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Ethical tension in nursing education: a challenge for faculty values and beliefs

  • Mary Baumberger-Henry EMAIL logo und Brenda Kucirka
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 23. Dezember 2022

Abstract

Objectives

The culture of the academic setting can be fraught with tension filled ethical situations challenging faculty relations with students and colleagues. Therefore, the purpose of this qualitative study was to identify the process that occurs when nursing faculty encounter tension filled situations affecting their ethical values and beliefs in the education setting.

Methods

A grounded theory approach was employed to achieve data saturation from interviews of thirteen faculty representing eight colleges/universities in three states of the MidAtlantic region of the United States.

Results

The Basic Social Psychological Process that emerged from the data demonstrated faculty efforts toward safeguarding profession, student, and self. Three concepts: experiencing, identifying, and resolving evolved.

Conclusions

Data evidenced that ethical tension negatively influences one’s work-life balance, and civility with faculty and students. Implications for balancing these influences and working toward a harmonious environment are provided.


Corresponding author: Mary Baumberger-Henry, School of Nursing, Widener University, Chester, PA, USA, E-mail:

Funding source: Widener University Provost Grant

Award Identifier / Grant number: $1350.00

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank all the participants who graciously offered their time and experiences to make a compelling story for ethical tension among nurse educators, Widener University for a Provost grant, and Ms. Brittany Maynard for her graphic talents.

  1. Research funding: Widener University Provost Grant $1350.00.

  2. Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.

  4. Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individuals included in this study.

  5. Ethical approval: The Widener Institutional Review Board deemed the study exempt from review.

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Received: 2022-03-21
Accepted: 2022-12-05
Published Online: 2022-12-23

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