Linking Morality of Students to Nursing Ethics

This paper aims to investigate the root cause of moral decadence among students by examining their interaction with nursing ethics. It discusses how blogging and social media platforms can be a breeding ground for subjective information and security threats, and how this relates to the nurse's role in patient care and the importance of ethics in guiding research goals and reconciling conflicting values.

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Research Critique
Student’s name
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Research Critique
The following is a research critique of two primary source of research. The critique
juxtaposes the two research articles and makes deductions based on the findings referring to
other sources of academic reference. Manias et al., (2015) complete a study titled “Complexities
of Medicines Safety: Communicating about Managing Medicines at Transition Points of Care
across Emergency Departments and Medical Wards.” The study explores communication
between patients, members of the family and health professionals about the management and the
administration of medication. The study is mainly centered on two Australian public hospitals
upon the points of transition. The study employs the use of qualitative description to gather data
for research. Gill et al., (2012) compile a study titled, “An Exploration of Pediatric Nurses'
Compliance with a Medication Checking and Administration Protocol”. The study explored the
rate of compliance and non-compliance of nurses to the administration of medication. It uses the
mixed methods design for collection of data and incorporates a questionnaire.
Nursing ethics refers to the principles concerning the distinctions between what is right
and wrong or good and bad behaviors. An action is right or wrong to the extent. In a research the
authors focus on what is rationally acceptable for a student, the way they behave in school and
outside school and how it is affected by nursing ethics (Aitken et al. 2015). The personal life
such as sleeping patterns, how they relate with. The study is based on a research topic, The
Effect of nursing ethics on the Morality of the youth in Campus. The research was conducted at
the University and the respondents who were picked through stratified sampling are from the
Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology (Battié, 2013). The total number of the respondents
was 30 in number. The main method of data collection that was used for this particular was used
of questionnaires. The target audience was the youth aged between 18 and 25 years. These

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according to the results of the questionnaires formed 86.7% of the respondents even after picking
them at random.
The questionnaires covered the main areas in the research that are related to the topic.
These are the areas such as, the exposure of the students to the nursing ethics, the general effect
of nursing ethics and then nursing ethics and morality. These were all covered to bring out
various results that were analyzed in chapter four to make the conclusion in chapter five (Boyle,
2017). Out of the 30 students who made up the sample, 100% were familiar with nursing ethics
platforms while 53.3% were using social media, which is a form of nursing ethics (World Health
Organization , 2018). The number of those who admitted to have been affected by use of nursing
ethics outnumbered those who were not by 1.75%; therefore, the higher percentage had
experienced the effects of nursing ethics.
The respondents admitted gave some of the areas of effects such as using nursing ethics
at the expense of sleeping, relying on it for making decision, being carefree in the use of words
since it was virtual media, and finding it hard to keep one on one conversation among others
(Mukasa, 2015). The information given here is represented in the fourth chapter of this project
using tables and figures such as graphs and pie charts. The conclusion is given in the same
project and recommendations too (Merrifield, 2016). There were challenges during the research
period. Some of the respondents took too long to return the questionnaires even after constant
reminders and phone calls. The research also came with many financial implications having for
both the project and communication to get all the things put together.
The results of the study showed that nursing ethics had played a great role in promoting
the moral decadence among the youth in campus by construction of social reality and spread of

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the same. It has also indirectly contributed to the same by providing a means by which those who
have ideas of social evil could have it accomplished (Manias et al. 2015). Nursing ethics refers to
the forms of media that give alternative information from what is provided by the mainstream
media. The information in the former differ from the dominant type in terms of their content,
they give more each other especially those of the opposite gender. Refers to when these moral
codes or principles are violated (Grant, 2016). This will include behavior such as drug abuse,
illicit sex, missing classes, rudeness, and use of vulgar language as well as dressing and sleeping
patterns and interpersonal skills. Nursing ethics due to its global influence allows other attitudes,
cultures, and approaches (Lakea, et al., 2017). This has led to cropping up of many truths. News
in nursing ethics is implied leading to subjectivity in news reporting.
Professionalism is not as respected as it was. As long as one is earning that is all what is
required of them to scale up the height of good pay in the media field. Money which has been
considered the root of all evil has really killed the society. It has become the focus of everyone
and the core of every decision (Merrifield, 2016). Not as many use the money, in most cases,
money has used people. With money, there has emerged casual sex, bribes, oppression of the
poor and socials evils of all sorts. Due to many legal pitfalls, which are there for the mainstream
media, the communicators tend to venture into nursing ethics where they have more freedom in
reporting (Aitken, Dunning, & Manias, 2015). This means that some people who solely depend
on mainstream media for information miss important angles of the story. In this current time and
age, there is increased advancement in technology. There also is a notable decline of moral
standards of beings (Battié, 2013). The emergence of multimedia communication has greatly
affected the way information is shared between individuals. It has led to transition between the
old form of communication to a newer and more developed media.

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This poses a challenge to the journalists. They tend to be too cautious to avoid any legal
pitfalls at the expense of details that are essential and of human interest. Too much caution
makes them forego objectivity in reporting (World Health Organization , 2018). Some people
end up losing their jobs when they are termed to be too liberal and are not aligned to the media
in-house policies and political ideologies (Mukasa, 2015). The struggle for journalists to remain
politically correct makes them subject to their sources especially those who are of great influence
to the media houses such as the politicians and the media owners. The media houses end up
making rules which in a way contribute to self-censorship affecting their own employees and
many times breeding malice and subjectivity (Lakea, et al., 2017). Not many people and most
especially the youth who are liberal like this kind of journalism where there is too much
regulation, the mainstream, they therefore get refuge in the lesser controlled nursing ethics.
It is possible for the nursing ethics users to disregard any form of scrutiny however;
responsibility in media usage is paramount. Sometimes responsibility by the media houses many
times breeds self-censorship. In such cases then the media personalities form rules that affects
them greatly (Aitken et al, 2015). We believe technical progress must be accompanied by a
sensitive concern for values and ethics. The two demonstrate how the development in technology
is directly linked to the moral development (Grant, 2016). A discussion about nursing ethics is
inevitable in the current age and time. This topic directly affects journalism students and
practitioners as well. Students in campuses rely on publications of other people to come up with
their own research work.
They use already published materials for their assignments and term papers. The sources
of this information are mostly internet sources. To journalists it includes different media
platforms inclusive of the nursing ethics ones. Some of the sites may be misleading not only to

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journalism students but also to practicing journalists who might be depending on such sites to
develop their own features. These cases have become rampant in our society today as those who
publish produce any information without any caution. To find out the root cause of this moral
decadence, this paper will link morality of the students in campus to what they easily and daily
interact with and that is the nursing ethics. Absolute rules do not offer useful solutions to
conflicts in values. What is needed is wisdom and restraints, compromise and tolerance, and as
wholesome a respect for the dignity of the individual as the respect accorded the dignity of
science. This is what makes restrictions in the media industry not to work.
The two studies compile research and information that details the nurse’s role in patient
care. People will try to find alternative means of finding information even if it means doing away
with the old mainstream media. This consequently makes nursing ethics gain audience who
sometimes end up misusing it. Ethics, which relates to morality, is defined by the two as
guidelines and principles that help us uphold our values to decide which goals of research are
most important and to reconcile values and goals that are in conflict. Blogs are trending and
almost everyone can own one at no cost. Due to the ease of accessing these platforms, posting
and editing of the posts it is easy to be subjective. This also makes the authors of different blog
posts to expose them too much since there is no limit to what they can post. This in a great way
can translate to a security threat as one can be traced even at their exact location.
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