PHI 166 Nursing Ethics

An examination of the ethical issues, concepts and moral principles in Nursing and the application of the major ethical theories to medical dilemmas involving the nursing profession. Issues include the ANA code, models of ethical decision-making, moral conflicts, informed consent, patient confidentiality, individual autonomy, and contemporary issues such as nurse-assisted suicide, justice and healthcare and allocating scarce resources. Prerequisite: Any other ethics course. GS-VB2