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Course # 3706 • Ethical Decision Making

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1. Describe the history of ethics, specifically as it relates to the physician-patient relationship.
2. Identify the historical events, including three human experimentation studies, that brought about measures to ensure patient rights.
3. Discuss the Karen Ann Quinlan case is it influenced national and state healthcare policies.
4. Review the impact of the Nancy Cruzan case on healthcare delivery and policy.
5. State the purpose of the Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) of 1990 and the role of healthcare professionals.
6. Differentiate between the types of advance directives.
7. Discuss national ethical standards frameworks and their relationship to ethical decision making for patients.
8. Define terminology regarding bioethics, including the seven principles guiding medical ethical decision making.
9. Compare the five ethical theories as they relate to healthcare.
10. Review the basics of forming an analytical ethical framework.
11. Identify appropriate uses of ethical frameworks in the healthcare professional's practice.
12. Outline Kohlberg's six stages of moral development and their importance in understanding ethical decision making from a psychological perspective.
13. Describe the complex ethical issues facing healthcare professionals today.
14. Describe elements of a usable policy statement and guidelines for ethical decision making in patient care.
15. Analyze the three case studies presented at the end of the study and identify the steps to resolve the ethical dilemma described in each.

Faculty:

Michele Nichols, RN, BSN, MA, received her Associates Degree in Nursing in 1977, her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing in 1981 and obtained her Master of Arts Degree in Ethics and Policy Studies in 1990 through the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She was Chief Nurse Executive at Valley Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Currently, Ms. Nichols is the System Director for the Valley Health System University, a five hospital system in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Contributing faculty, Michele Nichols, RN, BSN, MA, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

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