Promoting Nursing Students' Ethical Development in the Clinical Setting: Instructors play an essential role in the development of this key element of professional practice.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Koharchik, Linda; Vogelstein, Eric; Devido, Jessica; Evatt, Manjulata
- Source
- AJN American Journal of Nursing. Nov2017, Vol. 117 Issue 11, p57-60. 4p.
- Subject
- *NURSING practice
*CURRICULUM planning
*HEALTH occupations students
*INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
*PATIENT-professional relations
*NURSING education
*NURSING ethics
*NURSING school faculty
*NURSING students
*PATIENT advocacy
*ROLE models
*CLINICAL competence
*ETHICAL decision making
*TEACHING methods
*ETHICS
*EDUCATION
- Language
- ISSN
- 0002-936X
The article discusses how nursing instructors influence ethical development of nursing students in clinical setting. It is noted that ethics is integrated into all courses in the curriculum in some schools of nursing and students learn about the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. It is noted that it helps nursing students to feel confident in their ability to advocate for ethical behavior.