Framework	Category	Subcategory	Literature
			Nursing Students	Nurses
Antecedents	[Knowledge regarding ethical issues]		Vynckier et al., 2015	Chao et al., 2017; Tadd et al., 2006; Karlsson et al., 2010
	[Knowledge regarding ethical issues]			Gjerberg et al., 2010
	[Opportunities to encounter ethical issues]		Sakai et al., 2016; Sinclair et al., 2016	Karlsson et al., 2017; Gjerberg et al., 2010
	[Opportunities to encounter ethical issues]		Sinclair et al., 2016	Chao et al., 2017; Gjerberg et al., 2010
Attributes	[Ethical sensitivity]		Inoue et al., 2016
	[Ethical sensitivity]			Yabushita et al., 2014
	[Ethical reasoning]	potential ethical situations>		Karlsson et al., 2017
			Inoue et al., 2016; Sakai et al., 2016	Chao et al., 2017; Luz et al., 2016
				Yabushita et al., 2014
	[Ethical decision-making]		Inoue et al., 2016	Meyer et al., 2017; Yabushita et al., 2014
	[Ethical decision-making]		Sakai et al., 2016
	[Ethical practice]	judgements made regarding the characteristics of the situation>		Jun, 2015; Yabushita et al., 2014
	[Ethical practice]		Inoue et al., 2016; Sakai et al., 2016; Uchida et al., 2010	Chao et al., 2017; Karlsson et al., 2017; Ooide, 2015; Wros et al., 2004
	[Ethical reflection]		Sakai et al., 2016	Jun, 2015; Poikkeus et al., 2013
				Kim et al., 2016; Storaker et al., 2016
			Sakai et al., 2016
Consequences	[Improvement of the quality of nursing practice]		Inoue et al., 2016	Chao et al., 2017; Luz et al., 2016; Tobiyo et al., 2012
				Karlsson et al., 2010
			Inoue et al., 2016	Salmela et al., 2017
	[Development of ethics]		Uchida et al., 2010
	[Development of ethics]			Karlsson et al., 2017
	[Improvement of autonomy as a nursing professional]		Dierckx et al., 1997; Trobec et al., 2014	Karlsson et al., 2010; Dierckx et al., 2008; Karlsson et al., 2017
				Poikkeus et al., 2014; Salmela et al., 2017
			Sakai et al., 2016	Jun, 2015; Heikkinen et al., 2006; Tadd et al., 2006