In Crigger and Godfrey's virtue ethics, what does the approach emphasize?

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In Crigger and Godfrey's virtue ethics, what does the approach emphasize?

Crigger and Godfrey’s virtue ethics centers on moral character and practical wisdom guiding action in real-life nursing situations. The emphasis is on acting in ways that reflect well-formed virtues—courage, compassion, honesty, prudence—and using practical wisdom (phronesis) to discern the right course for a particular patient in a given moment. This means responses are tailored to the context, the patient, and the nurse–patient relationship, rather than following a single rule or policy in every case. So the best choice is about responding to situations with actions that fit the context and reflect virtuous character. It’s not about blindly applying universal rules, not about the nurse’s personal preferences alone, and not about rigidly following institutional policy in all scenarios.

Crigger and Godfrey’s virtue ethics centers on moral character and practical wisdom guiding action in real-life nursing situations. The emphasis is on acting in ways that reflect well-formed virtues—courage, compassion, honesty, prudence—and using practical wisdom (phronesis) to discern the right course for a particular patient in a given moment. This means responses are tailored to the context, the patient, and the nurse–patient relationship, rather than following a single rule or policy in every case.

So the best choice is about responding to situations with actions that fit the context and reflect virtuous character. It’s not about blindly applying universal rules, not about the nurse’s personal preferences alone, and not about rigidly following institutional policy in all scenarios.

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