Educational workshops related to ethical reasoning skills in the provision of end-of-life care by nurses: A suitable and efficient strategy to deal with challenges related to ethical decision-making

Abstract

As a branch of practical philosophy, ethics focuses on appropriate actions and attitudes toward life, defining what is good and bad or right and wrong in certain situations. Bioethics is a branch of ethics investigating ethical issues in health care, such as life and death. It encompasses many people, including doctors, nurses, patients, and their families. Nursing ethics is another branch of bioethics that examines nurses' ethical difficulties. It is crucial for nursing professionals whose primary goal is to provide human care [1, 2]. One of the most essential parts of providing ethical care is having adequate moral reasoning. Every day, nurses face a variety of ethical dilemmas; the ability to reason ethically might be crucial in these instances [3]. Ethical reasoning, defined as a person's ability to assess and make judgments based on his/her knowledge and conscience to provide the most appropriate answer and rationale in ethical quandaries and difficult clinical conditions, is critical to providing the best patient care. As a result, a lack of ethical reasoning leads to erroneous decision-making and incorrect behavior, which can harm the patients, their family, and the nurses and lead to poor quality treatment and occupational dissatisfaction in nursing [4, 5].