Nursing students learn ethics through a case study in pediatric clinical practice: a pilot study

Abstract

Clinical practice is an important opportunity for nursing students to learn ethics. This pilot study describes how nursing students learned ethical ‘seeing’ and ‘thinking’ about a case that they encountered in pediatric clinical practice. A seminar teaching format in which students and the teacher engage in dialogue to address the issue was employed during the practice. A modified four-step problem solving model was a useful tool to guide students to reason through the situation to a choice of right action. Further study is needed towards the students’ learning ‘ethical doing’ the selected action.