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I am looking forward to applying the principles learned in this course on a daily basis. While working with critically ill patients, there is a fine line between doing no harm and providing care for patients whose outcome is inevitable(such as patients who have been declared brain dead). Ethical considerations are also involved in the care of patients who have no family, are critically ill and unable to make decisions. I hope that this course will enable me to apply the principles learned as I care for the patient population I currently work with.

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(Continued) my previous post submitted to early and would not let me delete it. I am looking forward to this course as a Nursing Ethics committee was recently formed at my facility and am planning on being a member once the committee starts. Best of luck to everyone this semester!

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Hello, I am a hospice administrator at a small hospice agency. I am looking forward to learning more about the legal and ethical issues when it comes to the end of life. I have come across some pretty complicated situations when it comes to the wishes of the patient and their families. I wish everyone good luck this semester!

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Hi, I am a Clinical Coordinator for Memorial Hermann in our Outpatient Lactation Department and Perinatal Education. I have two little ones, ages 4 and 7 and my husband is also in school (for FNP)

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Hi, I am an emergency room charge nurse so I am faced with many legal and ethical challenges daily. I am eager to learn what is actually legal and not to some of the situations I have faced and I am sure will face in the future.

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Hello everyone! I encounter ethical and legal issues every time when I am at work. Working in an inpatient psychiatric facility many questions come to mind. I look forward to this class helping me to be more informed about the legal and ethical aspects of my position.

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Being an international student, I hope this class teaches me more about the legal and ethical issues that nurses in America face and how they are able to deal with them the right way. As nurses, we are required to follow the right legal and ethical rules within the work place in order to promote a safe work environment. This class will help me understand these aspects of nursing.

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Hey there. I have been a nurse for almost two years now. I am interested to see what this class has in store for me. I am ready to learn more about the ethical /legal side of things, that way I can be fully prepared in the future.

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I work in the ER PRN and at a mental health facility. I would like to learn more about the legalities and what is considered as ethical or what is not. I have witnessed many things that is borderline, so I an hoping that I can get a better understanding of these things in this class.

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I have been a nurse for almost 2 years now. I work in an ICU, and before this I was a medic in the Navy. I am interested in this course and hope to learn more about legal issues in nursing, and the potential to over come these obstacles in hopes that change may come over the next few years. One main issue in nursing is nurse to patient ratios. Hospitals want to save money, but it can sometimes be unsafe to patients.

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Hello!  I have been a nurse for about 2 1/2 years, but before that I was a paralegal, so I am very interested in the legal/ethical aspects of nursing.  I work in brain injury, and there are multiple legal/ethical issues including guardianship, consent, and safety concerns.  I feel that this class will help to clarify some of the issues that we all face as nurses, and help me to be a better nurse.

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Hi. I have been an RN for 13 years now. I worked most of those years in Med/Surg and moved into CDQI for the last 4 years. I primarily work with the Doctors and getting their documentation in the chart as precise and accurate as possible. I am looking forward to this class and learning more about Ethical/Legal issues in Nursing.

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Hello, I've been a nurse for 6 years now. I am looking forward to learning more about legal/ethical issues that we're faced with in our work environment. Mainly, knowing exactly where I as a nurse stand during this issues.

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I have been a nurse for 1 year 5 months. Am hoping that as I grow in the nursing career, this course will play an integral part in helping me develop the skills and knowledge related to handling legal and ethical issues that nurses face while providing care to patients.

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Hello,
I have been a nurse for about 2 years; I feel like I have so much to learn. I am hoping this course will help educate me on ethical obligations in nursing and outside of nursing. Being a nurse are you obligated to step forward and help in certain cituations/crisis? I am preparing to be a charge nurse and hoping it will help educate me i difficult questions arise from fellow nurses.

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HEllo. I work in the cardiac cath lab. In my job I have constant questions about putting defibrillators in patients with dementia or other elderly patients with dibilating conditions. Legally and ethically I often wonder why we do it. LEgally since I am not present for the Doctors conversation, I wonder how thorough they are in explanations during the informed consent process. For patients with early dementia the consents are signed by the patients. In this circumstance I wonder about how ethical it is, for us to judge how "with it"a patient is to allow them to sign for these procedures.
HOping this class may bring some clarity to these difficult questions for me.

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Hi, I have been a nurse for a little over a year now on a medical surgical floor. I hope this class helps me gain a better understanding when it is and is not ok for me to step in with my patients families. Many patients I take care of are confused and have family members making the majority of their decisions for them. 

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Hi, I have been a nurse for a little over a year now on a medical surgical floor. I hope this class helps me gain a better understanding when it is and is not ok for me to step in with my patients families. Many patients I take care of are confused and have family members making the majority of their decisions for them. 

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Hello, I have been a nurse for several years currently working for the Department of Veteran's Affairs. While working with veterans ethical issues are always in question. I hope that this class will assist me to resolve the issues more effectively with a better understanding. I hope everyone has a good semester.

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Hi everyone. I have been a RN for 2 years now prior to that an LVN for 15 years. I currently work in a General Surgery Clinic, but prior to this I worked in OB/GYN and in OR. I feel that this class will help me with ethical and legal information that will make me take better care of my patients. Everyone deals with different issues and hopefully this class will help us be better nurses. Good luck to you all.

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Hello everyone! I have been an RN for about 3 years now. I work at a SNF as a floor nurse. We specialize in treating patients with Dementia/Alzheimer's Disease.  I would like to learn more about the legal aspect of nursing to better care for my patients. Any further legal information that I can learn will only be more beneficial to my nursing practice.

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I have been a nurse for 10 years. In that time I have worked in many areas. I hope to broaden my knowledge of ethical and legal issues that nurses face in other areas of healthcare. I also hope to increase my ability to think critically about what is appropriate for my clinic ethically and legally.

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Hi, my name is Antonio! I have been an RN working in the ER going on 3 years now. I initially started working in a busy suburban ER and transitioned to an even busier inner city ER in which we see hundreds of patients daily, and thousands yearly. As you would expect, working in the ER presents itself with not only strenuous difficulties like staffing ratios, but also legal and ethical dilemmas like working with the psychiatric populat
ion and combative and/or belligerent people. My hope is that I can leave this class with a better understanding on how to handle these situations in the future for the betterment of my patient's lives
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Hello everyone! I have been a nurse for about 2 years now. I have been encountered with legal and ethical issues at my work setting. From this course, I'm expecting to learn all the legal/ethical issues of nursing and help my patients the best I can. Good luck for all of us

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My name is Jennifer. I have been a nurse for a year. In a year I have seen a lot of legal and ethical issues that have happened on my floor. I hope to learn more about these issues so that I can better myself as a nurse and help my patients.

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My name is Stephanie and I have been a nurse since 2005.  I started out as an LVN and transitioned to my RN shortly after.  Over the course of just 10 years I've seen major changes in what is expected of nurses and definite role changes of the LVN versus the RN.   I work in a very busy recovery room in a hospital that is constantly full and going through a major growth spurt.  I am expecting that this class will broaden my knowledge of some of the major legal and ethical principles that nurses are facing everyday.  I look forward to having a better understanding of some of the legal and ethical issues that  nurses struggle with and have trouble understanding.

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My name is Eliud and I have been a RN since May 2015. Currently I am working in a progressive care unit (PCU) in a hospital in Dallas, Texas. I am hoping that this course will broaden my knowledge in matters to legal and ethical issues faced by nurses in today's complex healthcare settings.

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I am a RN currently working in a rural ER and a CVICU in a major city. I have been a nurse for almost 4 years. In this class, I am expecting to learn more about the "other side" of healthcare and nursing. I am also looking forward to learning and understanding new issues that we healthcare professionals face so that I may become a more well-rounded nurse. Most policies and global issues do not impact my bedside nursing career first-hand, leaving me at a disadvantage. I am hoping this class will remedy some of my knowledge deficit.

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I have been a nurse for 13 years. Currently, I work as a case manager in an acute care setting. I work with insurance companies and Medicare. I hope to get clarification with the legal aspects when discharging a patient to a skilled facility and rehab. Also, I am interested in learning about ethical issues in nursing.

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I have worked in cardiovascular ICU as long as I have been a nurse; 19 years.  I really enjoy it and started as a staff nurse and am now a nurse manager.  I have been with my current employer in the DFW area for 17 years.
As a charge nurse/supervisor there were many legal and ethical issues that came up.  One that I think is important is how does that pertain to the role and what happens during legal action and are they involved since they were not providing direct patient care.  This was important to me then and now as I manage and help my current coworkers be successful.
I hope you all have a great semester!

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Working as a case manager for a health insurance payor, the issues of ethics is frequently present. It is sometimes difficult to not allow my experiences in bedside care interfere with the decisions that I make while enforcing policy and coverage issues. By taking this course, I hope to learn more about ethics in public health and healthcare management. I also look forward to becoming more confident and knowledgeable in my decision making.

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I work in inpatient behavioral health in Fort Worth, Texas. We encounter many legal and ethical issues. Mental health has a lot of legal paper work that involves attorneys, judges and physicians. Our job is to document patient's behavior and is also part of the physician's job to show weather or not the patient needs to continue with inpatient treatment.
I'm looking forward to be able to better understand ethics in nursing.

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There's many ethical issues I encounter working on a medical/surgical unit. Everything from a power of attorney a patient has that doesn't always follow through with what their family member would want to disagreeing with a doctor's view of a situation and not feeling like a patient was being taken care of properly. I think this course will be helpful in further establishing where the line is drawn for the registered nurse in difficult legal situations. We're always taught that patients come first and that advocating for them is our main priority. However, I think many of us have had issues understanding just how far we're legally allowed to go. At least I know with the very brief amount of information provided to me through nursing school to this point, I have a lot more to learn. So, I look forward to doing that in order to better understand how much I can do for my patients from a legal and ethical standpoint.

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Working in a criticl care setting, there are many ethical conflicts. In the hospital that I work at, a lot of the patients that we take care of are unfunded. As a health care provider, I know that it is impossible to provide everything to every patient in every situation. I have cared for patients that, as a health provider, we know will not survive or have a quality of life, but they family wants us to do everything possible. I have seen situations where a patient doesn't want a surgery, but is unable to make their own decisions, and the family has the surgery anyways. This not only causes stress on us as providers, but on the patients and their families as well.

I feel that having a better understanding of the ethical and legal side of nursing would help me understand situations that I am presented with in my job.

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I currently work as a disease management nurse and I am hoping to gain a better understanding of ethical and legal issues that pertain to my job. There are situations when patients tell me that they are noncompliant with medications or treatments, or refuse to contact their doctor about possibly dangerous health situations. As their disease management nurse, I am obligated to inform their physician about these situations and patients have willingly signed a consent when enrolling in our program, but I often feel torn between my professional obligation and a patient's right to make choices for herself or himself about their own health.

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I have been a nurse since 2007. I started as an LVN then went back and obtained my ADN in 2010. I currently work in Preop getting patient's ready for surgery. It's an ethical dilemma when patient's show up for major back surgery, that will effect them the rest of their lives, and they tell me they currently in no pain and the worst it ever gets is a 4-10. A part of me always wants to tell them that you know this will not be your last back surgery and are you sure you want to do this, but I refrain.  I hope that this coarse guides me as to the best way to deal with situations like this.

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I have been a nurse for a year and half. Currently I work at med-surge, cardiac and orthopedic floor. Nursing is my second carrier. My first major was business administration but I changed my major because business was more money orient major.
I saw many ethical issue at health institution. I also encounter ethical dilemma through working experiment. Ethical issue is very stressful for nurses. All the way through this courses, I would like to gain new knowledge and know how to manage ethical issue as professional nurses.

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I work on an oncology unit and feel like there are lots of situations that could question ethics and what is/is not legal in the work setting. Our hospital has also had staffing issues, especially lately with flu season and the increase of patients. Floating to ER holding is common, and knowing what our specific roles are and what we can legally take on seems a little unclear at times. I'd like to learn more about issues other nurses have encountered and how to deal with situations that may arise.

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Hi, I have worked in PACU for 4 years now. I know that anytime I hear the word "legal" I get a little nervous because no one wants to deal with lawyers or going to court when you work so hard to be a patient advocate. When I hear the word "ethical" I get anxious becomes sometimes there can be grey areas. Hopefully this class can give some clarification on ethics and legal aspects of our jobs.

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I work days in the ICU of an acute care setting and occasionally float to the emergency room. My role as a staff nurse in these critical care areas certainly yields opportunity for legal and ethical decisions pertaining to my patient's care. I hope that this class provides me with greater confidence and tools needed to make sound judgement and decisions to facilitate optimum patient outcomes while abiding with regulatory standards. I expect this class to challenge me to think about the gray areas of clinical situations and decision making  beyond the usual focus of treatment and pathophysiology.

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My name is Jane Kapalanaka I have been a Nurse for 5 years, 4 of those years I worked at a Rehab/skilled facility as an LVN. I Graduated as an RN May of 2016 and I have been working as a Dialysis Nurse at FMC in Plano and PRN behavioral Health in Frisco since then. I’m interested in working as a Trauma nurse or Cardiac Unit in any hospital after I graduate

After this course, I would like to have a better understanding of the ethical and legal aspect of nursing and use it as a foundational guide to excellence in practice and to recognize the legal implications of standards and the impact it has on patient care.

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Hello,

My name is Sarah Haney.  I currently work in an acute care hospital on a very busy stroke/neurology unit. I am the Charge Nurse 90% of the time.  Most of my nursing career has been leadership/management roles.  I have assisted the risk manager with root cause analysis and have been to a deposition.  During this course, I would like to gain more knowledge on ethical issues with nursing and what to do about it.  I know there is a lot more to learn.

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Hello! My name is Kun Hee and I am currently a full-time staff RN on an IMC floor. Being a step-down ICU floor, I manage patients of all types including cardiac, pulmonary, renal, psych, oncology, hospice, etc. As an RN, I face ethical/legal challenges every day, and I'm held accountable to provide the best possible outcome for the patient. That being said, I look forward to becoming more proficient and comfortable in managing those challenges through the materials taught in this course.

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Hello everyone. My name is Mendy Baxter and I currently work in the emergency room. I am required to fill in for the full time Charge RN when he is out. I would like to learn more about the legality of the Charge RN in the emergency room. I also hope to learn additional applications of legal and ethical issues in nursing. I hope everyone has an excellent semester.

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Hi everyone! My name is Carol and I currently work on a med-surg/telemetry floor in Fort Worth. I hope this course gives me a better understanding of a leadership role I can take regarding legal and ethical issues within my work place. Unfortunately I think we face many ethical issues in our jobs as nurses, and specific to my work place, in regards to end of life care. I desperately want to advocate for my patients and their families but can be bound by legal and ethical barriers. Hopefully this course will provide me with a greater professional insight to legal and ethical issues I have encountered and will face throughout my career and provide me with the tools to overcome and/or mold them. Good luck to you all this semester!

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Hi everyone -
I'm Lacey Kidd and I'm an OR circulator in the county hospital in Fort Worth. Throughout this course I hope to learn more about the specifics of informed consent, especially when it comes to patients who are not able to consent themselves, or are not English speaking. I also hope to learn more regarding legal ramifications of surgical errors and surgical site infections. Most importantly, I want to further develop my critical thinking skills that will enable me to protect and advocate for my very vulnerable patients. Hope everyone has a great semester!

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Hello All! My name is Amanda Page. I work on a 38 bed acute stroke/ telemetry unit at TMC in Denison, Texas. After this course, I hope to gain a better understanding of how to apply the knowledge I have learned to better serve my community as well as make me a more proficient charge nurse/ leader. I have several questions about legal issues in regards to short staffing and patient safety issues. I have had many ethical questions throughout the 5 years I have been a nurse. I would like to understanding my role in how I can contribute to my community after this course. As a staff nurse, I feel we are left out of many of the legal issues that arise at the hospital, but I think it is important to be familiar with them in order to avoid them, and what to do if they ever do arise. I look forward to learning with you all!

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Hi everyone, welcome to RNBS 4234. This course is to help you analyze the legal and ethical aspects of what we do as a nurse. You may not think you encounter many ethical issues but after this class hopefully you will see with new eyes all the issues in your work setting. This is an application course not memorization of facts. Want you to leave this degree as a critical thinker who has new views of the professional world. Have a great semester.