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Data on nursing ethics reported by researchers at Brigham Young University
2009 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- "Nurses are encountering an increasing number of ethical dilemmas in clinical practice. Ethics courses for baccalaureate nursing students provide the opportunity for the development of critical thinking skills in order to deal with these effectively," investigators in the United States report. "The purpose of this descriptive qualitative study was to describe ethical reasoning in 70 baccalaureate nursing students enrolled in a nursing ethics course. Reflective clinical journals were analyzed as appropriate for qualitative inquiry. The overriding theme emerging from the data was 'in the process of becoming', which includes: practicing as a professional, lacking the confidence as a student nurse to take an ethical stand, advocating for patients, being just in the provision of care, identifying the spiritual dimensions of nursing practice, confronting the 'real world' of health care, making a commitment to practice with integrity, and caring enough to care," wrote L.C. Callister and colleagues, Brigham Young University. The researchers concluded: "The development of critical thinking and ethical reasoning within the framework of knowing and connecting is essential in nursing education.." Callister and colleagues published their study in Nursing Ethics (ETHICAL REASONING IN BACCALAUREATE NURSING STUDENTS. Nursing Ethics, 2009;16(4):499-510). For additional information, contact L.C. Callister, Brigham Young University, College Nursing, 136 SWKT, Provo, UT 84602, USA. The publisher of the journal Nursing Ethics can be contacted at: Sage Publications Ltd., 1 Olivers Yard, 55 City Road, London EC1Y 1SP, England. Keywords: United States, Provo, Nursing Ethics, Brigham Young University. This article was prepared by Life Science Weekly editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2009, Life Science Weekly via NewsRx.com.
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