Ethical Decision-Making Levels of Nurses and it's Affecting Factors

Aim: This research was done to investigate the ethical decision-making levels of nurses and its effective factors. Method: It was conducted between January and March, 2014, among 200 nurses working in hospitals in northern Turkey. The data was collected via Nursing Dilemma Test and was evaluated in...

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Published inInternational journal of caring sciences Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 42 - 52
Main Authors Rizalar, Selda, Baltaci, Nazli
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Nicosia Professor Despina Sapountzi - Krepia Publisher of the International Journal of Caring Sciences 01.01.2020
Subjects
Cognition & reasoning
Decision making
Hospitals
Medical ethics
Medicine
Morality
Nurses
Nursing
Participation
Patients
Personal information
Professional ethics
Professionals
Values
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Summary:Aim: This research was done to investigate the ethical decision-making levels of nurses and its effective factors. Method: It was conducted between January and March, 2014, among 200 nurses working in hospitals in northern Turkey. The data was collected via Nursing Dilemma Test and was evaluated in the SPSS 15 package program. Results: The Principled Thinking point average of 49.38 ± 6.26 and Practical Consideration point average of 18.38±3.9 of nurses were rated at medium level. The majority of nurses (72%) were familiar with similar dilemmas as it was determined. It had been detected that when compared to nurses who worked only at nights, only at daytimes and sometimes only at nights, the points among these working schedules differed distinctively (p<.05). Conclusions: Consequently, it was confirmed that nurses had capability of average ethical decision-making when they faced ethical dilemma, and their ethical decisions have been influenced by environmental factors.
ISSN:1791-5201
1792-037X