Law and Ethics for Nursing

This DVD provides practical guidelines for respecting patients' dignity and emphasizes the importance of nurse-patient relationships. The program discusses patients' rights to self-determination, considers factors of diversity, explores end-of-life issues, describes the nurse's role in supporting patient autonomy, looks at informed consent, and covers the role of respect in relationships and interactions with colleagues.

Ethics are at the core of professional nursing practice. This program provides a solid introduction to the fundamental ethical terms and concepts that students and nurses need to know. Through scenarios and expert interviews, it clearly defines justice, fidelity, autonomy, moral distress, and other important concepts in ethical practice...