{"id":{"repo_id":"calgary","oai_identifier":"oai:ucalgary.scholaris.ca:11023/2231"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/calgary/oai:ucalgary.scholaris.ca:11023/2231","repository":{"repo_id":"calgary","name":"University of Calgary","base_url":"https://ucalgary.scholaris.ca/server/oai/request"},"display":{"title":"Who Acts? Self-Identity and Moral Courage in Nursing","abstract":"Nurses who work in critical care face a unique array of ethical decisions in the course of their practice. This study aimed to examine the source of the ethical decision making of individual nurses using a virtue ethics framework as a starting point. The design used a philosophical hermeneutic approach based on the writing of Paul Ricoeur to provide an interpretation of the ethical decision making process of nurses. Six nurses currently practicing in intensive care were interviewed, with the transcripts of the interviews used as texts which were analyzed using the concepts of distanciation and appropriation taken from Ricoeur. The results revealed the main themes of time, experience, and communication, which were related to self-identity as the basis of ethical decision making","abstract_html":"Nurses who work in critical care face a unique array of ethical decisions in the course of their practice. This study aimed to examine the source of the ethical decision making of individual nurses using a virtue ethics framework as a starting point. The design used a philosophical hermeneutic approach based on the writing of Paul Ricoeur to provide an interpretation of the ethical decision making process of nurses. Six nurses currently practicing in intensive care were interviewed, with the transcripts of the interviews used as texts which were analyzed using the concepts of distanciation and appropriation taken from Ricoeur. The results revealed the main themes of time, experience, and communication, which were related to self-identity as the basis of ethical decision making","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Poules, Roy Jeffrey"],"institution":"Graduate Studies","degree_name":"Master of Nursing (MN)","degree_level":null,"degree_discipline":"Nursing","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":["Raffin Bouchal, Shelley","Oberle, Kathleen","Estefan, Andrew"],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2015,"date_issued":"2015-05-04","date_published":"2015-05-04","updated_at":"2026-07-24T01:30:36Z","subjects":["Nursing"],"languages":["eng"],"rights":["University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission."],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.doi","label":"DOI","values":["http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28704"],"render_values":[{"text":"http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28704","href":"http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28704","code":true}]}]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/11023/2231","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier.uri"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor.advisor","label":"Advisor","values":["Raffin Bouchal, Shelley","Oberle, Kathleen","Estefan, Andrew"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Poules, Roy Jeffrey"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.accessioned","label":"Dc Date Accessioned","values":["2015-05-04T15:47:34Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2015-06-22T07:00:50Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["2015-05-04"]},{"key":"dc:publisher.institution","label":"Dc Publisher Institution","values":["University of Calgary"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["master thesis"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Nursing"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Master of Nursing (MN)"]},{"key":"thesis:institution_name","label":"Thesis Institution Name","values":["University of Calgary"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Nursing"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language.iso","label":"Language (ISO)","values":["eng"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission."]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.doi","label":"DOI","values":["http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28704"]},{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/11023/2231"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["Nurses who work in critical care face a unique array of ethical decisions in the course of their practice. This study aimed to examine the source of the ethical decision making of individual nurses using a virtue ethics framework as a starting point. The design used a philosophical hermeneutic approach based on the writing of Paul Ricoeur to provide an interpretation of the ethical decision making process of nurses. Six nurses currently practicing in intensive care were interviewed, with the transcripts of the interviews used as texts which were analyzed using the concepts of distanciation and appropriation taken from Ricoeur. The results revealed the main themes of time, experience, and communication, which were related to self-identity as the basis of ethical decision making"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Who Acts? Self-Identity and Moral Courage in Nursing"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor.advisor":["Raffin Bouchal, Shelley","Oberle, Kathleen","Estefan, Andrew"],"dc:creator":["Poules, Roy Jeffrey"],"dc:date.accessioned":["2015-05-04T15:47:34Z"],"dc:date.available":["2015-06-22T07:00:50Z"],"dc:date.issued":["2015-05-04"],"dc:description.abstract":["Nurses who work in critical care face a unique array of ethical decisions in the course of their practice. This study aimed to examine the source of the ethical decision making of individual nurses using a virtue ethics framework as a starting point. The design used a philosophical hermeneutic approach based on the writing of Paul Ricoeur to provide an interpretation of the ethical decision making process of nurses. Six nurses currently practicing in intensive care were interviewed, with the transcripts of the interviews used as texts which were analyzed using the concepts of distanciation and appropriation taken from Ricoeur. The results revealed the main themes of time, experience, and communication, which were related to self-identity as the basis of ethical decision making"],"dc:identifier.doi":["http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28704"],"dc:identifier.uri":["http://hdl.handle.net/11023/2231"],"dc:language.iso":["eng"],"dc:publisher.institution":["University of Calgary"],"dc:rights":["University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission."],"dc:subject":["Nursing"],"dc:title":["Who Acts? Self-Identity and Moral Courage in Nursing"],"dc:type":["master thesis"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Nursing"],"thesis:degree_name":["Master of Nursing (MN)"],"thesis:institution_name":["University of Calgary"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T01:30:36Z"}