Open AccessMoral Courage – What every nurse needs!
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of nursing and healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2475-529X
DOI - 10.33140/jnh/02/03/00005
Subject(s) - courage , moral courage , face (sociological concept) , action (physics) , moral dilemma , psychology , engineering ethics , nursing , social psychology , sociology , medicine , law , political science , social science , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
One of the most important encounters in the daily lives of nurses is practicing MORAL COURAGE. We all need moral courage as we face the multiple ethical challenges in our workplaces. Nurses need to identify the external and internal inhibitors for taking action on unethical issues. Developing strategies to strengthen moral courage is essential to address the ongoing ethical and moral dilemmas that nurses face every day in their profession. Florence Nightingale was a model for moral courage.