Course Description:

This course is designed to give an overview of the evolution of nursing ethics and the impact that nursing ethics has on the Advanced Practice Nurse. Focus will be placed on the moral principles and ethical perspectives (justice vs. care) that are important to nursing. The implications of traditional and contemporary ethical theories for nursing will also be explored. The effects that critical thinking has on nursing ethics and the importance of the moral development of the nurse in nursing ethics will also be presented.  Examples of ethical situation that often arise in the healthcare setting as well as NANDA nursing diagnoses to help plan the care of the patient will be the final focus of this course.

Course Description:

This course is designed to provide the professional nurse with information surrounding healthcare policy and economics. Focus will be placed on defining public and private healthcare as well as exploring policy issues that surround public and private healthcare. Distinguishing the role of the local, state and national policy makers, as well as describing the role and responsibility of the individual citizen with regard to healthcare policy and economics will be presented. At risk populations (the role of the public health nurse) and the evolution of consumer protection in managed care will be discussed. The role of research, informatics and technology on healthcare policy and economics as well as the role or effectiveness of the profession of nursing in regards to healthcare policy and economics, will be the final focus of this course.