Habibzadeh Hosein, Jasemi Madineh, Hosseinzadegan Fariba
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
BMC Nurs. 2021 Jan 12;20(1):16. doi: 10.1186/s12912-021-00534-1.
In recent decades, increasing social and health inequalities all over the world has highlighted the importance of social justice as a core nursing value. Therefore, proper education of nursing students is necessary for preparing them to comply with social justice in health systems. This study is aimed to identify the main factors for teaching the concept of social justice in the nursing curriculum.
This is a qualitative study, in which the conventional content analysis approach was employed to analyze a sample of 13 participants selected using purposive sampling method. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect and analyze the data.
Analysis of the interviews indicated that insufficient education content, incompetency of educators, and inappropriate education approaches made social justice a neglected component in the academic nursing education. These factors were the main sub-categories of the study and showed the negligence of social justice in academic nursing education.
Research findings revealed the weaknesses in teaching the concept of social justice in the nursing education. Accordingly, it is necessary to modify the content of nursing curriculum and education approaches in order to convey this core value. Since nursing educators act as role models for students, especially in practical and ethical areas, more attention should be paid to competency of nursing educators, specially training in the area of ethical ideology and social justice.
近几十年来，全球社会和健康不平等现象日益加剧，凸显了社会正义作为护理核心价值观的重要性。因此，对护理专业学生进行适当教育，使其做好在卫生系统中践行社会正义的准备十分必要。本研究旨在确定护理课程中教授社会正义概念的主要因素。
这是一项定性研究，采用传统内容分析法，对通过目的抽样法选取的13名参与者的样本进行分析。通过半结构化访谈收集和分析数据。
访谈分析表明，教育内容不足、教育者能力欠缺以及教育方法不当，使得社会正义在护理学术教育中成为一个被忽视的部分。这些因素是该研究的主要子类别，显示出护理学术教育中对社会正义的忽视。
研究结果揭示了护理教育中社会正义概念教学的薄弱环节。因此，有必要修改护理课程内容和教育方法，以传递这一核心价值观。由于护理教育者是学生的榜样，尤其是在实践和道德领域，应更加关注护理教育者的能力，特别是在伦理思想和社会正义方面的培训。
