Teaching courage: An essential for nursing education

The moral courage of nursing students who complete advance directives with homeless persons

“…Unfortunately, in nursing curricula, opportunities designed specifically for students to develop and practice moral courage appear to be rare. 18,19 Our study is an example of how moral courage might be cultivated in nursing students as part of a project through which they learn other important lessons. However, as our discussion makes clear, we would not advocate attempts to instill moral courage that expose students to avoidable fears or challenges (e.g.…”

“…15 –17 Accordingly, by intentionally giving students an opportunity to practice moral courage, our study made a unique contribution to their professional preparation, for, in nursing curricula, such opportunities appear to be rare. 18,19 Similarly, students also engaged in professional preparation by caring for members of a vulnerable population, as they might be expected to do in their careers. 20,21 Furthermore, students learned about ADs and acquired skills that are likely to prove useful in their nursing careers when they help patients complete such documents—a task that, in practice, is often performed by nurses.…”

7. Mot til å våge

“…Vår erfaring er at møtet med døden kan vaere krevende fordi helsepersonell må konfrontere og tenke igjennom egen dødelighet. Mot kan til en viss grad laeres ved å tilegne seg kunnskap og forstå motets natur, gjennom refleksjon, gode rollemodeller og gjenkjennelse av mot i praktiske situasjoner (Alpers et al, 2012;Haugland et al, 2018).…”