Knowledge regarding legal and ethical issues in nursing practice among final year B. Sc nursing students

Legal responsibility in nursing practice is becoming of greater importance as each year passes. Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of their legal rights in the healthcare, therefore a nurse should know his/her legal rights. This study was conducted to assess the knowledge regarding legal and ethical issues in nursing practice among nursing students. A Nonexperimental descriptive research design was adopted with a sample size of 30 final year nursing students. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used to determine the knowledge regarding legal and ethical issues. The results revealed that majority of them had moderately adequate knowledge and only a few of them had adequate knowledge.