NUR 562 - Health Policy and Bioethics

Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course examines the impact of health policy on care environment management of the local and global health service system. Legal regulations and standards, ethics, accountability, use of technology and resource management, and social justice is emphasized. The role of systems analyst and risk anticipator will be reviewed as students conduct a microsystem analysis to critically evaluate and anticipate risks to client safety to improve quality of client care delivered. This course will prepare students for a complete examination of ethical theory, patient centered relationships, informed consent, professional responsibility, end-of-life care, reproductive issues, human experimentation, genetics/genomics, and allocation of medical resources from a cultural/global perspective.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Lecture: 3 units