title: Korean nursing students' ethical problems and ethical decision making.
abstract: This Korean study replicated a previously published American study. The conceptual framework and method combined ethical enquiry and phenomenology. The research questions were: (1) What is nursing students' experience of ethical problems involving nursing practice? and, (2) What is nursing students' experience of using an ethical decision-making model? The participants were 97 senior baccalaureate nursing students, each of whom described one ethical problem and chose to use one of five ethical decision-making models. From 97 ethical problems, five content categories emerged, the largest being health professionals (69%). The basic nature of the ethical problems was the students' experience of conflict, resolution and rationale. Using an ethical decision-making model helped 94% of the students. A comparison of the Korean and American results yields important implications for nursing ethics education, practice and research.
authors.affiliation: Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyeoun-Ae
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Miriam E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Cameron
authors.forename: Sung-Suk
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Sung-Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Hyo-Sook
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Kyeong-Uoon
authors.initials: KU
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004993:Ethics, Nursing / Q000193:education; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D028662:Principle-Based Ethics; D011340:Problem Solving; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States