Envisioning an Ethical Climate in Nursing Education Programs

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Olson
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Ethical Climate ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Ethical Environment ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Academic Settings ◽  
Face Complex ◽  
Healthy Work Environments

The importance of creating healthy and ethical work environments in the clinical setting has been a focus in nursing for several years. However, research has found that incidents of incivility and bullying occur in academia as well. Nurse educators often face complex situations in the academic workplace that have ethical implications, including relationships with each other, academic administrators, and students. A review of the evidence indicates that studies have considered the importance of creating an ethical environment in nursing practice, and incivility, but few have focused on healthy work environments in academia. This article presents the nine provisions of the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses in the context of the nursing academic environment as a framework to discuss the philosophical and practical importance of envisioning an ethical environment within academic settings. Examples of relationships are provided that demonstrate a positive ethical climate or illustrate areas in need of reflection for improvement, with suggested implications for practice.

The Importance of Healthy Academic Learning Environments in Nursing Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelly Clay-Robison ◽  
Lisa A. Ruth-Sahd
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Academic Learning ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Academic Settings ◽  
Nursing Literature ◽  
Needs Theory

Work environment is frequently discussed in nursing literature, particularly within the realm of practice and patient safety. However, there is limited literature regarding the work environment in academic settings and how it affects faculty and students. There is no literature that looks at work environments in relation to human needs theory. The purpose of this article is to highlight the significance of the work environment in academic settings in terms of human needs theory and to offer suggestions for creating and maintaining a healthy academic work environment.

Healthy Environments for Women in Academic Nursing: Addressing Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Castner
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Supreme Court Decision ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Gender Harassment ◽  
Career Trajectories ◽  
Academic Settings ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Healthy Work Environments

Gender harassment, and retaliation for addressing discrimination, are pervasive in the higher education setting. Healthy work environments that prevent and eliminate gender harassment are necessary to fully support the leadership, career trajectories, and contributions of women in academic roles, including academic nursing. A synthesis of the evidence reveals that gender bias, even when subtle, results in limited hiring, promotion, and leadership opportunities for women in academia. A 2018 National Academies of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering report provides the much needed action blueprint for academic sector-wide improvements. Recent federal-level attempts to improve the structures for gender equality by grant-funding agencies are a promising contemporary action to strengthen healthy work environments for women in academic careers. This article begins by offering basic definitions and examples and discusses both individual and organizational risk factors, a relevant Supreme Court decision and individual exemplars. The author also discusses initiatives and solutions and identifies gaps and future directions to eliminate sexual harassment and gender discrimination in academic settings.

scholarly journals Perception on ethical climate and individual job performance of bank employees

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (04) ◽  
pp. 85-98
Author(s):  
Yến Hoàng Hải
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Ethical Climate ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Ethical Environment ◽  
Ethical Climates ◽  
Bank Employees ◽  
State Capital

This study investigates the impacts of various organizational ethical climates (egoism, principle, benevolence) on individual performance of bank employees. The research is conducted on the sample consisting of employees working in the commercial banks with less than 50% of state capital in Vietnam. The total of 364 valid complete questionnaires are input into SPSS database for processing. The research model and hypotheses are tested using the technique of Structural Equation Modeling. The research results show that different perceptions on organization ethical environment would lead to different individual performance. When the employee perceives his/her ethical environment as Eegoism, productivity, quality, and work efficiency would be significantly higher than those of the environments of benevolence. No impact, however, is identified of principle ethical environment on employees’ performance.

The nursing community’s discriminatory attitude towards LGBTQ individuals

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manar Aslan ◽  
Eylem Paslı Gürdoğan
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Content Type

Purpose Equality is a basic human right. However, LGBTQ individuals often have their human rights violated because of their gender identity or sexual orientation. They also experience discrimination because of homophobic and transphobic attitudes. They frequently deal with derisive attitudes at school, are discriminated against in the workplace and struggle to access health services. This paper aims to determine the discriminatory attitudes of nurses in their social and professional lives toward LGBTQ individuals. Design/methodology/approach This study involved 503 nurses and used a questionnaire to examine their views regarding members of the LGBTQ community. The questionnaire consisted of 24 questions. Ten experts from the fields of social psychology, sociology, and nursing provided the necessary inputs, which were subsequently incorporated into the questionnaire. Findings The nurses were found to have a negative attitude toward LGBTQ individuals; they felt that they should not be allowed to live in comfort in Turkey and that they disrupted the social order and compromised public morality. It was observed that married (in general), male (in particular), and have fewer nursing education nurses are much more likely to have a discriminatory attitude toward LGBTQ people, and they were more discriminatory in their society rather than in their professional lives. Originality/value According to the principles of justice and equality, which are a prominent part of the nursing code of ethics – “With the awareness that all people have equal rights, the nurse serves regardless of race, language, religion, age, gender, belief, social and economic status and political opinion” – nurses should not have a discriminatory attitude. This study reveals the inequality and the ethical problems that riddle Turkey’s health sector.

Integrative Nursing Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 539-546
Author(s):  
Mary Koithan ◽  
Connie S. Miller ◽  
Raney Linck
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Clinical Guidelines ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Standards Of Practice ◽  
Evaluation Strategies ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
Academic Settings ◽  
Teaching Learning

Integrative nursing provides an opportunity for the discipline to return to its roots, transforming curriculum and programmatic that reflects our beliefs and values while honoring current scope and standards of practice and clinical guidelines. The principles of integrative nursing calls us to consider our students as whole people who come into our academic settings with lives full of rich and varied experiences that provide both gifts and challenges as they complete their educational programs. They also call us to re-consider the nature of our classroom, how we create and nurture relationships with students, how we use teaching/learning and evaluation strategies to fit our outcomes, and how we instill the need to care for self while caring for others. This chapter is a call to action for educators across programs.

It Starts with a Conversation: A Community Approach to Creating Healthy Work Environments

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joy Longo ◽  
Amy Dean ◽  
Shelby Darlene Norris ◽  
Suzette W. Wexner ◽  
Leslie N. Kent
Keyword(s):  
Work Environments ◽  
Community Approach ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Healthy Work Environments

Authentic Leaders Creating Healthy Work Environments for Nursing Practice

2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria R. Shirey
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Authentic Leadership ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Nursing Workforce ◽  
Healthcare Delivery System ◽  
Healthy Work Environment ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Healthy Work Environments

Implementation of authentic leadership can affect not only the nursing workforce and the profession but the healthcare delivery system and society as a whole. Creating a healthy work environment for nursing practice is crucial to maintain an adequate nursing workforce; the stressful nature of the profession often leads to burnout, disability, and high absenteeism and ultimately contributes to the escalating shortage of nurses. Leaders play a pivotal role in retention of nurses by shaping the healthcare practice environment to produce quality outcomes for staff nurses and patients. Few guidelines are available, however, for creating and sustaining the critical elements of a healthy work environment. In 2005, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses released a landmark publication specifying 6 standards (skilled communication, true collaboration, effective decision making, appropriate staffing, meaningful recognition, and authentic leadership) necessary to establish and sustain healthy work environments in healthcare. Authentic leadership was described as the “glue” needed to hold together a healthy work environment. Now, the roles and relationships of authentic leaders in the healthy work environment are clarified as follows: An expanded definition of authentic leadership and its attributes (eg, genuineness, trustworthiness, reliability, compassion, and believability) is presented. Mechanisms by which authentic leaders can create healthy work environments for practice (eg, engaging employees in the work environment to promote positive behaviors) are described. A practical guide on how to become an authentic leader is advanced. A research agenda to advance the study of authentic leadership in nursing practice through collaboration between nursing and business is proposed.

Healthy Work Environments

2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 72-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karlene M. Kerfoot ◽  
Ramón Lavandero
Keyword(s):  
Work Environments ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Healthy Work Environments
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