Keiser University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Course Prefix & Number:
NUR3829
Course Title:
Ethical and Legal Issues in Healthcare
Course Format:
Face to Face
Credit Hours:
3.0 Semester Credit Hours
Lecture Hours:
45 hours
Course Schedule:
Friday
8:30 am – 11:30 am
Prerequisites:
ABSN/ FBSN: Successful completion of first semester Nursing major
courses.
Traditional: Successful completion of all Nursing major courses from
semesters one through four.
Faculty:
Professor Nayades Rios
Office Hours:
By appointment
Course Description:
The course introduces contemporary bioethical and legal issues
confronting healthcare providers in a variety of settings. Topics focus on
identification of legal and ethical principles underlying the decisionmaking process in nursing and healthcare.
Program Philosophy & Mission:
The philosophy and mission of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Prelicensure) Program is congruent with that of Keiser University. The Keiser
University mission statement and philosophy maintain that the University
is a two-year, four-year, and graduate-level institution that prepare
students of diverse backgrounds for career entry, advancement, or degree
completion. One of the primary goals of the University is to continually
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change, improve, and ensure the effectiveness of the University’s
programs in preparing students for successful careers. These statements
are testimony to the integral relationship of the Bachelor of Science in
Nursing (Pre-licensure). Program to the mission of Keiser University and
the commitment of the University to the Program’s implementation and
success. Educating registered nurses at the baccalaureate level and thereby
enhancing their ability to achieve growth and success in their careers
meets the criteria of one of the major goals of the University.
This framework includes the broad competency areas of knowledge,
critical thinking, skills performance, collaboration, caring, and
professionalism. Each of these areas are reflected in program outcomes
that build upon prior learning and incorporate competencies at the
baccalaureate level as articulated in American Nurses Association
(ANA)’s Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice.
Keiser University’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program enables
students to provide evidence-based collaborative care to diverse patient
populations in varied settings. At the conclusion of the program, BSN
graduates will be able to:
1. Enact leadership, clinical decision-making, and effective
communications skills to provide and evaluate safe high quality nursing
services.
2. Creatively engage in rational inquiry utilizing evidence-based nursing
knowledge in both well-defined, relatively common clinical situations,
and in complex clinical situations.
3. Employ information management and patient care technology
knowledge and skills to enhance the delivery of quality patient care.
4. Maintain an understanding of system and organizational level policy in
order to provide appropriate direct and indirect nursing care for
ethnically, culturally, and/or spiritually diverse patients and their
families within varied healthcare systems and settings.
5. Participate in and lead interprofessional healthcare efforts to design and
manage the care of individuals and their families.
6. Practice nursing within ethical, legal, and humanistic frameworks,
promoting nursing’s values of altruism, autonomy, human dignity,
integrity, and social justice to provide quality, cost-effective care
founded on health promotion and disease prevention principles to
individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations across the
lifespan and across the continuum of healthcare environments
Program Student Learning Outcomes:
Program Goal(s):
Keiser University’s Bachelor of Science in nursing program enables students to provide evidence-based
collaborative care to diverse patient populations in varied settings. The Programmatic Student Learning
Outcomes are a culmination of measurable competencies, consistent with the American Association of Colleges
of Nursing (2008) Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice (2008), which
enable graduates to practice within a complex healthcare system.
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The Programmatic Student Learning Outcomes and their applicable Essentials are:
1. CARE COORDINATION
o Utilizes effective leadership, communication and collaboration for shared decision making
with the patient and multidisciplinary healthcare providers in the deliberate organization,
design and management of safe, high quality and high value care for culturally and spiritually
diverse patients across the continuum of healthcare environments.
 Essential I: Liberal Education for Baccalaureate Generalist Nursing Practice.
 Essential II: Basic Organizational and System Leadership for Quality Care and
Patient Safety.
 Essential VI: Interprofessional Communication and Collaboration for Improving
Patient Health Outcomes.
 Essential IX: Baccalaureate Generalist Nursing Practice.
2. RESEARCH AND TRANSLATION
o Engages in scientific inquiry with a spirit of creativity, utilizes evidence-based nursing
knowledge, and translates data and information into nursing practice to address common
clinical scenarios.
 Essential III: Scholarship for Evidence Based Practice.
 Essential VI: Interprofessional Communication and Collaboration for Improving
Patient Health Outcomes.
3. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
o Utilizes patient care technology and information systems to communicate, collaborate and
support clinical decision-making in the delivery of quality patient care in a variety of
healthcare settings.
 Essential IV: Information Management and Application of Patient Care
Technology.
 Essential VI: Interprofessional Communication and Collaboration for Improving
Patient Health Outcomes.
4. ADVOCACY AND POLICY
o Integrates professional nursing values, ethical, legal, and theoretical practice frameworks
fundamental to the discipline of nursing to influence health promotion, disease prevention,
healthcare policy, and regulation across the lifespan and practice environments.
 Essential V: Health Care Policy, Finance, and Regulatory Environments.
 Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health
 Essential VIII: Professionalism and Professional Values
AACN: The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing
Practice
Essential I:
Liberal Education for
Baccalaureate Generalist
Nursing Practice
A solid base in liberal education provides the cornerstone for
the practice and education of nurses.
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Essential II:
Basic Organizational and System
Leadership for Quality Care and
Patient Safety
Essential III:
Scholarship for Evidence Based
Practice
Essential IV:
Information Management and
Application of Patient Care
Technology
Essential V:
Health Care Policy, Finance, and
Regulatory Environments
Essential VI: Interprofessional
Communication and
Collaboration for Improving
Patient Health Outcomes
Essential VII:
Clinical Prevention and
Population Health
Essential VIII: Professionalism
and Professional Values
Essential IX:
Baccalaureate Generalist
Nursing Practice
Knowledge and skills in leadership, quality improvement, and
patient safety are necessary to provide high quality health
care.
Professional nursing practice is grounded in the translation of
current evidence into one’s practice
Knowledge and skills in information management and patient
care technology are critical in the delivery of quality patient
care.
Healthcare policies, including financial and regulatory,
directly and indirectly influence the nature and functioning of
the healthcare system and thereby are important
considerations in professional nursing practice.
Communication and collaboration among healthcare
professionals are critical to delivering high quality and safe
patient care.
Health promotion and disease prevention at the individual
and population level are necessary to improve population
health and are important components of baccalaureate
generalist nursing practice.
Professionalism and the inherent values of altruism,
autonomy, human dignity, integrity, and social justice are
fundamental to the discipline of nursing.
The baccalaureate-graduate nurse is prepared to practice with
patients, including individuals, families, groups,
communities, and populations across the lifespan and across
the continuum of healthcare environments.
The baccalaureate graduate understands and respects the
variations of care, the increased complexity, and the
increased use of healthcare resources inherent in caring for
patients.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). (2008). The Essentials of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice.
Retrieved from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/publications/order-form/baccalaureate-essentials
Course Objectives/Outcomes:
Upon completion of NUR 3829, the student will:
1. Demonstrate the professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal
conduct (Advocacy and Policy, Essential VIII).
2. Analyze the major ethical theories and ethical principles influencing
ethical decision-making.(Research and Translation, Advocacy and Policy,
Essentials III, VIII)
3. Act to prevent unsafe, illegal and unethical care practices (Advocacy and
Policy, Essential VIII).
4. Demonstrate tolerance and cultural understanding for the ambiguity and
unpredictability of the world and its effect on the healthcare system and
nursing practice (Care Coordination, Essential IX).
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5. Describe mechanisms to resolve identified practice discrepancies between
identified standards and practice that may adversely impact patient
outcomes (Research and Translation, Essential III).
6. Describe state and national statutes, rules, and regulations that authorize
and define professional nursing practice (Advocacy and Policy, Essential
V).
7. Analyze legal principles that must be considered when making health care
decisions (Advocacy and Policy, Essential V).
8. Compare and contrast actual landmark ethical cases and dissect actual
outcomes (Care Coordination, Essential IX).
9. Access inter-professional and intra-professional resources to resolve
ethical and other practice dilemmas. (Information Management, Essential
IV)
10. Use an ethical framework to evaluate the impact of social policies on
health care, especially for vulnerable populations (Advocacy and Policy,
Essential V)
Grading and Evaluation Methods:
Percent of Total Grade
Exams
40%
Projects & Assignments
20%
Quizzes
10%
Final Exam
25%
Post Test
5%
Total Percentage:
100%
Evaluation
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•
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To advance in the nursing core of the program students are required to:
Earn a minimum course grade of “B” with a 80.00%
Earn a minimum score of 92% on each dosage calculation test (when applicable
& within two attempts)
Pass each critical skills performance for each core course (when applicable
& within two attempts)
Pass each clinical component for each core course (when applicable)
Grading Scale
Letter Grade
Numeric Grade
A
90.00-100.00%
B
80.00-89.99%
C
70.00-79.99%
D
60.00-69.9%
F
0-59.99%
Required Textbook and Web Sites
Burkhardt, M.A., Nathaniel, A.K. (2020). Ethics and Issues in Contemporary
Nursing. (4th ed). Elsevier, St. Louis, MO. ISBN: 9780323697330.
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American Nurses Association. (2015). Guide to Nursing’s Social Policy
Statement: The Essence of the Profession. Silver Spring, MD: ANA. ISBN:
9781558106192
American Nurses Association. (2015). Nursing: Scope and Standards of
Practice. (3rd ed). Silver Spring, MD: ANA. ISBN: 9781558106154
American Nurses Association. (2015). Code of Ethics for Nurses with
Interpretive Statements. (2nd ed). Silver Spring, MD: ANA. ISBN:
9781558105997
American Psychological Association (2019) Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association. (7th ed). Washington, DC
Other Required Course Material:
Scholarly, peer reviewed nursing journal articles as applicable
Topical Outline/Course Assignments/Calendar:
NUR3829: Ethical and Legal Issues in Healthcare Outline
(covered content is subject to change)
WEEK
Instructor: Prof Nayades Rios MSN, NP
TOPICS
COURSE OBJECTIVE(S)
1
Dates: Summer 2022
SLO’s
Assignments
1,2,4
Theory of
Healthcare Ethics
1. Discuss the relationship between social
need and the origin of the profession of
nursing.
2. Discuss the relationship between moral
reasoning and the origin of nursing.
3. Describe the mutually beneficial
relationship between the broader society
and its professions.
4. Explain the effect of a culture’s prevailing
belief system on the practice of nursing.
5. Identify how historic spiritual beliefs and
religious practices influenced evolutionary
changes in nursing.
6. Discuss how the historical background of
the status of women in various cultures is
related to the practice of nursing.
Course Introductions
Review of Syllabus
Pre-Test
*Textbook: Read
Ch. 1 -2
Other: _ANA Nurses’ Code of
Ethics
Classroom discussion Ethics
and Law
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7. Examine the effect of philosophy on beliefs
and practices within society.
8. Make plausible inferences relating the
evolution of the practice of nursing to the
current state of the profession.
9. Discuss the purpose of philosophy.
10. Define the terms moral philosophy and
ethics.
11. Discuss the importance of a systematic
study of ethics to nursing.
12. Discuss the importance of ethical theory.
13. Describe utilitarianism.
14. Describe deontological ethics, defining the
terms categorical imperative and practical
imperative.
15. Define the terms virtue and virtue ethics.
16. Discuss moral particularism.
2
3
Ethical Principles
Values
Clarification and
Development
1. Discuss the principle of respect for
autonomy in terms of patients’ rights,
informed consent, advocacy, and
noncompliance.
2. Discuss the principle of beneficence as
it relates to nursing practice.
3. Define the principle of nonmaleficence,
and weigh actions in terms of harm and
benefit.
4. Relate the principle of veracity to
nursing practice.
5. Examine the principle of confidentiality
in nursing practice, recognizing legal
implications and reasonable limits to
confidentiality.
6. Discuss the principle of justice as it
relates to the delivery of health care
goods and services.
7. Relate the principle of fidelity to
nursing’s promise to society.
8. Discuss situations in which there is a
conflict between two or more ethical
principles.
1. Define and differentiate personal
values, societal values, professional
values, organizational values, and
moral values.
2. Discuss how values are acquired.
3. Discuss self-awareness as a tool for
living an ethical life.
Quiz 1
*Textbook: Read
Ch. 3
Classroom Discussion: What
are ethical principles
Review of upcoming ANA
Paper
*Textbook: Read
Ch. 4-5
Assignment #1 Due: ANA
Paper
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4. Explain the place of values clarification
in nursing.
5. Describe values conflict and its
implications for nursing care.
6. Describe the interaction between
personal and institutional values.
7. Discuss the importance of attending to
both personal values and patient
values.
4
Ethical Decision
Making and
Professional
Nursing
1. Describe the evolution of professional
nursing ethics.
2. Discuss the meaning of the term
professional, including traits commonly
associated with professional status and the
historical debate regarding the professional
status of nursing.
3. Discuss contemporary codes of nursing
ethics.
4. Discuss the importance of caring to the
profession of nursing.
5. Discuss the relationships among the
concepts of expertise, ethics, and
professional status.
6. Discuss autonomy in terms of both the
individual nurse and the profession of
nursing.
7. Discuss the relationship between
professional autonomy and ethics.
8. Discuss the concept of accountability,
including various mechanisms of nursing
accountability.
9. Explain the relationship between
accountability and professional status.
10. Define the concept of authority,
differentiating between professional and
personal authority.
11. Discuss the concept of unity and its
relationship to professional status in
nursing.
12. Describe and differentiate ethical
dilemmas, moral uncertainty, practical
dilemmas, moral distress, moral outrage,
and moral reckoning.
13. Describe the process of making thoughtful
decisions.
14. Discuss similarities between the nursing
process and ethical decision making.
15. Describe the role of emotions in ethical
decisions.
Classroom discussion: willow
Brook
*Textbook: Read
Ch. 6-7
Quiz #2 – Discussion Due
Classroom discussion: Moral
injury and moral courage
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16. Recognize the moral elements of everyday
nursing practice.
17. Examine the process of ethical decision
making.
18. Apply the ethical decision-making process
to clinical cases.
5
Legal &
Professional
Relationship Issues
6
Practice Issues
Related to
Technology
1. Recognize the difference between ethics
and the law and discuss the relationship of
each to the other.
2. Describe sources of law.
3. Distinguish between constitutional law,
statutory law, administrative law, and
common law.
4. Describe the difference between public and
private law.
5. Discuss instances in which nurses might be
accused of breaches of public law.
6. Define tort and distinguish between
unintentional and intentional torts.
7. Discuss methods that nurses can use to limit
liability.
8. Describe the role of the expert nurse
witness.
9. Identify relationships and potential conflicts
that nurses face in the professional realm.
10.Characterize the nature of various conflicts.
11.Examine beliefs about the relative strengths
of various obligations.
12.Identify nurses’ primary obligation.
13.Discuss issues related to nurses’
relationships with other nurses, institutions,
physicians, and subordinates.
14.Discuss issues related to racial
discrimination, sexual harassment, and
discrimination against persons with
disabilities
1. Discuss the impact of technology on
nursing and health care.
2. Apply beneficence and nonmaleficence to
decisions about technology.
3. Discuss issues and dilemmas related to
current technology and to life-sustaining
interventions.
4. Relate the concept of medical futility to
health care decisions.
5. Relate economics to decisions regarding
health technology.
*Textbook: Read
Ch. 8-9
Assignment #2 Due: Moral
Courage
Classroom Discussion:
Themes of Ethics – standard
of practice and legal
requirements
*Textbook: Read
Ch. 10
Classroom discussion:
Electronic Health records and
issues pertaining to
documentation – Nurses
responsibility
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6. Discuss considerations in decisions about
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and artificial
sources of nutrition for patients.
7. Describe legal issues associated with health
care technology.
8. Discuss issues and dilemmas associated
with technologies affecting reproduction,
genetics, and organ transplantation.
9. Identify issues and dilemmas associated
with research into controversial
technologies.
10. Discuss issues related use of health care
information technology and social media in
nursing and health care.
11. Describe nursing considerations for patient
care in the midst of technology.
7
Practice Issues
Related to Patient
Self-Determination
Scholarship Issues
1. Discuss issues related to autonomy and
patient self-determination.
2. Describe factors that may threaten
autonomy in health care settings and
situations in which autonomy may be
limited.
3. Examine the interaction of justice and
autonomy.
4. Discuss informed consent as it relates to
patient self-determination.
5. Examine legal and ethical elements of
informed consent.
6. Describe the nursing role and
responsibilities related to informed
consent.
7. Discuss the place of advance directives in
health care decisions.
8. Discuss patient autonomy related to
choices for life and health.
9. Describe nursing role and responsibilities
related to patient lifestyle and health
choices.
10. Discuss the nursing role regarding
complementary therapies.
11. Describe ethical concerns related to
controversial choices that affect personal
and public health.
12. Describe scholarship issues encountered by
nurses in academic and clinical settings.
*Textbook: Read
Ch. 11-12
Exam #1 (CH 3-9)
Classroom Discussion:
Review the Tuskagee link
below and be prepared to
discuss in class.
Review the website below for
the Electronic Code of
Federal Regulations and the
section on Protection of
Human Subjects and be
prepared to discuss what you
learned during Keiser Live
this week.
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13. Discuss principles basic to academic
honesty and the ethical treatment of
research data.
14. Describe principles and nursing standards
undergirding the protection of human
rights in research.
15. Explain why informed consent is mandated
for research involving human subjects, and
describe the elements required for this
consent.
16. Discuss the nursing role regarding
protection of human rights in research.
17. Describe principles guiding personal
response to dilemmas regarding nursing
scholarship.
8
9
Global
Consciousness in the
21st Century
Health Policy Issues
1. Discuss the relationship between Earth
health and human health.
2. Describe the role and ethical responsibility
of nursing in addressing local, national, and
global environmental issues.
3. Discuss health issues related to local,
national, and global issues such as climate
change, disaster, displaced persons,
immigrants, war and violence, epidemics
and pandemics, toxic chemicals and other
pollutants.
4. Describe the impact on vulnerable
populations of global humanitarian and
health crises.
5. Discuss nursing role, responsibility, and
ethical stance in addressing local, national,
and global health care needs of people and
communities affected by these global
issues.
6. Describe challenges of accessibility and
financing facing health care delivery
systems around the globe.
7. Identify how traditional healing systems
worldwide can be resources for health care
worldwide.
8. Briefly describe factors affecting health
care delivery for rural and urban
aggregates.
*Textbook: Read
Ch. 13
Classroom Discussion:
Create a chart comparing
American healthcare options
to those of two other
countries and then be
prepared to summarize your
findings in class.
Upcoming Assignments:
Week 10 Mid-Term Exam
(Chapters 1-12)
1. Describe the process by which issues
become “political issues.”
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*Textbook: Read
Ch. 14
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10
11
Economic Issues
Social Issues
Gender Issues
2. Distinguish between the terms political and
partisan.
3. Give examples of specific political issues
related to health care.
4. Discuss your personal stand on various
political issues in relation to ethics.
5. Describe the health policy process.
6. Discuss the role of ethics in policy making.
7. Explain the role of nurses in the policymaking process.
8. Describe various methods of influencing
public policy.
Classroom Discussion:
Visit the link below to the
ANA Issue Action Center and
consider taking action. Be
prepared to discuss the
issues you read about in
Keiser Live.
RNAction Center (p2a.co)
1. Describe the role of economics in health
care.
2. Explain the concept of distributive justice.
3. Discuss utilitarian, libertarian,
communitarian, and egalitarian theories.
4. Discuss basic questions related to the
distribution of health care resources.
5. Describe recent trends in health care
economics and the relationship of
economic trends to the delivery of health
care.
6. Discuss ethics in relation to managed care
systems of health care delivery.
Mid-Term (CH 1-12)
1. Explain how social conditions such as
poverty, homelessness, food insecurity,
sexual violence, human trafficking, an
increasing elderly population, and racism,
and ethnic inequities affect health.
2. Apply the concept of justice to vulnerable
populations, elaborating on the
implications for society and the health care
system.
3. Discuss the application of beneficence and
nonmaleficence to vulnerable groups in
light of today’s health care system.
4. Identify considerations related to
promoting autonomy for health care
decision making among vulnerable
populations.
5. Analyze evidence of victim blaming within
the health care system.
6. Illustrate application of the concepts of
advocacy and nonviolence to care of
vulnerable populations.
Upcoming Assignments:
Assignment #3 due in week
10
*Textbook: Read
Ch. 15
Assignment #3 Due IRB
*Textbook: Read
Ch. 16-17
Classroom Discussion:
Disparities and health
inequalities – Social
determinants of Health
Promotion
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7. Discuss ethical considerations for nurses in
caring and advocating for people affected
by these social issues.
8. Discuss how ethics relates to gender issues
in nursing.
9. Explore how the title nurse contributes to
gender stereotyping and gender bias in
nursing.
10. Discuss how stereotyping and gender bias
affect the nursing workforce.
11. Compare issues found in women’s and
men’s health care.
12. Examine issues in the health care of LGBT+
individuals.
12
13
Transcultural and
Spiritual Issues
Empowerment for
Nurses
1. Describe factors associated with cultural
sensitivity within nursing.
2. Discuss the influence of culture on health
and health care decisions.
3. Identify approaches for dealing with
transcultural issues in nursing.
4. Discuss issues related to the use of
complementary therapies by patients.
5. Identify legal considerations related to
transcultural issues.
6. Discuss the relationship between
spirituality and health.
7. Describe issues associated with spirituality
and religion.
8. Identify the nursing role in addressing
patients’ spiritual concerns.
9. Discuss considerations regarding nurturing
one’s spirit.
1. Discuss the effect of mind-set on
expectations regarding nursing practice and
ethical stances.
2. Describe metaphors for nursing and discuss
their impact on nursing ethics.
3. Explain the impact on nursing practice of
perceptions about nursing from within and
from outside the profession.
4. Describe the concepts of power and
empowerment.
5. Discuss personal empowerment and its
importance within nursing.
6. Discuss the relationship among
professional empowerment, principled
behavior, and nursing practice.
Quiz #3
*Textbook: Read
Ch. 18
Exam 2 (CH 13-17)
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Ch. 19
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Facilitating Patient
Empowerment
7. Describe important nursing considerations
regarding speaking up about unethical
practice and behavior.
8.
Discuss the influence on professional
practice of nursing’s vision of nursing.
1. Discuss the meaning of patient
empowerment.
2. Discuss the nursing role in empowerment
of patients.
3. Describe nurse attitudes that facilitate
empowerment.
4. Identify nursing knowledge and skills basic
to empowerment.
5. Describe factors that enhance or block
patient empowerment.
6. Discuss approaches to fostering
empowerment with patients.
*Textbook: Read
Ch. 20
15
Post-Test
Classroom Assignment: Mock
Debate
16
Final Exam
Course Guidelines and Policies
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to maintain the highest standards of academic conduct, professional honesty, and personal
integrity. Plagiarism, cheating and other misconduct are serious violations and will not be tolerated, and may
result in academic penalties, including suspension or dismissal.
Attendance
Students are expected to contact the instructor or leave a phone message with the Keiser University receptionist
before the start of the class if they will not be able to attend or will be arriving late. The message should include
the reason (e.g., illness, family emergency). Students who leave class early will be responsible and accountable
for all materials missed. Prior to class the student must inform the instructor of the time they will be leaving.
Students are expected to notify their clinical instructor at least 60 minutes in advance of the clinical start time if
they will not be able to attend clinical or anticipate a late arrival. A documented emergency will be taken under
consideration by the Program. Note: Both the clinical instructor and/or preceptor (if applicable) must be
notified.
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Participation
Participation is a basic requirement for an effective learning community. Class participation is demonstrated by:
arriving to class early; paying attention during lectures and discussions; respectful listening when someone else
is speaking; being engaged in the class and in your learning without distractions.
Testing Policy
Quizzes: students will not be able to makeup quizzes. Exams: makeup exams will be allowed only with preapproval of the instructor or with an acceptable, documented reason and Director approval. Acceptable reasons
for makeup exams include severe illness, family emergency or other unavoidable events. Exam format for
makeup exams may be different than the original exam but the content for the exam will not change. Once an
exam has begun; the student will not be allowed to leave the classroom for any undocumented reason. Should
the student leave the testing environment, the exam must be turned in, will be considered complete, and will be
graded as such. No additional time will be given due to tardiness. Exam reviews will be conducted at the
discretion of the instructor or by appointment only. Performance check off: An unsuccessful first attempt at a
skills lab competency requires individual remediation during open lab hours prior to a second and final attempt.
Missed skills lab competency appointments will equate to an unsuccessful attempt.
Late Assignments
Assignments are due at the start of class on the day noted. Late assignments will not be accepted. Students with
extenuating circumstances should discuss turning in work with their instructor in advance of the due date
whenever possible.
Grades
Grades will be posted on blackboard in accordance with Keiser University policies and procedures. Students are
expected to monitor their grades and progress. For questions regarding grades, students are to make an
appointment with their instructor within a reasonable time frame of the grade posting.
Civility/Professionalism
This class is a community of learners, which means we will depend upon each other for support and
information. In order to learn, we must be open to the views of people different than ourselves. Please honor the
uniqueness of your classmates and appreciate the opportunity we have to learn from one another. Please respect
each other’s’ opinions and refrain from personal attacks or demeaning comments of any kind. It is of the utmost
importance to communicate with courtesy and professionalism. Professional courtesy includes respecting
other’s opinions, being courteous and respectful, and working together in the spirit of cooperation. Professional
behavior is defined by the instructor. Cell phones or electronic devices are not permitted during class time and
should be off/ or on vibrate. It is up to the individual instructor whether they will allow recording of their
instruction or not. Each student is entitled to a positive learning environment.
Dress Code
Adherence to the dress code is expected at all times. Should a student choose not to be dressed as stated in the
Nursing Student Handbook, they may be asked to leave the classroom and be directed to the Nursing Program
Director for further instruction and advisement.
Communication
Blackboard will be utilized for course materials, resources and updates. Students are also encouraged to check
their Keiser E-mail accounts on a regular basis. This will be the only E-mail utilized in accordance with Keiser
University policy.
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University and Program Policies
Students are expected to abide by the policies set forth in the University Catalog and the Student Program
Handbook/Manual. The University Catalog is available electronically at
http://www.keiseruniversity.edu/catalog/. The Program Student Handbook/Manual is available electronically at
the direction of your instructor.
Disability Accommodations:
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), students who require reasonable
accommodations due to a disability to properly execute coursework must complete the application process and
receive approval from the review committee. The first step is to consult with the Campus President or Dean of
Academic Affairs.
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