According to Baraz, Memarian, and Vanaki (2015) moral courage is defined as having the ability to overcome your fear and stand up for your core values and your ethical obligations as a nurse. However, the study conducted by Bickhoff, Levitt-Jones Sinclair (2016) to evaluated if undergraduate nursing students would demonstrate moral courage if they were confronted in a negative clinical situation that would negatively impact patient care. The study concluded that 6 out of the 10 nursing students would not hesitate to speak up if they witnessed poor nursing practices. This is alarming because when I was in nursing school it was drilled in our head if something does not look right to report it to your instructor. As nursing students, we were also
