Ethics-in-the-Round: A Guided Peer Approach for Addressing Ethical Issues Confronting Nursing Students

Ethical competence: An integrative review

“…However, future research has become indispensable in view of the fact that ethical competence is intended to promote and enhance “advocacy,” 5,32,37,58,75 defined in Bu and Jezewski’s 116 concept analysis as “a process or strategy consisting of a series of specific actions for preserving, representing and/or safeguarding patients’ rights, best interests and values in the healthcare system.” This definition is in line with Wocial et al’s 22 position on advocacy as requiring “that the nurse serve as a moral agent in identifying, and helping resolve ethical and clinical concerns.” As such, developing ethical competence can certainly help improve the nurse’s advocacy skills. Research on this topic has become all the more necessary considering the fact that although advocacy is key, 7,21,117 these skills are as of yet lacking in nursing practice.…”

Strengthening Perceptions of Ethical Competence Among Nursing Students and Graduates

“…The effective integration of clinical narratives in the curriculum is contingent on their veracity, that is, to what extent do they simulate real-life situations. Using real-life clinical narrative stories, as described in the “ethics-in-the-round” approach (Hutchinson et al., 2014), provides students with opportunities to discuss situations based on clinical experiences, thus improving their ethics education and competence. The described advanced workshop is based on the contemporary pedagogical approach in ethics education in which case analysis, group discussions, and simulations are integrated in lectures (Dinç & Görgülü, 2002; Gropelli, 2010; Kalaitzidis & Schmitz, 2012; Lin et al., 2010; Tuxbury et al., 2012; Vanlaere et al., 2010).…”