The relationship between moral distress in nurses and ethical climate in selected hospitals of the Iranian Social Security Organization
Year: 2019
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The present study was conducted to determine the relation between nurses' moral distress and the ethical climate in selected hospitals of the Iranian Social Security Organization (ISSO). This descriptive-analytical correlational study was conducted in 6 hospitals under the coverage of the Iranian Social Security Organization in 2016. Three hundred nurses were selected by convenience sampling method. Data were gathered using Corley's Standard Moral Distress and Olson's Hospital Ethical Climate Scales. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 19. The mean score of the nurses' moral distress was 1.94 ± 0.66, which is considered moderate. The mean score of ethical climate was 88.97, indicating desirable ethical climate in these hospitals. The frequency score of moral distress had a unilateral reverse correlation with the total score of ethical climate as well as its dimensions, including colleagues, patients, hospitals and physicians. The score of the intensity of nurses' moral distress also had a unilateral reverse correlation with the total score of ethical climate and the scores of the hospital and physicians dimensions. These results emphasized the importance of creating a positive ethical climate to decrease moral distress as well as the need for professional interventions to increase support in moral issues.
Authors: Mina Bayat, Mohsen Shahriari, Mahrokh Keshvari
Institution: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
Language: English
Topic: Ethics in medical practice
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2964510444