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HM 565 – Applied Health Care Ethics and Law

COURSE INFORMATION

This CE course is designed for nurse managers, working supervisors, assistant managers and department managers and for those who aspire to hold these positions in their healthcare organization. In addition, Nurses practicing in the Legal field and as Cases Managers can benefit from this course as well. We recognize that managers need a sound understanding of the concepts of how law and ethics affect their working environment.  Our goal is to provide you with a solid foundation, with sufficient guidance, and enough information about law and ethics to be beneficial to your work life. This knowledge will be helpful. for both prospective and sitting managers. to be successful in the daily running of their departments and managing the challenges that those who work in healthcare face. An understanding of law and ethics methodology will prepare students to make appropriate decisions in the environments they work in. This course is also designed to assist all who provide care to clients in all health care practice environments.

Course Code: HM 565. Contact hours of Continuing Education = 30.

Level of Complexity: Intermediate

Instructor/Course Author:  Mark C. Barabas, BS, DHA, FACHE

Link to Resume

E-mail: mcbarabas@aol.com

TEXTBOOK: There is one (1) required textbook for this course.

Applied Law & Ethics for Health Professionals 2nd Edition, by Carla Caldwell Stanford (Author), Valerie J. Connor (Author); Jones & Bartlett Learning; 2nd edition: January 21, 2019.

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1284155595

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1284155594

 

Link to Purchase on Amazon.com: click here

TIME FRAME: You are allotted two years from the date of enrollment, to complete this course. There are no set time-frames, other than the two year allotted time. If you do not complete the course within the two-year time-frame, you will be removed from the course and an “incomplete” will be recorded for you in our records. Also, if you would like to complete the course after this two-year expiration time, you would need to register and pay the course tuition fee again.

GRADING: You must achieve a passing score of at least 70% to complete this course and receive the 30 hours of awarded continuing education credit. There are no letter grades assigned. You will receive notice of your total % score. Those who score below the minimum of 70% will be contacted by the American Institute of Health Care Professionals and options for completing additional course work to achieve a passing score, will be presented.

BOARD APPROVALS:

The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is an Approved Provider for Continuing Education by the South Carolina Professional Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists licensing board, Provider # 4637. Access information

The American Institute of Health Care Professionals (The Provider) is approved by the California Board of Registered Nurses, Provider number # CEP 15595 for 30 Contact Hours.

The American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc. is an Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Florida State Board of Nursing  Provider # 50-11975.

OTHER STATE BOARDS OF NURSING

The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Arkansas Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Georgia Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the South Carolina Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Professional Registered Nurses. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Kentucky Board of Nursing CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the New Mexico Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.

Course Refund & AIHCP Policies: access here

ONLINE CLASSROOM RESOURCES AND TOOLS

* Examination Access: there is link to take you right to the online examination program where you can print out your examination and work with it. All examinations are formatted as “open book” tests. When you are ready, you can access the exam program at anytime and click in your responses to the questions. Full information is provided in the online classrooms.

Student Resource Center: there is a link for access to a web page “Student Resource Center.” The Resource Center provides for easy access to all of our policies/procedures and additional information regarding applying for certification. We also have many links to many outside reference sites, such as online libraries that you may freely access.

* Online Evaluation: there is a link in the classroom where you may access the course evaluation. All students completing a course, must, without exception, complete the course evaluation.

* Faculty Access Information: you will have access to your instructor’s online resume/biography, as well as your instructor’s specific contact information.

* Additional Learning Materials: All course handouts are available in the online Video classrooms. All E-Learning Books are available in the classrooms for students to download.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

  1. Understand different ways ethics is defined
  2. Introduce important philosophers who contributed to the field of ethics
  3. Recognize the 3 major areas of study in ethics
  4. Learn approaches to ethics
  5. Study the 3 Step Decision-Making Model
  6. Review the patient DEAR methodology
  7. Understand the Patient’s Bill of Rights
  8. Outline the reasons a patient could be released from care
  9. Discuss the patient/provider relationship
  10. Appreciate the role of healthcare professionals and the healthcare consumer
  11. Explain the handling of transference
  12. Identify the legal and ethical issues relating to minors, cultural differences
  13.  Describe the legal and ethical issues surrounding the elderly and HIV/AIDS patient populations
  14. Realize the legal and ethical issues effecting gender identity
  15. Understand mandatory reporting
  16. Learn the importance of confidentiality in the healthcare industry
  17. Review the HIPPA Act
  18. Define violations of patient ‘confidentiality and subsequent consequences
  19. Recognize common breaches of medical information confidentiality
  20. Study the Privacy Rule
  21. Describe laws surrounding employment in healthcare
  22. Outline victims of discriminations options
  23. Locate code of ethics and medical practice acts for multiple professions
  24. Identify ethics issues in the healthcare workplace
  25. Learn how to report ethics violations
  26. Review the progressive discipline process
  27. Define the purpose of the medical record and characteristics of proper documentation
  28. Describe the information that should be contained in the medial record
  29. Review the Privacy Act of 1974
  30. Study the 2 types of charting methods
  31. Explain the advantages/disadvantages of a national electronic medical record system
  32. List the advantages of medical record information
  33. Introduce various sources of law in the United States and how they affect healthcare professionals
  34. Compare the difference between intentional and unintentional torts
  35. Describe the PYTHON principle and the impact it has on healthcare professionals
  36. Identify the issues that relate to end-of-life care
  37. Recognize the importance of advanced directives
  38. Develop legal and ethical options for patients and families facing decisions about end-of-life care
  39. Review issues surrounding fertility options
  40. Explain issues related to the beginning of life
  41. Appreciate the implications of genetic testing and engineering
  42. Outline the complications of organ allocation
  43. Explain the conscience clause
  44. Identify issues that relate to research and medical marijuana
  45. Define public health issues