TY - JOUR
T1 - Elements and strategies for ethical decision-making in nursing
AU - Nora, Carlise Rigon Dalla
AU - Deodato, Sérgio
AU - Vieira, Margarida Maria da Silva
AU - Zoboli, Elma Lourdes Campos Pavone
PY - 2016/7/7
Y1 - 2016/7/7
N2 - This study aimed to identify the elements and strategies that facilitate the ethical decision-making of nurses faced with ethical problems, from publications on the theme. An integrative literature review was carried out. Data collection was performed between the months of April and May 2014, in the databases: SciELO, CINAHL, LILACS and MEDLINE. Original, theoretical and case study articles, with a health team that included nurses, published in Portuguese, English and Spanish were included. A total of 19 studies were selected, the analysis of which resulted in three categories: external factors of ethical decision-making in nursing, individual factors of ethical decisionmaking in nursing and facilitating strategies of ethical decision-making in nursing. It was concluded that nurses need to use strategies that develop sensitivity, ability and ethical competence, in order to make prudent ethical decisions, contributing to the quality of health care.
AB - This study aimed to identify the elements and strategies that facilitate the ethical decision-making of nurses faced with ethical problems, from publications on the theme. An integrative literature review was carried out. Data collection was performed between the months of April and May 2014, in the databases: SciELO, CINAHL, LILACS and MEDLINE. Original, theoretical and case study articles, with a health team that included nurses, published in Portuguese, English and Spanish were included. A total of 19 studies were selected, the analysis of which resulted in three categories: external factors of ethical decision-making in nursing, individual factors of ethical decisionmaking in nursing and facilitating strategies of ethical decision-making in nursing. It was concluded that nurses need to use strategies that develop sensitivity, ability and ethical competence, in order to make prudent ethical decisions, contributing to the quality of health care.
KW - Decision making
KW - Ethics
KW - Ethics in nursing
KW - Nursing
KW - Review
KW - Ética
KW - Ética em enfermagem
KW - Enfermagem
KW - Tomada de decisões
KW - Revisão
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84978818216&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1590/0104-07072016004500014
DO - 10.1590/0104-07072016004500014
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84978818216
SN - 0104-0707
VL - 25
JO - Texto e Contexto Enfermagem
JF - Texto e Contexto Enfermagem
IS - 2
M1 - e4500014
ER -