Introduction to Ethics and Issues in Nursing Practice

Study of the historical and contemporary development of nursing as a profession. Emphasis on guidance, development, and self-reflection on principled behavior and nursing values. Reflection, analysis, and application of the role of nurses as health and social justice advocates. Offers a foundation through study of theoretical underpinnings. Through arts-based inquiry, exploration of various perspectives on health and social justice issues. Discussion is enriched through content-specific cases of ethical issues that impact individuals, communities, and societies to advance social justice and health equity. Concepts such as compassion fatigue, burnout, moral distress, moral reckoning, moral courage, moral agency, and moral resilience, and self-care inform a nuanced understanding of challenges and opportunities in nursing practice. Study is informed by national standards of professional nursing practice.

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