- Defining ethics and ethical dilemmas, and legal and legislative issues
- Understanding the frameworks that govern ethical decision making
- Distinguishing between legal and ethical obligations in decision making
- Demonstrating self-awareness relating to the ethical frameworks and ethical principles strongly influence one’s personal decision making
- Correlating the legal authority of nursing practice and the nursing profession
- Selecting appropriate nursing actions in sensitive clinical situations
- Describing appropriate methods of ensuring informed consent
- Separating legal and ethical accountability