726. Practicum in Clinical Ethics.1.3 credit hours per term. Students participate in 120 hours of clinical ethics under the guidance of a nurse with advanced knowledge and experience in the field and who is actively engaged in ethical consultation or evaluation of clinical situations. Emphasis is on gathering data from multiple sources involved in an ethical dilemma; mediating ethical disputes; investigating human rights abuses; reporting the results of mediation or investigation to institutions or authorities; ethical analysis of institutional policy; facilitating the discussion of ethics among providers, patients, and the lay public; and educational presentation of topics or cases in clinical ethics. Students participate in a monthly clinical conference. Prerequisite: successful completion of 725b, or permission of the instructor. Required for students in the Health Care Ethics concentration. Four hours per week. D. Olsen.
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