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The implicit ethical values in nurse educator stories.

Destiny R Brady¹, Susan Hunter Revell¹

¹College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

|March 20, 2025

Summary

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Nurse educators use storytelling to enhance student learning and professional development. Their stories convey essential ethical values like advocacy and the importance of the nurse-patient relationship.

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Nursing Education
Qualitative Research

Background:

Storytelling is prevalent in nursing education for student learning and ethical value transmission.
Limited understanding exists regarding the specific stories told by nurse educators and their embedded ethical values.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the motivations behind nurse educators' use of storytelling with undergraduate students.
To identify and analyze the implicit ethical values conveyed through these narratives.

Main Methods:

Qualitative descriptive study employing Rubin and Rubin's responsive interviewing.
Thematic analysis with constant comparison was used for interview transcripts and written stories.

Main Results:

Nurse educators utilize storytelling to define nursing roles, enhance learning, foster human connection, and reflect the art and science of nursing.
Identified ethical themes include advocacy, essential nurse attributes, the significance of the nurse-patient relationship, and the practice of reflection.

Conclusions:

Storytelling in nursing education serves as a vital tool for professional role development and the communication of ethical principles.
Further research is recommended to evaluate the efficacy of storytelling in nursing education and its impact on clinical practice.