Nursing ethics education in Brunei Darussalam – Where are we today?

In the recent years, Brunei Darussalam had witnessed a
greater interest in setting out ethical guidelines and best
practices, particularly when several professional
documents such as the Code of Ethics for nurses were
issued by the Nursing Board for Brunei (2010). This critical
milestone of the Code suggested changes in the way the
ethical dimension is perceived in nursing practice. A study
on the ethical dimension of nursing practice indicates that
Bruneian nurses are not entirely certain of the extent of
their professional nursing ethical responsibility (Zolkefli,
2019). At the same time, the health authority urges nurses
to assume more accountability and practise good patient
care. However, this is only possible if nurses understand
and appreciate the moral aspect of the profession.