Background: The urgency of ensuring adequate moral courage in clinical nursing practice is evident. However, currently, there are few formal intervention plans targeted at enhancing the moral courage of nurses.
Aim: To develop a training program for improving the moral courage of nurses using the modified Delphi method.
Research design: A modified Delphi study.
Participants and research context: From November to December 2022, a literature review and expert group discussion were conducted to develop a preliminary training plan framework. From January to March 2023, a two-round Delphi survey was performed, and a consensus was reached regarding the plan through online questionnaires. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data.
Ethical considerations: This study was approved by the institutional ethics committee (No. 138, 30 August 2021). All participants provided written informed consent.
Results: Consensus was reached on eight themes and 33 items to strengthen the moral courage training program for nurses.
Conclusions: Guided by a unified goal of moral education, a multi-level and acceptable intervention plan was designed to enhance the moral courage of nurses.
Keywords: Moral courage; moral distress; nursing education; nursing ethics; virtue.