THE TEACHING OF ETHICS AND BIOETHICS IN THE NURSES’ FORMATIONPROCESS REGARDING THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM GUIDELINES

Abstract

Theoretical reflection of the teaching of ethics/bioethics in undergraduate nursing programs in Brazil, by theethical point of view. The objective is to reflect about the teaching of ethics/bioethics and the National Curricular Guidelinesin Nursing. We studied literature in the Virtual Health Library and other references on the subject in question. The resultsshow up as a challenge to procedures for training nursing and the reflection/action of the teaching of ethics in nursing:teacher training in the area; transversality of ethics in the Course Educational Project; definition of the conceptual-theoretical framework, based on interdisciplinary knowledge, articulation of disciplinary content of nursing with practicalproblems, adoption of problematizing methods/strategies; education and active participation of actors in the process oftraining. Thinking about the teaching practice focused on the incorporation of knowledge of ethics/bioethics regardingthe guidelines requires the breaking up with the traditional conceptions of normative ethics to the field of human moral andtraining of teachers in this field.

Keywords

• Ethics
• Bioethics
• Curriculum
• Education
• Nursing