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Does anybody know of a validated instrument that can be used to measure nursing students' level of moral development?

Validated moral development instrument for nursing students
May 3, 2012

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  • Montse Guillaumet · Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
    Hi Gina, I don't know any for nursing. Perhaps for Medicine, but I'm not sure.
    May 4, 2012
  • Gina Lim · Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman
    Thanks a lot
    May 4, 2012
  • Khatijah lim abdullah · University of Malaya
    Hi Gina I have only come across studies that attempt to measure moral distress but not development per se
    May 4, 2012
  • Colleen Nikstenas · Case Western Reserve University
    I have not heard of any. Sounds like one needs to be either created or validated!
    May 4, 2012
  • Colleen Nikstenas · Case Western Reserve University
    Sounds like a great area of study by the way!
    May 4, 2012
  • Janice Maville · University of Texas - Pan American
    There is the Defining Issues Test (DIT) by Rest based on Kohlberg that has been used in some studies.
    May 4, 2012
  • Oluyinka Adejumo · University of the Western Cape
    Skisland, Bjørnestad & Söderhamn (2011) article in Nurse Education Today 32 (2012) 255–260 may point you in the right direction
    May 4, 2012
  • Janice Meisenhelder · MGH Institute for Health Professions
    This is a critical area for investigation. Thank you for taking on this topic.
    May 4, 2012
  • Patricia Osimo · Regis College
    Hi Gina, I was doing research on Emotional Intelligence measurement with BSN Nursing Students and came across this tool and thought it quite interesting: It may be something of interest to you to look at.
    Article is: Development and testing of the ethical reasoning tool (ERT): an instrument to measure the ethical reasoning of nurses. McAlipine, H; Kristjanson, L; Poroch, D. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 1997, 25, 1151- 1161.
    Good luck.
    May 5, 2012
  • Everlyn Abuga · Kenya Medical Training College
    Hi Gina, i haven't come across a tool that measures moral development. however, that is an interesting topic to research on; this could probably improve the moral standards of our nursing students.
    May 6, 2012
  • Jayasree Bibi · Manipal University
    Hi Gina
    You can use Defining Issue test (DIT) by james Rest (1970).
    It is a self administered tool. Subjects are given vignettes and then asked to answer the MCQs.
    Online information can be obtained from the following:
    http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/medschool/OIG/documents/2003-10-22%20J%Club%20-%20Rest's%20Defining%20Issues%20Test.doc.
    http://cstl-hcb.semo.edu/cherry/Research/DIT_ Four_ Scenario2.html
    http://www.prenhall.com/whetten_dms/chap1_2.html
    http://wbarratt.indstate.edu/dragon/saroi/sa-dit.htm.
    Good Luck
    Jayasree
    May 12, 2012
  • Barbara Paesanti · Universita degli studi di Ferrara
    Hi Gina,
    it's a very good idea for a topic!
    I' m seaching me too a similar topic, because i'd like to buid some evaluation items about nursing students skills. I can send you only a link and some names:
    http://www.mulino.it/rivisteweb/scheda_articolo.php?id_articolo=21961
    like a teorist:
    Piaget
    Kolberg
    Matilde Panier Bagat
    Albert Bandura 1986
    Caprara et al. 1995 (also to a measure tool)
    let me know if you discover somethig else.
    Good luck. bye.
    May 15, 2012
  • Gina Lim · Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman
    Thanks a lot for all the information and comments you have shared. I'll let you all know about any updates.
    May 17, 2012

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