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The Tyranny of Consensus: Implications for Nursing Education

  • Elizabeth M Banister and Rita S Schreiber
Published/Copyright: May 19, 2004
International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship
From the journal International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship Volume 1 Issue 1

The egalitarian appeal of decision making based on consensus has been valued as a strong alternative to other decision making approaches such as voting. In this paper, we identify some of the challenges inherent in this view, and suggest consideration of alternative decision making approaches needed at times to help nurse educators in their work with students and colleagues. As nurse educators, we have a responsibility to educate students about the meanings of consensus, to encourage open discussion about implicit values underlying behaviors, and help them appreciate the importance of dissent in a democratic society. Our challenge is to ensure that we are using, and teaching, the best decision making process for the circumstance.

Keywords: consensus; decision making; challenges
Published Online: 2004-5-19

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https://doi.org/10.2202/1548-923X.1018
Keywords for this article
consensus; decision making; challenges

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Editorial
  2. Editorial for Volume 1, Issue 1
  3. Article
  4. Using Active Learning in Lecture: Best of "Both Worlds"
  5. How Different Can You Be and Still Survive? Homogeneity and Difference in Clinical Nursing Education
  6. Planning for Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes: A Process within Your Grasp
  7. Nursing Students' Perceptions of Hospital Learning Environments - an Australian Perspective
  8. Reflections on Undergraduate Nursing Education: A Look to the Future
  9. Cultural Competency Education in American Nursing Programs and the Approach of One School of Nursing
  10. A Case Study: The Clinical Application of Quadrangular Dialogue-A Caring in Nursing Teaching Model
  11. The Tyranny of Consensus: Implications for Nursing Education
  12. Exploring the Attributes of Critical Thinking: A Conceptual Basis
  13. Beyond Student Ratings: Peer Observation of Classroom and Clinical Teaching
  14. Finding the Way: A Model for Educational System Analysis
  15. Recreational Music-making: An Integrative Group Intervention for Reducing Burnout and Improving Mood States in First Year Associate Degree Nursing Students: Insights and Economic Impact
  16. Evaluation Framework for Nursing Education Programs: Application of the CIPP Model
  17. Building Communities of Scholars through a Hologogy for Online Graduate Nursing Education: Reconnecting with the Wisdom of Nursing
  18. Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions: An Essential Component of Health Sciences Graduate Programs
  19. A Study Abroad Experience in Guatemala: Learning First-Hand about Health, Education, and Social Welfare in a Low-Resource Country
  20. Using Standardized Patients to Teach and Evaluate Nurse Practitioner Students on Cultural Competency
  21. Outcomes of Master's Education in Nursing
  22. Creating Cohesion Between the Discipline and Practice of Nursing Using Problem Based Learning
  23. Student Experiences in Web-based Nursing Courses: Benchmarking Best Practices
  24. The Meaning of Participation in an International Service Experience Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students
  25. The Impact of an Urban Outreach Teaching Project: Developing Cultural Competence
  26. Use of a Human Simulator for Undergraduate Nurse Education
  27. Meeting the At-Risk Challenge: Empowering Nursing Students Through Mentoring
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  29. Interim Leadership in an Era of Change
  30. Developing Nursing Leaders Through Graduate Education in Pakistan
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  32. Reader Commends Banister and Schreiber, Authors of The Tyranny of Consensus: Implications for Nursing Education
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