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DNP 720

Nursing Law and Ethics
Name: Nursing Law and Ethics
Course Number: DNP 720
Credit(s): 4

Course Description

DNP 720 Nursing Law and Ethics explores the essential legal provisions in health care, particularly in nursing, and the broader issues relating to human rights, ethical decision-making, regulating the nursing profession, confidentiality, safe practice, vulnerable people, elder abuse, and employment regulations. Through this course, students learn and apply a bioethical and legal framework within which nursing care should be delivered, grounded upon the rationale that ethics informs the law and regulates the conduct of citizens and healthcare professionals. (Formerly DNP 720 Health Policy & Ethics)

Learning Outcomes:

  • Critically analyze the essential legal provisions in nursing and associated issues.
  • Learn a bioethical and legal framework within which care should be delivered.
  • Understand the various sources from which laws applicable to nursing have developed.
  • Apply learning to practical knowledge using critical and case analyses.

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