title: The ethics curriculum for doctor of nursing practice programs.
abstract: Ethical questions dealt with by nurses who have Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degrees include traditional bioethical questions, but also business and legal ethics. Doctorally prepared nurses are increasingly in positions to make ethical decisions rather than to respond to decisions made by others. The traditional master's-degree advanced practice nursing curriculum does not address the extended expertise and decision-making skills needed by DNP practitioners as they face these new types of ethical dilemmas. We propose that a curricular framework that addresses clinical, research, business, and legal ethics is needed by all DNP students.
authors.affiliation: Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530, USA. agp1@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Anne Griswold
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Peirce
authors.forename: Jennifer A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics / Q000193:education; D032781:Codes of Ethics; D003132:Commerce / Q000941:ethics; D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004993:Ethics, Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009519:New York City; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000941:ethics; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000941:ethics; D028662:Principle-Based Ethics; D011361:Professional Competence; D016730:Program Development