NS2015 - Nursing Inquiry 2 - Law and Ethics
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition |
This subject explores the legal and ethical decision making that is used in nursing. The development of both legal and ethical reasoning is explored. Application of these types of reasoning is demonstrated using clinical examples. Legal thinking: law, general; law as a form of social control; Australian legal system, Statute law, common law, criminal law; torts; negligence, assault, consent (introductory); professional conduct (introductory); Nursing Act 1992 (Qld); ethics (introduction); principles of ethical reasoning; poisons legislation; possession and administration of drugs and legal reasoning (introduction). Ethical thinking: principles of ethics (autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, veracity and justice); ethical theories; teleological, deontological, feminist and virtue; codification of ethics; historical development of ethics in relation to social change and history of philosophy as it relates to nursing.
Learning Outcomes
- describe the Australian legal system and how it relates to other social institutions;
- discuss the role and importance of ethics in professional life, clinical judgement and research;
- outline conflicts between personal and professional values and ethics;
- utilise the legal concepts of the Australian system in professional nursing practice;
- describe the Australian legal system and how it relates to other social institutions;
- discuss the role and importance of ethics in professional life, clinical judgement and research;
- outline conflicts between personal and professional values and ethics;
- utilise the legal concepts of the Australian system in professional nursing practice;
- describe the Australian legal system and how it relates to other social institutions;
- discuss the role and importance of ethics in professional life, clinical judgement and research;
- outline conflicts between personal and professional values and ethics;
- utilise the legal concepts of the Australian system in professional nursing practice.
| Prerequisites: | NS1211 and NS1222 and BM1011 and BM1022 and HS1005 and HS1111 and NS1012 and NS1220 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | NS2013 and NS2014 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 25-Mar-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Jenny Kelly |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 25-Mar-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor David Lindsay, Dr Lee Stewart |
| Method of Delivery: | Printed materials |
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 25-Mar-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor David Lindsay, Dr Lee Stewart |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
| Mount Isa, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 25-Mar-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor David Lindsay, Dr Lee Stewart |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
| Thursday Isl, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 25-Mar-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor David Lindsay, Dr Lee Stewart |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
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