Policy and Ethics in Healthcare II is the second in a series of three courses. Focus is on policies related to management and leadership principles in health care, including but limited to: disparity of healthcare, resources, and the Affordable Care Act. This class may include students from multiple sections.
Prerequisites
Nursing Program Admittance; HUM 131
Course Outcomes
- Apply the scope of decision making to scenarios related to delegation, management and clinical practice.
- Apply the nurse practice act, standards of care and agency policies and procedures that affect the scope of nursing practice and management and leadership in nursing.
- Apply legal/ethical issues in professional nursing, to include but not limited to the role of the student nurse, nurse technician, the professional nurse and the nursing manager; including statutory, regulatory and common laws as they relate to the practice settings.