Nursing and Theater: Teaching Ethics Through the Arts

Nurse Educ. 2016 Sep-Oct;41(5):262-5. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000271.

Abstract

Prelicensure nursing education needs to prepare students for their future roles as professional nurses with ethical and moral decision-making skills. This article describes the use of theater as one approach to teaching nursing ethics at the prelicensure level. Students perform as actors, directors, and discussion leaders in a series of simulated ethical scenarios designed to encourage individual accountability and responsibility for action.

MeSH terms

  • Communication*
  • Decision Making*
  • Drama*
  • Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / methods*
  • Ethics, Nursing / education*
  • Humans
  • Models, Educational
  • Nursing Education Research