Enhancing Moral and Ethical competence in Nursing Students through Bioethics Education in the UK

Sebastian Dittrich
Biological Systems Engineering Laboratory Department of Chemical Engineering Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ UK
Timm Landenberger
Industrial Biotechnology Centre, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NJ UK

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5912/jcb2144

Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to enhance the ethical and moral competence in the nursing students through the bioethics education in the United Kingdom. This study analyzed the impact of ethical education, holistic cognition, and quality of bioethics education on moral competency of students. Further, the study examined the moderation of moral development. The study has adopted a quantitative research method and collected data from the nursing students by using a questionnaire-based survey. Data was analyzed using statistical approaches by applying Smart PLS. Results of the study have shown that holistic cognition, and quality of bioethics education significantly influenced ethical education. Moreover, moral development was found to significantly moderate the association between holistic cognition and ethical education. The study provides theoretical and practical implications, and the limitations of the study and future research directions have been discussed as well.