Ethics constructed through the process of nurse training: conceptions, spaces and strategies

Authors

  • Flávia Regina de Souza Ramos Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; Departamento de Enfermagem
  • Laura Cavalcanti de Farias Brehmer Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; Departamento de Enfermagem
  • Mara Ambrosina de Oliveira Vargas Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; Departamento de Enfermagem
  • Dulcinéia Ghizoni Schneider Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina
  • Laila Crespo Drago Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692013000700015

Keywords:

Education Nursing, Nursing Education Research, Ethics

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: to discuss the professors' conceptions about the ethical dimension of nurse training based on the relationships which this establishes with the competencies with the professional profile; and to identify the spaces and strategies for the teaching of ethics in this process. METHOD: A qualitative study delineated as a case study. The data was collected based on focus groups with professors from six undergraduate nursing courses in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, totaling 50 subjects. Based on the professors' discourse, the conceptions and mutual relations between professional competencies, the formative process and ethics were analyzed. RESULTS: The results were organized and the discussion explored through the thematic categories: The ethics constructed in the process of training nurses - the professors' conceptions, and spaces and strategies for the teaching of ethics in nurse training. CONCLUSIONS: The issue of ethics was shown to be transversal in the formative process. The study evidenced the challenge of creating spaces and strategies for teaching and fosters discussion about the new demands for changes placed upon the nursing schools, about the suitability of the care setting, and about the exercising of critical and problem-based education.

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Published

2013-02-01

Issue

Vol. 21 (2013): special issue

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Ramos, F. R. de S., Brehmer, L. C. de F., Vargas, M. A. de O., Schneider, D. G., & Drago, L. C. (2013). Ethics constructed through the process of nurse training: conceptions, spaces and strategies . Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 21(spe), 113-121. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692013000700015