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Influences On Ethical Decision-Making By Nurses Employed In Federal Health Care Facilities, Cecil Dean Blount
Influences On Ethical Decision-Making By Nurses Employed In Federal Health Care Facilities, Cecil Dean Blount
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Healthcare professionals are tasked with making key decisions involving new and controversial approaches such as organ transplantation and life-prolonging technologies and treatments that raise various ethical issues. Suboptimal ethical choices by nurses can lead to negative patient outcomes and lower the quality of life in federal healthcare facilities. The purpose of this nonexperimental quantitative correlational study was to identify the factors that influence nurses’ ethical decision-making processes in U.S. federal healthcare facilities. The theoretical framework was based on Beauchamp and Childress’ ethical system of principlism. Three research questions addressed the nature and extent of the relationship between nurses’ Ethical Behavior …
Nurse Educator Perceptions Of Using Simulation For Evaluation Of Nursing Competencies, Angela Elizabeth Horton
Nurse Educator Perceptions Of Using Simulation For Evaluation Of Nursing Competencies, Angela Elizabeth Horton
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Over the past 10 years, simulation technology has been increasingly used in clinical settings to evaluate nursing competencies and ensure safe patient care. However, not all simulation laboratories are used consistently by hospital nursing education departments to support learning. The purpose of this qualitative case study, framed by constructivist theory, was to identify nurse educators’ perceptions of the value of using simulation to evaluate nurse competence. Research questions addressed how nurse educators decided what teaching methods to use when evaluating nursing competencies. The participant sample included 8 nurse educators responsible for the education of new and practicing nurses in the …