Ethical nursing practice: inquiry-in-action

Although the need to theorize ethics within the complexities of nursing practice has been identified within the nursing literature, to date the link between ethics epistemology and specific nursing actions has received limited attention. In particular, little exploration has been carried out to exam...

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Published in:Nursing inquiry 2009-09, Vol.16 (3), p.232-240
Main Authors: Doane, Gweneth Hartrick, Storch, Janet, Pauly, Bernie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community-Based Participatory Research
ethics
Ethics, Nursing
Focus Groups
hermeneutics
Humans
inquiry
Knowledge
Leadership
Nursing
Organizational Innovation
participatory
Qualitative Research
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Summary:Although the need to theorize ethics within the complexities of nursing practice has been identified within the nursing literature, to date the link between ethics epistemology and specific nursing actions has received limited attention. In particular, little exploration has been carried out to examine how nurses ‘know’ what is ethical and the knowledge they draw upon to inform their nursing actions within the complexities of their everyday practice. This study describes a participatory inquiry project that focused on developing and articulating an epistemology of ethics while in the midst of everyday nursing work. Epistemological and methodological insights are discussed in light of the challenges nurses face in contemporary healthcare contexts.
ISSN:1320-7881
1440-1800
DOI:10.1111/j.1440-1800.2009.00447.x