Studies on the Change of Ethical Values and the Related Factors in Nursing Students

本研究的目的是通过调查护生对一些伦理问题的反应，了解护生伦理价值观的变化及其相关因素，并提出护理伦理教育的方法。本研究分为两部分，一部分是导师对伦理问题认知的研究，主要表现为：很少有导师让学生思考护理困境的伦理决策过程和复制方法的价值，护理学校没有系统的伦理教育；另一部分研究是关于护生对伦理问题的认知和行为的改变。研究结果如下：护理本科生对“癌症的真相”和“不同的护理措施”这两个伦理问题的反应因年级而异。而由于学生对知情同意、自决权、安乐死、有尊严死亡、不复活、生前遗嘱等伦理术语的了解，被界定为许多学生认识这些术语，但他们不能准确地解释这些术语。因此，有必要进行纵向研究，以了解学生对伦理问题的认知和行为的变化，并调查他们对伦理问题的态度和知识之间的关系。

The Purpose of this study is to identify the change of ethical values and the related factors in nursing students by investing the response to some ethical issues, and to suggest for methods of nursing ethical education. This study was constructed in two parts.The one was the study about recognitions of instructor for ethical issues.Finding can be summarized as follows : Few instructors make students think the value of the ethical decision-making process and copying method of nursing dilemmas, and there are not systematic ethical nursing education in nursing schools.The another study was the one about the change of perception and behavior for ethical issues in nursing students. Finding can be summarized as follows : In baccalaureate nursing students' response to two ethical issues, "truth telling of cancer" and "different care measures", both perception and behavior were different in according to the grades. And as a result of knowledge of various ethical terms, for example, informed consent, right of self-determination, euthanasia, death with dignity, do not resusciate and living will, it was defined that many students knew them, but they were not able to explain them accurately.So it is necessary that we do longitudinal research to identify students' change in their perception and -behavior of ethical issues, and to make investigation into the relationship between their attitudes and knowledge of ethical problems.