Open AccessEthics Education for Nurses: Foundations for an Integrated Curriculum
Author(s) -
Catherine Robichaux,
Pamela Grace,
Jennifer Lee Bartlett,
Felicia Stokes,
Mileva Saulo Lewis,
Martha A. Turner
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of nursing education/the journal of nursing education
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1938-2421
pISSN - 0148-4834
DOI - 10.3928/01484834-20220109-02
Subject(s) - curriculum , blame , nursing ethics , moral agency , agency (philosophy) , nursing , engineering ethics , health care , psychology , nurse education , normative ethics , medical education , medicine , sociology , pedagogy , political science , social psychology , social science , law , engineering
Complexity in health care environments causes practice problems. Nurses bear responsibility for recognizing, addressing, and preventing ethical problems. Inadequacies in ethics education are partly to blame and contribute to nurse moral distress, attrition, and suboptimal care. Foundational curricula structures adequate for developing nurse moral agency are needed.