Promoting dignity in nursing education – How educators manoeuvre to promote dignity
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Background: Dignity is a core value in nursing. One of the objectives in nursing education is to promote dignity
and contribute to the students' discovery of this value. Research shows that dignity in nursing education is
threatened, due to lack of attention and an increasing problem with incivility.
Purpose: The study aims to explore how nursing educators experience their contribution in promoting dignity in
nursing education.
Method: Five focus group conversations were conducted with nursing educators, and Gadamer's philosophical
hermeneutics was chosen as the study's scientific theoretical approach.
Findings: The educators experienced that they promoted dignity by safeguarding the dignity in the nursing
profession in general, by promoting the dignity of the nursing students in particular, and through promoting
dignity in challenging situations.
Conclusion: The study emphasizes the importance of promoting dignity in nursing education. It found that the
nursing educators promoted dignity by safeguarding the dignity of both the nursing profession and the nursing
students, and by manoeuvring judiciously between these two when there was disharmony between them. By
manoeuvring challenging situations using discretion, the ethical demand will be given room. Dignity can then be
fulfilled between people in harmony with professional, social and cultural norms, and in that way promote
dignity in nursing education.