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    • Nursing Education
    • Healthcare Ethics
    • Professional Development

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    • The healthcare landscape and nursing roles have significantly evolved over the past 30 years.
    • Nursing leaders globally acknowledge the strain on the healthcare system and the impact on nursing workforce well-being.
    • Current nursing ethics education may have shortcomings in addressing contemporary practice challenges.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To illustrate ethics education as an integral and continuous component of nursing education and professional development.
    • To provide a historical perspective and future directions for nursing ethics education.
    • To empower nursing educators to improve current ethics education practices.

    Main Methods:

    • A review of the evolution of nursing roles and the healthcare context.
    • Analysis of the current state and challenges in nursing ethics education.
    • Conceptualization of professional identity development through character building.

    Main Results:

    • Ethics education should be interwoven and ongoing throughout nursing education and professional development.
    • Developing professional identity as character equips nurses with resilience and ethical decision-making skills.
    • Improved ethics education and support systems can lead to thriving healthcare organizations.

    Conclusions:

    • Nursing ethics education requires adaptation to meet the demands of modern healthcare.
    • Integrating ethics into professional identity formation is crucial for nurse resilience and competence.
    • Investing in nursing ethics education and support benefits nurses, healthcare organizations, and patient care.