Welcome to the Nursing Ethics Knowledge Base (NEKB)

Powered by

E4 - Eclipse Ethics Education Enterprises, LLC

The Nursing Ethics Knowledge Base (NEKB) is a technology platform that allows nursing students and practicing nurses to access, use, and interact in matters related to ethics in nursing practice. Below, please find links to the modules in this educational platform. Each module contains:

• 1. An informative, introductory podcast to each module topic

  2. At least one interactive ethics case scenario, utilizing E4's Crucial Choices format.

  3. A link to an evaluation tool

  4. The ability to subscribe to this platform, individual educational modules, or its resources to foster informal peer-to-peer learning among nursing professionals

In addition, the system administrators maintain a blog of ethics education resources that nurses in practice might be interested in as a way of continuous quality improvement in ethics education. The blog is located by clicking here.

The modules are:

• 1. Introduction to this project and the use of its technologies

  2. Introduction to ethical theories and ethical decision-making

  3. The use of critical thinking in ethical decision-making

  4. Introduction to clinical ethics

1. Privacy and confidentiality

All content on these webpages is copyrighted. Copyright (c) 2009 by E4 - Eclipse Ethics Education Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved.