Nursing, education, and sterile ethical fields

The premise of this article is that sterile ethical fields are created in order to cope with the complex issues of daily life, including nursing work. This mechanism of action facilitates the ability to solve problems and decide actions, but at the same time can result in behavior contradictory to basic values and principles. The dialectical method is presented as a means to address issues in a more holistic manner that honors the connectedness of reality.