Ethics: working with the stories nurses tell

Story-telling may have been overlooked as an educational and therapeutic technique in nursing's drive for scientific excellence. In the first of two articles, the authors explain how their interest in storytelling as a tool for nurses was kindled, and how they have developed the method of encouraging nurses to write and tell stories of their own experience in an attempt to come to terms with some of the ethical and moral issues they face. Next week, an example of a story written by a nurse is given.