The aim of this course is to analyze the ethical principles necessary to make moral judgments in the practice of nursing to solve ethical dilemmas related to life and health and to review the Code of Ethics of Nursing.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to understand and use the medical, psychological, and social aspects of patients in terminal stage, through a revision of the rights of terminally-ill patients, the ethical problems faced at the end of life as well as the vision of life in different cultures, in order to work collaborative in the palliative care of patients with terminal diagnoses.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to analyze the main elements that make up the management of patients with no healing expectations, by developing palliative care at the three levels of care.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to understand the ethical and philosophical tenets that will enable them to practice their profession with respect for life and dignity by experiencing values.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize the different pathologies of the systems of the human body, in order to identify the pathological alterations present in each one of the ailments that require medical treatment.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize the human responses of adult patients suffering from ailments that affect their health and welfare. This should allow them to provide nursing care through independent and interdependent actions at the primary and secondary care levels, in collaboration with the health care team.

This course aims to review the normal characteristics of newborn babies, their physical examination, growth graphic, immunization schedule, most common laboratory tests, and the physical and pathological changes of organs and systems, as well as their clinical manifestations and management.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize the stages of the administrative processes, as well as the meaning of and practical approach to nursing services that will enable them to perform as part of a multidisciplonary team, within an ethical, honest framework and as a leader in the coordination and management of resources for individual, community, and trade-union care.

This course aims to analyze the legal aspect of nursing practice in their different roles and operation areas, the charter of human rights, the rights of women and hospital patients.