Nurses should have knowledge and understanding of laws and ethics. The essential laws for nurses are Nursing and Midwifery laws and Professional Practice Act, federal regulations related to nursing profession, forensic nursing, general laws, and public health laws and healthy public policies. The important ethics are various codes of ethics and principles such as beneficient, non-maleficence, patient right, and etc.
Objectives: 1.To provide the knowledge and understanding regarding Nursing and Midwifery laws and Professional Practice Act, federal regulations related to nursing profession, forensic nursing, general laws, and public health laws and healthy public policies.
2.To provide the knowledge and understanding regarding ethics in nursing practice .