- NURSNG462 Legal, Ethical & Health Policy and Capstone for RN’s
- Course Description
- This course is the capstone for students in the online RN-BS program. This course enables students to analyze complex nursing issues from a legal, ethical, and political approach. This perspective will serve to guide health professionals to socially responsible practice and collaboration within the changing health care environment. In addition, the course conducts critical analyses of contemporary urban health and policy issues affecting individuals across the lifespan. The impact of the complex socio-political environments on how the health care system evolved and is continually reformed is explored. Different health issues and policies including communication, advocacy, and ethical concerns of access, quality, and cost will be examined. The ethical, legal and policy issues surrounding healthcare disparities will be examined. Students will use information technology to generate empirical and theoretical knowledge bases for decision-making, critical thinking and evaluation of health care policies and their outcomes.
Prerequisite: NURSNG 360, 361, 362 and 461. BSN to RN students only. Permission of department, please contact Kristen.Carlson@umb.edu. - Academic Information
- Credits: 6
- Schedule
- Lecture
Dates: Sep 13 - Dec 10
Class #: 15384
Discussions
Section 1
Dates: Sep 14 - Dec 7
Day/Time: Tu 6 - 8p
Class #: 15385
Section 2
Dates: Sep 14 - Dec 7
Day/Time: Tu 8:45 - 10:45a
Class #: 15386 - Fee
- Course Fee: $1920
Lab Fee: $0
Total Course Fee: $1920 - Instructors
- Lecture & Discussion 1: Deborah Mahony
deborah.mahony@umb.edu
Discussion 2: Staff - Wimba Requirement
- UMB online courses use Wimba classroom (a live discussion tool) at least twice during the semester. Information about Horizon Wimba can be found at www.dlvpc.umb.edu/wimbasupport.htm. Your course instructor will inform you about dates and times of course meetings in Wimba Classroom.