Lived Experiences of Moral Courage among Professional Nurses
Keywords:
Professional nurse, moral courage, phenomenologyAbstract
This research objective was to describe and explore the essence of professional nurses’ experiences of moral courage. The qualitative research methodology was based on Giorgi and Husserlians’ descriptive phenomenology. The research informants were 18 professional nurses working at a teaching hospital. Almost all the informants had working experience in the inpatient unit for at least five years. The data were collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed using Giorgis’ empirical phenomenological analysis.
The results showed that the lived experiences of moral courage among professional nurses included: 1) Adhering to ethical principles, 2) Facing the consequences of moral action, 3) Upholding moral goals, and 4) Leadership behaviors.
The results of this study can be used as general information for developing professional nurses’ moral courage by promoting their understanding of moral principles and sensitivity to appropriately deal with ethical risk issues in critical situations.
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