Toward a Consensus in Ethics Education for the Doctor of Nursing Practice

The purpose of this study was to begin to develop a consensus as to the essential content and methods of ethics education for advanced practice nurses. An online Delphi technique was used to survey ethics experts to determine whether items were essential, desirable, or unnecessary to ethics educatio...

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Published inNursing education perspectives Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 249 - 251
Main Author Laabs, Carolyn A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc 01.07.2015
Subjects
Advanced Practice Nursing - education
Agreements
American Nurses' Association
Codes of Ethics
Consensus
Course Descriptions
Curricula
Curriculum
Delphi Technique
Doctoral Programs
Education, Nursing, Graduate - organization & administration
Ethical aspects
Ethics
Ethics, Nursing - education
Experts
Humans
Medical practice
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing Education
Nursing Education Research
Professional ethics
Qualifications
Registered nurses
Religious education
Religious studies
Studies
Surveys
Teaching methods
United States
United States
United States > US
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to begin to develop a consensus as to the essential content and methods of ethics education for advanced practice nurses. An online Delphi technique was used to survey ethics experts to determine whether items were essential, desirable, or unnecessary to ethics education for students in doctor of nursing practice programs. Only the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics and ethics terminology were deemed essential foundational knowledge.
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ISSN:1536-5026
1943-4685
DOI:10.5480/13-1195