PNR300 - Role Development for the Practical Nurse

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Subject Title
Role Development for the Practical Nurse

Subject Description
The Role Development for the Practical Nurse: Ethical and Legal issue course will allow the student to study nursing concepts and the legal, moral, and ethical issue identified in health care, which impacts scope of practice, patient safety, and outcomes as well as the collaborative roles of healthcare teams assisting to address ethical dilemmas. This course will help students to examine and communicate their own belief and ethical values that are important in providing care. Students will explore strategies to help address ethical conflict and moral distress that they may encounter in practice setting. They will develop an understanding of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship ethical framework, ethical responsibilities, and the legal rights of patients receiving care (for example, safe, compassionate, competent, and ethical care, values, advocacy, decision making, and accountability). 

Credit Status
3 credits

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Understand the governing body of the nursing profession and their role in legal and ethical issues.
  1. Explores and understands the meaning of ‘advocacy’, the rights of clients, taking action on behalf of clients, and advocating for patients at individual and organizational levels.
  2. Develops an increased awareness of clinical ethical issues in nursing and how they apply to therapeutic nurse-client relationships.
  3. Understand the CNO Code of Ethics and their application to nursing practice.
  1. Discuss ‘client values’ and ‘personal values’ and how they impact the client-nurse therapeutic relationship and the interprofessional team members caring for clients.
  1. Discuss moral, ethical, and legal practice issues in a variety of nursing practice settings, including hospitals, homes for the aged, community agencies, and private business.
  2. Understands the nurse’s ethical and legal responsibilities for their clients that include respecting diversity and decisions, importance of maintaining client confidentiality, obtaining informed consent, and the refusal of treatment. 
  3. Demonstrates the ethical decision-making process required when addressing situations of ethical distress and dilemma, and the nursing actions that demonstrate safe, ethical and moral practice to support of clients to make informed decisions and providing consent.
  4. Understands importance to adhere to professional practice standards, meaning of unprofessional behaviors and unsafe practices, and reporting mechanisms.
  5. Understands that maintaining competency, safe and ethical practice includes reflecting on practice standards and guidelines to assess one’s strengths and limitations in their skills, judgment, and attitudes adhering, which adhere to the CNO Quality Assurance program.

CNO Entry to Practice Competencies

This course meets the following CNO Entry to Practice Competencies
1. Demonstrates accountability and accepts responsibility for own decisions and actions.
2. Practices autonomously within legislated scope of practice.
4. Adheres to regulatory requirements of jurisdictional legislation.
5. Practices within own level of competence.
7. Provides client care in a non-judgmental manner.
8. Adapts practice in response to the spiritual beliefs and cultural practices of clients.
9. Supports clients in making informed decisions about their healthcare and respects their decisions.
10. Engages in self-reflection and continuous learning to maintain and enhance competence.
11. Integrates relevant evidence into practice.
14. Demonstrates a professional presence, honesty, integrity and respect in all interactions.
15. Demonstrates fitness to practice.
17. Identifies and responds to inappropriate behaviour and incidents of professional misconduct.
19. Distinguishes between the mandates of regulatory bodies, professional associations and unions.
20. Establishes and maintains professional boundaries.
21. Takes action to minimize the impact of personal values and assumptions on interactions and decisions.
22. Demonstrates respect for the values, opinions, needs and beliefs of others.
23. Applies ethical frameworks and reasoning to identify and respond to situations involving moral and ethical conflict, dilemma, or distress.
25. Preserves the dignity of clients in all personal and professional contexts.
26. Advocates for equitable access, treatment, and allocation of resources, particularly for vulnerable and/or diverse clients and populations.
28. Adheres to the duty to provide care.
29. Practices according to legislation, practice standards, ethics, and organizational policies.
30. Practices according to relevant mandatory reporting legislation.
31. Recognizes, responds, and reports questionable orders, actions or decisions made by others.
32.   Adheres to the duty to report.
33. Protects clients’ rights by maintaining confidentiality and privacy in all personal and professional contexts.
35. Documents according to established legislation, practice standards, ethics, and organizational policies.
36. Obtains informed consent to support the client's informed decision-making.
44. Develops the care plan with the client, healthcare team and others.
61. Demonstrates knowledge of nursing theory, pharmacology, health sciences, humanities, and ethics.
64. Communicates collaboratively with the client and the healthcare team.
68 Articulates own role based on legislated scope of practice, individual competence and care context including employer policies.
69. Determines their own professional and interprofessional role within the team by considering the roles, responsibilities, and the scope of practice of others.
70. Advocates for the use of Indigenous health knowledge and healing practices in collaboration with the client.
71. Demonstrates leadership, direction and supervision to unregulated health workers and others.
73. Participates in creating and maintaining a quality practice environment that is healthy, respectful, and psychologically safe.

Essential Employability Skills

    •  Communicate clearly, concisely and correctly in the written, spoken and visual form that fulfils the purpose and meets the needs of the audience.

    •  Respond to written, spoken, or visual messages in a manner that ensures effective communication.

    •  Execute mathematical operations accurately.

    •  Apply a systematic approach to solve problems.

    •  Use a variety of thinking skills to anticipate and solve problems.

    •  Locate, select, organize, and document information using appropriate technology and information systems.

    •  Analyze, evaluate, and apply relevant information from a variety of sources.

    •  Show respect for diverse opinions, values, belief systems, and contributions of others.

    •  Interact with others in groups or teams in ways that contribute to effective working relationships and the achievement of goals.

    •  Manage the use of time and other resources to complete projects.

    •  Take responsibility for one's own actions, decisions, and consequences.

Academic Integrity
Seneca upholds a learning community that values academic integrity, honesty, fairness, trust, respect, responsibility and courage. These values enhance Seneca's commitment to deliver high-quality education and teaching excellence, while supporting a positive learning environment. Ensure that you are aware of Seneca's Academic Integrity Policy which can be found at: http://www.senecapolytechnic.ca/about/policies/academic-integrity-policy.html Review section 2 of the policy for details regarding approaches to supporting integrity. Section 2.3 and Appendix B of the policy describe various sanctions that can be applied, if there is suspected academic misconduct (e.g., contract cheating, cheating, falsification, impersonation or plagiarism).

Please visit the Academic Integrity website http://open2.senecac.on.ca/sites/academic-integrity/for-students to understand and learn more about how to prepare and submit work so that it supports academic integrity, and to avoid academic misconduct.

Discrimination/Harassment
All students and employees have the right to study and work in an environment that is free from discrimination and/or harassment. Language or activities that defeat this objective violate the College Policy on Discrimination/Harassment and shall not be tolerated. Information and assistance are available from the Student Conduct Office at student.conduct@senecapolytechnic.ca.

Accommodation for Students with Disabilities
The College will provide reasonable accommodation to students with disabilities in order to promote academic success. If you require accommodation, contact the Counselling and Accessibility Services Office at ext. 22900 to initiate the process for documenting, assessing and implementing your individual accommodation needs.

Camera Use and Recordings - Synchronous (Live) Classes
Synchronous (live) classes may be delivered in person, in a Flexible Learning space, or online through a Seneca web conferencing platform such as MS Teams or Zoom. Flexible Learning spaces are equipped with cameras, microphones, monitors and speakers that capture and stream instructor and student interactions, providing an in-person experience for students choosing to study online.

Students joining a live class online may be required to have a working camera in order to participate, or for certain activities (e.g. group work, assessments), and high-speed broadband access (e.g. Cable, DSL) is highly recommended. In the event students encounter circumstances that impact their ability to join the platform with their camera on, they should reach out to the professor to discuss. Live classes may be recorded and made available to students to support access to course content and promote student learning and success.

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