title: Ethical debates: enhancing critical thinking in nursing students.
abstract: The use of classroom debates can be helpful in teaching ethical content that is often nebulous and difficult for students to comprehend and apply. Debates enhance critical thinking skills through researching issues and developing a stance that can be supported in scientific literature. The authors describe a student debate project involving ethical issues with chronically ill clients. Many students changed their views during the debates. Students evaluated the debates as a positive learning experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 89154, USA. lcandela@ccmail.nevada.edu
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Candela
authors.forename: Susan Rush
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Michael
authors.forename: Shae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000451:nursing; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods*; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D017145:Models, Educational; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013060:Speech; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods*; D013850:Thinking / Q000941:ethics*