Nursing student Elizabeth Niekrewicz and nurse educator DiAnn Ecret address ethical challenges facing nursing students both in the classroom and in clinicals. Issues discussed include the importance of—and changing nature of—the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, hierarchal power dynamics, and differing interpretations of the term advocacy.

Resources:

1. Ashley Fernandes & DiAnn Ecret, “The Effect of Hierarchy on Moral Silence in Healthcare: What Can the Holocaust Teach Us?” Conatus - Journal of Philosophy, 4 (2019), 21–43. https://doi.org/10.12681/cjp.21763.

2. American Nurses Association Code of Ethics. https://www.nursingworld.org/coe-view-only

3. Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, sixth edition, 2018. https://www.usccb.org/resources/ethical-religious-directives-catholic-health-service-sixth-edition-2016-06_3.pdf