@article{ART002759614},
author={Kong, Byung-Hye},
title={Nursing Ethics during COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on the Ethics of Care},
journal={Korean Journal of Medical Ethics },
issn={2005-8284},
year={2021},
volume={24},
number={3},
pages={303-315},
doi={10.35301/ksme.2021.24.3.303}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kong, Byung-Hye
TI - Nursing Ethics during COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on the Ethics of Care
JO - Korean Journal of Medical Ethics
PY - 2021
VL - 24
IS - 3
PB - The Korean Society For Medical Ethics
SP - 303
EP - 315
SN - 2005-8284
AB - The ethic of care in nursing presupposes a narrative understanding of patients in vulnerable situations. This ethic has both has both reciprocal and protective ethical dimensions. The ethics of reciprocity guides the relationship between nurses and patients such that each influences the other toward a good life and thereby helps to create an ethical narrative. A protective ethic calls for protecting the patient’s identity and responding to predicaments in which the dignity of the person is threatened. In particular, nurses are sometimes asked to provide existential advocacy for their patients. Moreover, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, where patient safety is a top priority, nurses must understand the existential threats facing patients and provide holistic care as existential advocates for patients and their families. However, it may be too much to require constant dedication and sacrifice from nurses. This article argues that it is important to establish an institutional support system for staffing, professional education, and self-care so that nurses can practice holistic care as professionals, rather than as “angels” or “heroes”. The ethics of care can contribute to self-growth and professional development toward a good life for both patients and nurses.
KW - nursing;ethics of caring;narrative;existential advocate
DO - 10.35301/ksme.2021.24.3.303
ER -
Kong, Byung-Hye. (2021). Nursing Ethics during COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on the Ethics of Care. Korean Journal of Medical Ethics , 24(3), 303-315.
Kong, Byung-Hye. 2021, "Nursing Ethics during COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on the Ethics of Care", Korean Journal of Medical Ethics , vol.24, no.3 pp.303-315. Available from: doi:10.35301/ksme.2021.24.3.303
Kong, Byung-Hye "Nursing Ethics during COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on the Ethics of Care" Korean Journal of Medical Ethics 24.3 pp.303-315 (2021) : 303.
Kong, Byung-Hye. Nursing Ethics during COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on the Ethics of Care. 2021; 24(3), 303-315. Available from: doi:10.35301/ksme.2021.24.3.303
Kong, Byung-Hye. "Nursing Ethics during COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on the Ethics of Care" Korean Journal of Medical Ethics 24, no.3 (2021) : 303-315.doi: 10.35301/ksme.2021.24.3.303
Kong, Byung-Hye. Nursing Ethics during COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on the Ethics of Care. Korean Journal of Medical Ethics , 24(3), 303-315. doi: 10.35301/ksme.2021.24.3.303
Kong, Byung-Hye. Nursing Ethics during COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on the Ethics of Care. Korean Journal of Medical Ethics . 2021; 24(3) 303-315. doi: 10.35301/ksme.2021.24.3.303
Kong, Byung-Hye. Nursing Ethics during COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on the Ethics of Care. 2021; 24(3), 303-315. Available from: doi:10.35301/ksme.2021.24.3.303
Kong, Byung-Hye. "Nursing Ethics during COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on the Ethics of Care" Korean Journal of Medical Ethics 24, no.3 (2021) : 303-315.doi: 10.35301/ksme.2021.24.3.303
