The relationship of ethics education to moral sensitivity and moral reasoning skills of nursing students

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 568-580

  Park, Mihyun ^a   Kjervik, Diane ^b   Crandell, Jamie ^b   Oermann, Marilyn H ^b  

^a Seoul Metropolitan Government Seobuk Hospital   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; ethics; moral reasoning; moral sensitivity; nursing; undergraduate student

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH KOREA; THINKING;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STUDENTS, NURSING; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863185400     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733011433922     Document Type: Article

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