Table 4 Examples of open question content feedbacks about the Ethics Quarter, n = 71

Positive feedback,n = 70

“I found the education to be extremely good and necessary. It led me to think about ethical questions more deeply, to pay attention to ethical challenges also in a very ordinary basics and indeed I felt…like I was getting confirmation and certainty concerning ethical decision-making and more courage into it.” (13)

“In my opinion, this was a really good online course. I would allow all nurse managers, at every level, to do this.” (28)

“A lot of time was saved, by our not needing to travel to receive this education; we were allowed to consume it when we had time.” (67)

Negative feedback,n = 1

“Dividing this education into small pieces made it somehow scattered. In my opinion, it covered a bit too many self-evident issues. There could have been more guidance into reflection.” (56)

Developmental feedback,n = 8

“There could have been some more challenging ethical problems to solve and possibly also other respondents’ responses to look over (anonymously, of course).” (6)

“As a mouth healthcare professional and nurse manager, I would have hoped for case examples on a wider stage. In all health care education, they generalize nursing into nurses’ work or work related to general medicine.” (70)