Emancipatory reflection on a nursing practice-based ethical issue about nurses’ paternalistic decision-making for patients

Abstract

This study aimed to demonstrate and promote the skill of critical emancipatory reflection through reflecting on a nursing practice-based ethical issue about nurses’ paternalistic decision-making for patients. Meanwhile, critical awareness will be developed and the underlying issues of paternalism in nursing decision-making will be analyzed. Then, by applying the procedure, improvement in nursing decision-making practice will be expected.

Keywords

• reflection
• paternalism
• critical emancipatory reflection
• taylor’s model
• decision-making
• nursing ethical issue