The place of ethics education in nursing in Iran

Abstract

Background: Almost all health-related disciplines, especially nurses daily faced with Ethical issues that for their resolve need to have ability for moral reasoning. The purpose of ethics in the nursing profession to improve health care and caring of patients. Ethics in Nursing Education has an important role in improving the quality of care, Ethical problem solving, decision making process and the acquisition of professional identity of nurses. This review article was conducted to examine the status of ethics education in nursing education in Iran. Methods: Articles and related resources in this research using ethics, education, nursing and Iran keywords and fusion words from databases Magiran, Irandoc, Medline and CINAHL were searched and selected. Result: After review of literature, attention to ethics education in nursing(Ability to solve ethical dilemmas, acquiring of professional identity), challenges of teaching ethics (lack of qualified teachers in the field of education, elimination of courses in nursing ethics…), Factors of influencing on teaching of professional ethics ( personality traits, values and Lack of awareness codes of professional ethics), methods of ethics education (critical thinking, interdisciplinary training, group discussions and using ethical decision making models) are essential. Discussion and Conclusion: According to economic and social changes and the dramatic changes in the nursing profession more attention to ethics is inevitable. The factors may need to professional nurses with critical thinking, clinical decision making and moral reasoning increased. Undoubtedly, the development ethics education can be a major contribution in advancing the professional competence in nursing.