title: Developing nurses' moral reasoning skills.
abstract: Analysis of data from a Nursing Dilemma Test administered to 69 registered nurses employed at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town revealed a pattern of principled thinking in the groups with 5 to 9, 20 to 24, 25 to 29 and 30 to 34 years of clinical experience, whereas the group with the least clinical experience (0 to 4 years) showed no distinguishable pattern of thinking stages in moral judgement development.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kyriacos
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008128:Logic; D035863:Moral Development; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D028701:Patient Rights; D016730:Program Development; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods*