The effect of ethics training on students recognizing ethical violations and developing moral sensitivity

• Published in: Nursing ethics Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 661 - 675
• Main Authors: Baykara, Zehra Gocmen, Demir, Sevil Guler, Yaman, Sengul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.09.2015; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Cognitive ability; Cognitive development; Decision Making - ethics; Education; Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; Ethics, Nursing - education; Experiments; Female; Humans; Male; Moral Development; Nurses; Nursing; Professional ethics; Professionals; Questionnaires; Students; Students, Nursing - psychology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Turkey; Values; Violations; Turkey; moral sensitivity; nursing; ethics; ethics training; Ethical violations

Background: Moral sensitivity is a life-long cognitive ability. It is expected that nurses who work in a professional purpose at “curing human beings” should have a highly developed moral sensitivity. The general opinion is that ethics education plays a significant role in this sense to enhance the...