Teaching in a web of commitments.
Drawing on interviews and survey results from a national study of nursing education, this article discusses teaching professional responsibilities in prelicensure nursing education and explores how to help students reflect on multiple commitments they will meet in nursing. Inspired by the moral philosopher Larry May's communitarian approach, we suggest strategies for teaching students a broad notion of professional responsibility, including the profession's moral and societal responsibilities.
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA. mollysutphen@gmail.com
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004506:Education, Nursing; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D028681:Moral Obligations; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011364:Professional Practice; D013663:Teaching