There are potential risks that manifest in all areas of nursing care and therefore nurses have a legal and ethical duty surrounding and encompassing all that they do. The Code of Ethics in nursing is the foundation of ethical decision-making and is aimed at informing nurse practitioners and the public of the ethical and moral principles applicable to nurse practitioners in the performance of their duties. Despite this, every year nurses are involved in cases that invariably include a failure of duty of care at some.
The course is developed for and aimed at professional nurses.
Successful participants to this course will be able to
• Identify the principles of ethics within the contextual legislative framework of health.
• Know the professional ethical values, standards and norms for conduct as a professional nurse.
• Apply ethical reasoning in professional and safe practice.
• Assess, identify and address misconduct and unsafe practice.
• Write accurate and substantiated reports on misconduct and unsafe practice.
• Actively contribute to ethical and professional conduct through role modelling and influencing policy or ethical guidelines within the context of their workplace.
Participants are assessed by means of multiple-choice questionnaires at the end of each module. In order to be successful a pass rate of 70% is required.
FPD will award successful participants with a certificate on completion of this course should they successfully complete the assessment process.
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