Student-generated behavioral guidelines to inform ethical practice: a quality improvement project.
Nursing faculty members have become increasingly concerned with student incidences of cheating and the associated lack of commitment to ethical conduct. Our faculty believed that actively engaging students in the development of specific behavioral guidelines would result in improved ethical conduct and provide a bridge to future professional ethical practice. The authors discuss the use of focus groups to establish clear behavioral guidelines that align with the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics.
Wegmans School of Nursing, St John Fisher College, Rochester, New York 14618, USA. nwilk@sjfc.edu
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D000328:Adult; D000575:American Nurses' Association; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D032781:Codes of Ethics; D008192:Deception; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D017144:Focus Groups; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D058996:Quality Improvement; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult