RT Journal Article
T1 Qualitative study on nursing students' perspective on ethical conflicts at the end of life: "We are not prepared"
A1 González Pérez, Marta
A1 Sánchez Romero, Sheila
A1 Ruíz Fernández, María Dolores
A1 Ibáñez Masero, Olivia
A1 Ventura Miranda, María Isabel
A1 Ortega Galán, Ángela María
K1 Ciencias de la salud
K1 Enfermería
AB Background: Nursing care for people at the end of life is a crucial aspect of health care that involves challengesand responsibilities. In this scenario, ethical conflicts often arise resulting in situations of great suffering andhigh-level emotional impact, for which nursing students do not feel sufficiently prepared.Objective: The aim of this study was to find out how nursing students perceive the ethical conflicts present at theend of life and their reflective and deliberative capacity in the face of these conflicts.Design: Descriptive qualitative study.Setting and participants: Between February and March 2023 with nursing students at the University of Huelva inSpain.Methods: Sixteen in-depth interviews were conducted. The data analysis was carried out using Giorgi’s methodand Atlas.ti 22 software as a support.Results: The students reported that they had encountered ethical conflicts in the end-of-life phase during theirinternship care period. The main causes they mention are: the management of ethical conflicts, the position oneuthanasia and conscientious objection, and the influence of values and beliefs about care. They highlight thelack of training in coping and emotion management in end-of-life care.Conclusion: Nursing students feel unprepared to deal with the suffering and ethical conflicts involved in end-oflife care, as well as the management of their own internal conflicts. There is therefore a need for the implementation of high-fidelity simulation-based training that generates the learning of the necessary competencies inbioethics and defensive palliative care through appropriate competencies.
PB Elsevier
SN 0260-6917
SN 1532-2793 (electrónico)
YR 2025
FD 2025-03
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/25424
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/25424
LA eng
NO González-Pérez, M., Sánchez-Romero, S., Ruiz-Fernández, M. D., Ibañez-Masero, O., Ventura-Miranda, M. I., & Ortega-Galán, Á. M. (2025). “Qualitative study on nursing students’ perspective on ethical conflicts at the end of life: “We are not prepared.” In Nurse Education Today (Vol. 149, p. 106671). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2025.106671
NO This research has been funded for open access charge by Universidad de Almería (Spain) / CBUA.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026