Ethical Self-Efficacy as Experienced by Nursing Professionals. : Why It Needs Attention and a Proposal for a Definition.

Jonathan Levin Behrens; Annette Riedel; Sabine Wöhlke; Heidi Albisser Schleger; Andrea Kuhn; Wolfgang Pasch; Stefanie Schniering; Resi Steiner; Stephanie Wullf

doi:10.25974/enhe2025-8

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Jonathan Levin Behrens Institut für Gesundheitsforschung und Bildung, Abteilung Pflegewissenschaft https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1824-3524
Annette Riedel Hochschule Esslingen, Fakultät Soziale Arbeit, Bildung und Pflege https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5773-0766
Sabine Wöhlke Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (HAW), Fakultät Life Sciences, Department Gesundheitswissenschaften https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7679-085X
Heidi Albisser Schleger Universität Basel, Institut für Pflegewissenschaft https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3369-8225
Andrea Kuhn Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Ludwigshafen, Forschungsnetzwerk Gesundheit https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0507-8096
Wolfgang Pasch Fliedner Fachhochschule Düsseldorf, Pflege und Gesundheit https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9110-3899
Stefanie Schniering Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (HAW), Competence Center Gesundheit, Fakultät Wirtschaft und Soziales, Department Pflege und Management https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0269-8444
Resi Steiner Klinikverbund Allgäu gGmbH, Klinisches Ethikkomitee
Stephanie Wullf Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Pflegepraxiszentrum https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7852-1648

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https://doi.org/10.25974/enhe2025-8

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Ethical Self-Efficacy, Ethical Agency, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Practice, Nurse Education, Nursing Professional

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The requirement to act ethically is inherent to the professional delivery of nursing care. It is in this context that nursing professionals’ self-efficacy, and their expectation of self-efficacy, are drawing increasing research attention. Discourse on ethical challenges may reference individual actions and decisions, and may also engage with institutional and societal conditions. We recognise the utility, particularly in the context of nursing education generally and ethics education specifically, of setting out a distinct definition of ethical self-efficacy. Accordingly, this article seeks to outline the particular concept of perceived ethical self-efficacy among nursing professionals, alongside detailing the factors that influence experienced or perceived ethical self-efficacy.

Ethical Self-Efficacy as Experienced by Nursing Professionals.

Why It Needs Attention and a Proposal for a Definition.

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