decision-making, rights, duties and obligations of the professional nurse and other health workers, professional codes and standards, and allocation of scarce resources. The course offers the learner an opportunity to develop, implement, and evaluate a variety of approaches to ethical concerns in the 21st century.

Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Minimum of 45 credit hours completed with a minimum grade of “C” in all courses.

Credits: 3 hours

Notes: This course satisfies General Education Area II: Humanities.