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Interventions to improve ethical decision-making skills in nursing students: A systematic review
Mağfiret Kaşıkçı1, Zeynep Yıldırım2
1Ataturk University.
Background:
Interventions to improve ethical decision-making are available in nursing education. Evidence of its effectiveness is essential.
Objective:
This review examined the effectiveness of interventions to improve nursing students' ethical decision-making skills.
Methods:
A structured search was performed in Google Scholar, Web of Science, Science Direct, Pubmed, Scopus, Cochrane Library, Elsevier, CINAHL EBSCO, and ULAKBIM. The Joanna Briggs Institute Meta-Analysis of Statistics Assessment and Review Instruments (JBI-MAStARI) was used to assess the quality of studies.
Ethical Considerations:
Ethical approval was not required for this systematic review.
Findings:
The final review was composed of six studies of published between January 2013 and 2023. Nine different teaching methods applied to students. Although the importance of ethical decision-making skills in solving ethical problems that nurses may encounter at any time is known, it is thought that there is a lack of data in the literature in the last 10 years. The last 10 years were chosen as this aims to provide a review based on the most current, relevant and quality information. The review indicated that all of the teaching methods improved ethical decision-making.
Conclusion:
Different teaching methods can be used in the nursing education curriculum to meet the learning needs of nursing students in ethical decision-making.
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