Ethical decision-making by staff nurses.

Abstract:

:Ethical decision-making is inherent in nursing practice. Although a definite portion of the nursing literature is devoted to ethics and ethical decision-making, the profession is just beginning to ground its ethics research in the actual experience of nurses. Therefore, the purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine the experience of staff nurses as they engage in ethical decision-making. Interview data were collected from 19 staff nurses in a large, midwestern American metropolitan hospital. Interviews were subsequently transcribed and Giorgi's method of data analysis applied. The emerging description revealed four common aspects of ethical decision-making among staff nurses: context, trigger, ethical decision-making process (i.e. deliberation and integration), and outcomes. This description provides a foundation for future research regarding a descriptive theory of ethical decision-making in nursing.

journal_name

Nurs Ethics

journal_title

Nursing ethics

authors

Smith KV

doi

10.1177/096973309600300104

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-03-01 00:00:00

pages

17-25

issue

1

eissn

0969-7330

issn

1477-0989

journal_volume

3

pub_type

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