ABOUT THIS COURSE
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 level.
The purpose of the course is for nurse practitioners to
understand the ethical values and principles of the code of
conduct and how the law interprets relevant codes of practice
and standard 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.
WHO SHOULD ENROL
Nurse practitioners
COURSE DESIGN
E-learning.
COURSE CONTENT
• Ethical standards and values that form the foundation for
professional code of conduct;
• Legislative framework, standards of practice, competency
frameworks, scope of practice of different categories of nurses
• Ethical principles (social justice, non-maleficence, veracity,
fidelity, altruism, caring)
• Ethical decision-making for practice
• Patients’ rights
• Professional conduct
• Consent
• Professional misconduct and unethical behaviour (SANC)
• Ethical dilemmas (termination of pregnancies, trading of
products of conception and other human parts; participation
in and/or conducting clinical research; providing healthcare
and specifically nursing care to vulnerable, stigmatised and
marginalised persons)
• Conscientious objection
• Conflicts between individual, social and professional values
(euthanasia; intimidation and violent acts in the workplace;
and participating during strikes and boycotts etc)
• Situations of conflicting values (diverse cultures, sexual
orientation, etc)
CERTIFICATION
To qualify for the certificate of completion for this short course,
participants should fully attend the workshop and successfully
complete the assessment process.
COURSE FEE
R999.00 (incl. VAT) The course fee excludes all participating
travel and accommodation costs.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Tel: 087 821 1109 / Fax: 086 550 3692
Email: nursing@foundation.co.za
