Teaching ethics to nurses

J Nurs Staff Dev. 1995 Sep-Oct;11(5):271-4.

Abstract

Educating nurses about ethics is more complex, multidimensional, and time consuming than educating nurses about technical skills. Many factors, including the ability of the nurse to view situations holistically, the moral development of the nurse, and the institution's ethics, are involved. To illustrate how to teach nurses ethics, two examples of programs are detailed in this article.

MeSH terms

  • Education, Nursing, Continuing / organization & administration*
  • Ethics, Nursing*
  • Humans
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital / education*