Subjectivity about Bioethics among Nursing Students with Experience Volunteering in Elderly Care Facilities
10.5977/jkasne.2018.24.1.50
- Author:
Min Sun CHU
1
;
Yoon Young HWANG
Author Information
1. Professor, Seoul Women's College of Nursing, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Bioethics;
Nursing Students;
Aged
- MeSH:
Aged;
Bioethics;
Education;
Humans;
Nursing;
Students, Nursing;
Suicide;
Value of Life
- From:Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
2018;24(1):50-60
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study aims to determine the bioethical subjectivity of nursing students with experience volunteering in elderly care facilities, and the characteristics that comprise the types thereof. METHODS: Q methodology, which analyzes the subjectivity of each type, was used. The 37 selected Q statements from 32 participants were classified into the shape of a normal distribution using a 9-point scale. The collected data were analyzed using the PC-QUANL program. RESULTS: The survey revealed that the bioethical subjectivity of nursing students with experience volunteering in elderly care facilities can be divided into three types: a rational dignity emphasis, an autonomous right to life belief, and conflict avoidance. All three attitudes regard human beings as possessing dignity, and life and death as elements to be experienced as aspects of human life. Bioethical values are critical to treatment and care; however, it is sometimes also held that humans have the right to commit suicide. CONCLUSION: This study enhanced our awareness of nursing students' bioethics. The findings can be used as a basis for the design of differentiated bioethics education according to each type of bioethical subjectivity. This calls for diverse research on bioethics and the implementation of effective bioethics education.
