It is true that many new nursing students perceive that understanding and studying the nursing code of ethics is of great importance, and that the code of ethics is something more than just common sense, that needs to be carefully cultivated under an instructors or superiors supervision. However, they do not feel satisfactorily equipped to deal with ethical problems in daily practice. It takes multiple teaching strategies to ensure that nursing students can understand and implement the code of ethics thoroughly. Although using the code of ethics in the nursing process is not always straightforward, and is a task that demands study and practice, nurses are expected to abide by high standards and to understand what is anticipated of them. The
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A study from Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, pertaining to students ' perspectives of their ethics courses, reveals that the students perceive that the courses increased their ability to note, recognize and study ethical problems more than it helped their ability to come to ethical decisions (Vynckier, 2015). Baykara (2015) stated that “educating students on ethics in clinical environment makes them more aware of their responsibilities, ethic side of healthcare, and rights of patients, and thus they are in a position to better distinguish ethical problems” (p.663). The conclusions point toward the conclusion that the teaching of the codes has a positive impact on the student’s awareness of patient …show more content…
Vynckier (2015) performed a study to evaluate student’s perceptions of nursing ethics teaching and the conclusions of the study are that students highly value case studies and that“ students appreciated to varying degrees certain aspects of their ethics education that included self-reflection, workshops and instructional dialogue” (p.302). Vynckier also states that the bulk of the students indicated that ethics courses did not completely prepare them to be proficient in ethics (Vynckier, 2015, p.303). Cannaerts (2014) reports that “students regarded lectures as dull, impractical, not motivating, and teacher centered. Students did not feel involved in lectures” (p. 871). She also recognized a noteworthy correlation between blended learning and student satisfaction (Cannaerts,
A study from Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, pertaining to students ' perspectives of their ethics courses, reveals that the students perceive that the courses increased their ability to note, recognize and study ethical problems more than it helped their ability to come to ethical decisions (Vynckier, 2015). Baykara (2015) stated that “educating students on ethics in clinical environment makes them more aware of their responsibilities, ethic side of healthcare, and rights of patients, and thus they are in a position to better distinguish ethical problems” (p.663). The conclusions point toward the conclusion that the teaching of the codes has a positive impact on the student’s awareness of patient …show more content…
Vynckier (2015) performed a study to evaluate student’s perceptions of nursing ethics teaching and the conclusions of the study are that students highly value case studies and that“ students appreciated to varying degrees certain aspects of their ethics education that included self-reflection, workshops and instructional dialogue” (p.302). Vynckier also states that the bulk of the students indicated that ethics courses did not completely prepare them to be proficient in ethics (Vynckier, 2015, p.303). Cannaerts (2014) reports that “students regarded lectures as dull, impractical, not motivating, and teacher centered. Students did not feel involved in lectures” (p. 871). She also recognized a noteworthy correlation between blended learning and student satisfaction (Cannaerts,