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Patient Advocacy and Ethical Nursing Practice |
Learning Objectives
Upon
completion of this home-study course, you will be able to:
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Describe the importance of patient advocacy in today’s tumultuous healthcare environment, and issues surrounding this topic.
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Describe standards of practice and standards of care as the basis for ethical practice.
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Identify key ethical terminology as it relates to patient advocacy.
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Identify nine important aspects of patients’ rights.
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Describe the central importance of patient choice in three key areas: end-of-life decisions, complementary and integrative medical therapies, and healthcare decisions in general.
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Discuss the problems of healthcare fraud and abuse of the system, and implications for ethical nursing practice.
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Identify guidelines for ethical practice, and resources for an ethical model of decision making in healthcare.
Table Of Contents
Chapter One: Introduction to Ethical Nursing Practice and Patient Advocacy
Chapter Two: Patient’s Rights
Chapter Three: Patient Choice: End-of-Life Decision
Chapter Four: Patient Choice: Practical & Ethical Issues in Advance Directives
Chapter Five: Patient Choice: Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies
Chapter Six: Healthcare Fraud and Ethical Practice
Chapter
Seven: Guidelines for Ethical Nursing Practice
Comments:
"Thank you for providing CEU's. More online options are very valuable to RN's and much appreciated." - R.D., RN, OH
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