Ethics: Roles & Boundaries

Materials

• Manual - 31 pages
• Multiple-choice test
• Certificate upon completion

Description

This general practice level course provides massage and bodywork professionals with a discussion of the major legal and ethical concepts and terms related to roles and boundaries, so that one may better understand how these concepts are applied in the health professions today. This course provides a short and concise review.

This course reviews:

• Definitions for assault, battery, sexual assault, false imprisonment, defamation, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress
• Examples of breach of confidentiality and the healthcare professional's obligations regarding the informed consent process
• Transference, countertransference and boundaries and application in practice situations

Course Objectives

1. Define assault, battery, sexual assault, false imprisonment, defamation, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
2. Identify examples of breach of confidentiality and the healthcare professional's obligations regarding the informed consent process.
3. Define transference, countertransference and boundaries and apply them to practice situations.

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Instructors

Sharon Burch, MSN, RN, NCTMB

Sharon Burch holds a Masters Degree in Nursing and has been practicing as a nurse since 1974. She is currently a Registered Nurse in the state of Arkansas. Additionally, Ms. Burch studied under many of today's leaders in massage therapy and bodywork during the 1980s, became Nationally Certified through the NCBTMB in 1993 and holds a professional membership with the AMTA.

As founder of Health Positive!, Ms. Burch has created over 60 home study nursing and massage continuing education programs, performed over 65 public, live educational presentations, has written two published books, served as a member on the NCBTMB Continuing Education committee and was a founding member of the National Association of Nurse Massage Therapists.

Sharon is an instructor on many of the Institute's programs and has authored and co-authored various ethics courses and additional titles such as Touch for the Seriously Ill, Stress Reduction Through Bodywork, Staying Well – Naturally, Cardiopulmonary Health and Illness, Chronic Pain Management, Marketing Massage in Four Easy Steps, Preventing Medical Errors, HIV Update for Massage Therapists and Bodyworkers, Understanding HIV, Massage for Edema and more.