Ethics in Health Care Part 2: Professional Conduct

Hours: 1
Course Number: 0030
Course Date: 12/12/2010

Ethics in Health Care Part 2: Professional Conduct is a 1-hour continuing education course that explores changes in society and health care that challenge professionalism and ethical behaviors. The course reviews some causes of unethical behavior in health care settings, strategies to enhance and promote professionalism, and challenges to professionalism in the 21st century. This course fulfills the ethics education requirement.

Licensed healthcare professionals including social workers, certified case managers, nurses and administrators in skilled nursing, assisted living, home health, hospice, and personal care homes can all benefit from this course. 

Learning Objectives

  1. Describe changes in society and health care that challenge professionalism
  2. Review possible causes of unethical behavior in health care settings
  3. Describe strategies to enhance and promote professional conduct
  4. Describe challenges to professionalism in the 21st century

Criteria for Successful Completion

Certifications

Activity Professionals


1.00 HOURS
NCCAP [activity professionals] has been approved for 1 clock hour of continuing education by The National Certification Council for Activity Professionals (NCCAP). Approval number NCCAP501030-24NT is effective through 01/15/2024.

Addiction Specialists & Drug and Alcohol Counselors


1.00 HOURS
The American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders (Academy) has approved continuing education credit for Certified Addiction Specialists (CAS), Approval No. 23-8554.

Chaplains


1.00 HOURS
This program may be used for 1 hour of continuing education credit for chaplains certified with Board of Chaplaincy Certification, Inc.

HR Professionals


1.00 HOURS
This activity, Activity ID #551801, has been approved for 1.00 (HR General) re-certification credit hour(s) towards aPHR, PHR, PHRca, SPHR, GPHR, PHRi, and SPHRI re-certification through HR Certification Institute.

Nurses


1.00 HOURS
This continuing nursing education activity is approved by the Florida Board of Nursing (#20-351720). Completion of this course fulfills (1) CEU hour of general annual mandatory training for nursing. Do not send certificate to the Florida Board of Nursing. Each state recognizes and accepts continuing education approval from the Florida Board of Nursing except California. Keep this certificate in your records for four (4) years.

Nursing Home Administrators


1.00 HOURS
This educational offering has been reviewed by The National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) and approved for 1 clock hours. Program approval number: 20240902-1-A96976-DL

Personal Care Home Administrators


1.25 HOURS
This training session is approved by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare, until the approved curriculum changes or approval is withdrawn pursuant to 55 Pa.Code 2600.68(f). Approved for 1.25 hours of continuing education for PCH Administrators.

Social Workers


1.00 HOURS
Collins Learning, #1781, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Collins Learning maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 01/27/2022 – 01/27/2026. Social workers completing this course receive one (1) continuing education credits.