Within nursing education ethics is both a content knowledge and a didactical approach. Furthermore, the students recruited to programs to become assistant nurses in Sweden, in particular within adult education (KOMVUX) are newcomers and have lived a considerable amount of years in another country. In addition to differences regarding lived ethics originating from class and gender for example, cultural differences could presumably result in an educational context in which education regarding healthcare ethics could be dilemmatic. 

In order to identify what kind of conflicts that could occur within education on healthcare ethics within programs to become assistant nurses in Sweden we are analysing a specific task given to forthcoming teachers which demands for the students to “Describe how strategies aimed at countering discrimination, promoting gender equality, and fostering a democratic approach have been used in education.” The dilemmas that the students are expressing in these assignments will be presented at the conference.