Nursing students' experience of ethical problems and use of ethical decision-making models.
Using a conceptual framework and method combining ethical enquiry and phenomenology, we asked 73 senior baccalaureate nursing students to answer two questions: (1) What is nursing students' experience of an ethical problem involving nursing practice? and (2) What is nursing students' experience of using an ethical decision-making model? Each student described one ethical problem, from which emerged five content categories, the largest being that involving health professionals (44%). The basic nature of the ethical problems consisted of the nursing students' experience of conflict, resolution and rationale; 85% of the students stated that using an ethical decision-making model was helpful. Although additional research is needed, these findings have important implications for nursing ethics education and practice.
Cameron
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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. camer008@tc.umn.edu
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D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*