Ethics Education in Pediatric Nursing

日常の看護実践の場には, 多くの倫理的問題が潜んでいるため, 倫理を身近に感じ, 考え, 取り組め るよう, 看護倫理教育の重要性が指摘されている｡ 倫理教育では, ｢よいか, よくないか, なぜよいか, なぜよくないか, どうすることがよいことか｣を考え る営みが重要であり, 事例検討は倫理教育を行う際の主要な教育手段である｡筆者も小児看護における倫理教 育では, 事例検討を重視した看護倫理教育を行っている｡ 本稿では, 小児看護における倫理教育の実践について報告し, 今後の課題を述べる｡Due to the existence of many underlying ethical problems in daily nursing practice settings, the importance of nursing ethics education for promoting familiarity with ethics, thinking about ethics, and addressing related issues has been indicated. In ethics education, it is important to engage in thoughts about "what is good, what isn't good, why it's good, and what should be done", and case studies are an important educational tool in ethics education. The author also provides nursing ethics education that emphasizes case studies in ethics education in pediatric nursing. In the present manuscript, the author reports on the implementation of ethics education in pediatric nursing, and identifies future issues