Philosophical Perspectives on Trustworthiness and Open-mindedness as Professional Virtues for the Practice of Nursing: Implications for he Moral Education of Nurses

BramalFs critque 146

Why open-mindedness is necessary for nursing practice 147

Limits to open-mindedness in nursing practice 151

Aiming for open-mindedness in the practice of nursing 152

Evidence and open-mindedness for nursing practice 153

Being an open-minded nurse 155

Chapter 6: Education for the moral practice of nursing 158

Nursing education as moral education 159

The nature of moral education 160

Moral education or moral training? 162

Towards an understanding of moral education for nurses 165

Teaching for good will, virtues and professional 166

phronesis

Teaching for the moral practice of nursing 172

Identifying the nurse teachers 173

The professional phronimos as nurse teacher 176

Competencies 177

Teaching for trustworthiness and open-mindedness 179

Conclusion 184

Bibliography 188

Appendices: publications derived from the work in the thesis

Appendix і Sellman, D. (2000). ‘Alasdair MacIntyre and the
professional practice of nursing’. Nursing
Philosophy 1(1), 26-33. 196

Appendix ii Sellman, D. (2003). ‘Open-mindedness: a
professional virtue for professional practice’.
Nursing Philosophy 4(1), 17-24. 204

Appendix iii Sellman, D. (2005). ‘Towards an understanding of
nursing as a response to human vulnerability’.

Nursing Philosophy 6(1), 2-10. 212