Relevance of bioethics for the nurse's education to assist chronically ill adolescents

Abstract

This is a descriptive study discussing bioethics in nurses' education as a recommendation for adolescent care, carried out based on practice through the adolescent health program (PROSAD), in the town of the Olinda, in Pernambuco, Brazil. The study used a non-systematic literature review. The outcome showed that there is a need for strengthening the humanitarian focus related to nursing education and giving more value to interdisciplinarity. In relation to nursing care it would be desirable that adolescents be recognized as autonomous and assisted through holistic and special care. Therefore, a systematic process with full interaction and participation of adolescents should be build up.