Moral sensitivity relating to the application of the code of ethics

This study investigated the clinical application of the 2006 Third Revised Korean Nurses’ Code of Ethics and the moral sensitivity of nurses. A total of 303 clinical nurses in South Korea participated in the survey in May and June 2011. As instruments of this study, we used the 15 statements of the...

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Auteurs: Kim, Yong-Soon (Auteur) ; Kang, Se-Won (Auteur) ; Ahn, Jeong-Ah (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Sage 2013
Dans: Nursing ethics
Année: 2013, Volume: 20, Numéro: 4, Pages: 470-478
Sujets non-standardisés:B Nursing
B codes of ethics
B Moral Sensitivity
B Application
B clinical ethics
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Résumé:This study investigated the clinical application of the 2006 Third Revised Korean Nurses’ Code of Ethics and the moral sensitivity of nurses. A total of 303 clinical nurses in South Korea participated in the survey in May and June 2011. As instruments of this study, we used the 15 statements of the Korean Nurses’ Code of Ethics and Korean Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire. The mean score for application was 3.77 ± 0.59 (out of 5), and the mean score for moral sensitivity was 5.14 ± 0.55 (out of 7). The correlation coefficient (r) of the application and moral sensitivity was 0.336 (p < 0.001). Nurses who scored high on moral sensitivity also scored high on application (t = −5.018, p < 0.001). In clinical settings, educational programmes to develop the moral sensitivity of nurses are necessary for improving the application of the code of ethics.
ISSN:1477-0989
Contient:Enthalten in: Nursing ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0969733012455563