Ethical nursing practice increasingly unfolds across cultural, political, and geographic borders, requiring nurses to navigate trust-building, communication barriers, and unfamiliar moral landscapes. Relational ethics offers a framework for understanding how nurses create, sustain, and protect trust and relational safety in these complex environments. Through realistic scenarios, case studies, and guided reflection, participants will examine how relational ethics informs ethical decision-making and supports interpersonal presence in humanitarian and cross-cultural care settings.
The workshop demonstrates how nurses translate ethical principles into action by adapting their communication and relational skills to meet the needs of diverse populations and rapidly evolving circumstances. Attendees will explore how relational ethics equips nurses to recognize power dynamics, reduce relational risk, and establish psychological and emotional safety as prerequisites for ethical practice.
By linking nursing practice to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, specifically SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being) and SDG 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions), the session highlights nursing’s global responsibility and influence. Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of the relational competencies required for culturally responsive practice and the vital role nurses play in shaping ethical care across borders.