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Measuring nurses' moral reasoning

K Oberle

    Nursing Ethics
    |December 1, 1995
    PubMed
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    Evaluating nursing ethics education is challenging. This study found little agreement among faculty on the quality of student nurses' moral reasoning responses, highlighting issues in current ethical evaluation methods.

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    Area of Science:

    • Nursing Education
    • Bioethics
    • Moral Psychology

    Background:

    • Assessing moral reasoning in nursing is crucial for ethical practice.
    • Current evaluation methods may lack standardization and consensus.
    • Developing effective tools for ethical assessment in nursing education is an ongoing need.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explore the feasibility of a novel method for evaluating student nurses' moral reasoning quality.
    • To investigate the use of written responses to hypothetical scenarios for ethical assessment.
    • To identify challenges in achieving consensus on the quality of ethical decision-making in nursing.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed hypothetical scenarios based on interviews with practicing nurses.
    • Collected written responses to these scenarios from nurses and student nurses.
    Keywords:
    Bioethics and Professional EthicsEmpirical Approach

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  • Had nursing faculty members from six institutions rank response quality.
  • Analyzed faculty agreement and identified ethical decision-making frameworks.

    • Main Results:

    • Significant disagreement was observed among faculty members regarding the quality of student responses.
    • It was not possible to establish a consensus 'best' response.
    • An underlying framework for ethical decision-making was identified in participant responses.

    Conclusions:

    • The study highlights significant difficulties in evaluating the quality of moral reasoning in student nurses using the proposed scenario-based method.
    • Findings suggest a need to re-evaluate current approaches to teaching and assessing nursing ethics.
    • Further research is needed to develop reliable and valid methods for ethical evaluation in nursing education.