ABSTRACT
Objective:
to reflect on how the moral construction of the undergraduate nursing student can promote the humanization of care.
Method:
this is a theoretical reflection based on two different frameworks: Piaget and Kohlberg.
Results:
the following are mentioned as possible consequences of this reflection: the recognition of the moral dimension of care; the need to consider the culture of the subjects involved in care; overcoming technicality in nursing, also considering the ethical dimension of care and, finally, the provision of instruments to teachers in order to enable them to address human morality as an exercise of citizenship at all academic times.
Conclusion:
we believe that academic nursing education dedicated to the moral construction can help to prepare nurses who are capable of humanized care.
DESCRIPTORS:
Nursing; Ethics; Moral development; Humanization of assistance; Education, Nursing