NUR 1003 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare

3 Credits

This online elective course is designed to assist the beginning nursing student with the tools to process legal issues and assist in decision making based on nursing ethics. The textbook is used as a guide and reference for online discussions with the instructor and other students. Question/answer sessions at the end of each chapter will also provide review and topics of discussion. The student will utilize other resources for learning such as the Internet, nursing journals, and health care professionals employed in employee health and risk management. This course is restricted to students enrolled in NUR courses unless special exception is granted by the instructor.

Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
Prerequisite/Corequisite: None

3 Hours Lecture