Abstract

This study, based on hermeneutic phenomenology, asked: What is the experience of accelerated nursing program graduates utilizing ethics in their nursing practice? Using van Manen's phenomenological method, 10 accelerated nursing program graduates were interviewed to illuminate their lived experience of utilizing ethics in their nursing practice. Through the process of reading and rereading transcripts five essential themes emerged: the nurse serving as a patient advocate, the nurse promoting a dignified death for a patient, the nurse fostering the humane side to patient care, the nurse encouraging virtuous integrity, and the nurse actualizing authentic leadership.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10195870; ProQuest document ID: 1835169096. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Mary Ann Siciliano McLaughlin, EdD, MSN, RN, Associate Dean

Sigma Membership

Xi

Lead Author Affiliation

Neumann University, Aston, Pennsylvania, USA

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Phenomenology

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Ethical Behavior, Patient Care, Authentic Leadership

Advisor

Keville Frederickson

Second Advisor

Kathleen Dirschel

Degree

Doctoral-Other

Degree Grantor

Teachers College, Columbia University

Degree Year

2016

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2023-08-07

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