Ethical decision-making is an integral aspect of gerontic nurses' experiences of caring for nursing home residents and their families. This thesis examines the author's journey into the life-worlds of nine registered nurses working in an Australian nursing home to explore how they manage the ethical problems they encounter in their everyday experience of nursing home life. As a result of interviews, the study revealed that nurses utilized an approach to ethical decision-making not previously described.This approach was identified as being professional, familial, collegial and reciprocal in nature. As an approach to ethical decision-making, respectful relationships is a potential tool for nurses coping with the ethical problems that are an every-day aspect of their professional lives in a nursing home. Respectful relationships can guide nurses' ethical decision-making as they strive to do the right thing
Date of Award | 2001 |
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Original language | English |
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- aged care
- ethics in geriatric nursing
- gerontology
- nursing homes
Respectful relationships : an approach to ethical decision-making for gerontic nursing
Sinfield, M. (Author). 2001
Western Sydney University thesis: Doctoral thesis