Scholarship – Ethical Dilemmas for Nursing Students and Faculty: In Their Own Voices

This episode of the NLN Nursing EDge Unscripted Scholarship track features Veronica Feeg and Diane Mancino. The discussion focuses on ethical dilemmas faced by nursing students and faculty, highlighting the prevalence of moral distress when external constraints prevent the right course of action. The guests share insights from their study, which involved surveying students and faculty about their experiences with ethical dilemmas, revealing significant differences in perspectives. They emphasize the importance of integrating ethics into nursing education and fostering moral courage to address these challenges. The episode concludes with a call to action for schools of nursing to operationalize these findings and enhance ethical education and dialogue within their programs.

Learn more about their work, "Ethical Dilemmas for Nursing Students and Faculty: In Their Own Voices."

Feeg, V. D., Mancino, D. J., Rushton, C. H., Waligora Mendez, K. J., & Baierlein, J. (2021). Ethical Dilemmas for Nursing Students and Faculty: In Their Own Voices. Nursing education perspectives, 42(1), 29–35. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000730

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