Nursing leaders' experiences with the ethical dimensions of nursing education.
This pilot study explores four nursing leaders' experiences with the ethical dimensions of leadership in education. Gathering and interpreting such data of experience fosters greater understanding of the nature of moral leadership as it is lived in nursing education. A phenomenological approach was used to collect and analyze the data. The results revealed four major themes: integrity, justice, wrestling with decisions in the light of consequences, and the power of information. These themes clarify the values that direct these leaders' actions as they mediate community needs common to educational and health care institutions.
Gray
Mary Tod
MT
Department of Nursing, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301, USA. mtgray@po-box.esu.edu
D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000941:ethics*; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000941:ethics*; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000941:ethics; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009511:New England; D012935:Social Justice; D012945:Social Values