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Ethical evaluation by nephrology nurse administrators: An exploratory-descriptive study

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1995
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An exploratory-descriptive study of the processes involved in ethical evaluations by nephrology nurse administrators is presented. Five participants provided data from open interviews. Category coding involved Ray's (1989) Theory of Bureaucratic Caring, and Husted & Husted's (1995) definitions of ethical principles. It was discovered that the nurses most frequently utilized the principle of beneficence, and were often affected by the contextual factors of past experiences. It was determined that the nurses engaged in a common process of ethical evaluation, identified in the Common Ethical Ground Conceptual Model. The common nursing goal was the well-being of patients, and the creation of environments which enhanced patient well-being. Patient education was identified as a method to reach this goal during an era of economic constraint.
Title: Ethical evaluation by nephrology nurse administrators: An exploratory-descriptive study.
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Name(s): DiDominic, Vicki.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Ray, Marilyn A., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1995
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 99 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: An exploratory-descriptive study of the processes involved in ethical evaluations by nephrology nurse administrators is presented. Five participants provided data from open interviews. Category coding involved Ray's (1989) Theory of Bureaucratic Caring, and Husted & Husted's (1995) definitions of ethical principles. It was discovered that the nurses most frequently utilized the principle of beneficence, and were often affected by the contextual factors of past experiences. It was determined that the nurses engaged in a common process of ethical evaluation, identified in the Common Ethical Ground Conceptual Model. The common nursing goal was the well-being of patients, and the creation of environments which enhanced patient well-being. Patient education was identified as a method to reach this goal during an era of economic constraint.
Identifier: 15217 (digitool), FADT15217 (IID), fau:11989 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (M.S.N.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1995.
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Subject(s): Nurse administrators
Chronic renal failure
Nursing ethics
Hospitals--Nephrological services
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