Nursing Ethics and Jurisprudence

The route

Lessons are in the order that makes each one easier than the last. Each unit ends with a short quiz.

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   Unit 1

   Ethics, Morals and Law

   Morals, ethics and law sound alike — here is why a nurse needs all three, and how to tell them apart.
   1. Meaning of Ethics, Morals and LawFree Three words people use as if they meant the same thing. They don't, and a nurse needs to know the difference. 10 min
   3. Values, Values Clarification and Moral Development Before you can judge a hard case, you need to know what you actually care about. 10 min
   4. Ethical Theories Three great families of ethical theory, and the one question each of them asks. 10 min
   5. Bioethics and Nursing Ethics Modern health ethics was written in response to real horrors. Knowing them tells you why the rules exist. 10 min
   6. Unit 1 quiz6 questions on this unit 8 min
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   Unit 2 Full plan

   Ethical Principles in Nursing

   Autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice, veracity, fidelity and confidentiality — the compass for every hard decision.
   1. The Principle of Autonomy The principle that turns patients from objects of care into partners in it. 10 min
   2. Beneficence and Non-maleficence Two principles that sound obvious until you notice how often they pull against each other. 10 min
   3. The Principle of Justice When there isn't enough to go round, who gets what — and on what grounds? 10 min
   4. Veracity, Fidelity and Confidentiality Veracity, fidelity and confidentiality — the principles that make patients trust you. 10 min
   5. Unit 2 quiz6 questions on this unit 8 min
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   Unit 3 Full plan

   Codes of Ethics and Professional Conduct

   The ICN Code of Ethics and the NMCN Code of Professional Conduct, and where misconduct begins.
   1. Meaning and Purposes of a Code of Ethics A code of ethics is a promise a whole profession makes to the public. 10 min
   2. The ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses One code for nurses in more than a hundred countries — and four relationships at its heart. 10 min
   3. The NMCN Code of Professional Conduct Nigeria's own rulebook for nurses — and why it puts the patient at the centre. 10 min
   4. Professional Conduct and Misconduct Where an honest mistake ends and professional misconduct begins. 10 min
   5. Unit 3 quiz6 questions on this unit 8 min
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   Unit 4 Full plan

   Patients' Rights and Informed Consent

   What every patient in Nigeria is owed, what real consent looks like, and how to keep a secret in a WhatsApp world.
   1. Patients' Rights in Nigeria Patients' rights in Nigeria come from four places — and the nurse is the one who makes them real. 10 min
   2. Informed Consent A signature on a form is not consent. Here is what is. 10 min
   3. Confidentiality and Its Exceptions When you may share a patient's information, when you must, and when you never should. 10 min
   4. Unit 4 quiz6 questions on this unit 8 min
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   Unit 5 Full plan

   Ethical Dilemmas and Decision-Making

   How to recognise a true ethical dilemma, reason through it step by step, and handle the cases nurses meet most.
   1. Meaning of an Ethical Dilemma The difference between a hard problem and a true ethical dilemma. 10 min
   2. Ethical Decision-Making Model You can't make dilemmas easy, but you can make your reasoning clear, fair and defensible. 10 min
   3. Common Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing End of life, truth-telling, conscience, culture and whistleblowing — the cases that keep coming back. 10 min
   4. Unit 5 quiz5 questions on this unit 6 min
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   Unit 6 Full plan

   Legal Aspects of Nursing in Nigeria

   The Act that governs nursing, how discipline works, negligence, assault and battery, vicarious liability and the power of a good record.
   1. Sources of Nigerian Law Before you can obey the law as a nurse, you need to know where it lives. 10 min
   2. The Nursing and Midwifery (Registration, etc.) Act One law decides who may call themselves a nurse in Nigeria — and who may not. 10 min
   3. Professional Discipline and the Disciplinary Tribunal From complaint to verdict: how the Act disciplines nurses, step by step. 10 min
   4. Negligence and malpractice Four elements stand between an unhappy outcome and a successful lawsuit. 10 min
   5. Assault, Battery, Vicarious Liability and Documentation The other legal traps in nursing, who pays when things go wrong, and why your pen is your best defence. 10 min
   6. Unit 6 quiz9 questions on this unit 11 min

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