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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

Published on: February 16, 2011

Ethical nursing practice: inquiry-in-action.

Gweneth Hartrick Doane¹, Janet Storch, Bernie Pauly

¹University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 2Y2. gdoane@uvic.ca

Nursing Inquiry

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Summary

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This study explores how nurses develop ethical knowledge in their daily practice. It highlights the connection between ethical understanding and nursing actions within complex healthcare settings.

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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

Published on: February 16, 2011

Area of Science:

Nursing Ethics
Epistemology in Healthcare
Professional Practice Knowledge

Background:

Limited research connects ethics epistemology with specific nursing actions.
Nurses' ethical knowledge and its application in daily practice remain underexplored.
Contemporary healthcare presents complex ethical challenges for nurses.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and articulate an epistemology of ethics within the context of everyday nursing work.
To examine how nurses acquire and utilize ethical knowledge in their practice.
To provide insights into the epistemological underpinnings of ethical nursing.

Main Methods:

A participatory inquiry project was conducted.
The study focused on developing ethical epistemology amidst daily nursing activities.
Methodological insights were derived from practical nursing contexts.

Main Results:

The study identified specific ways nurses develop and apply ethical knowledge.
It highlights the practical epistemology of ethics in nursing.
Challenges faced by nurses in contemporary healthcare were considered.

Conclusions:

Understanding nurses' ethical knowledge is crucial for practice.
An epistemology of ethics can be developed through participatory inquiry in nursing.
Insights gained can inform ethical practice and education in complex healthcare environments.