Moral awareness and its relationship with moral sensitivity among Iranian nursing students: A basis for nursing ethics education

Abstract

The healthcare environment is always fraught with moral issues and challenges for all members of the healthcare team, including nurses as the largest group of service providers in the healthcare system (Rasoal et al., 2017). Due to their continuous attendance to the patients at their bedside, nurses have a major effect on the quality of and patients' satisfaction with healthcare services (Rohde & Domm, 2018;Zamanzadeh et al., 2017). Adherence to ethical principles contributes to the provision of high-quality nursing care (Rahnavard et al., 2021).Commitment to ethics in healthcare constitutes the core of nursing values (Eskandari et al., 2016), and the World Health Organization (WHO, n.d.) has emphasized the significance of professional behaviour in accordance with healthcare values and ethics (Organization).Although ethics has long been closely associated with the nursing profession, it has classically received attention since the foundation of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) in 1899, such that the first ethical codes for nurses were compiled and published by ICN in 1953(Stievano & Tschudin, 2019. The American Nurses Association (ANA) considers ethical codes as part of the principles of nursing profession and mandates ethical commitment in any relationship, even with nursing students (Fowler, 2017;McCrink, 2010).

Factors Affecting Nursing Students Knowledge Regarding Preoperative Nursing Care

“…Rahmani et al (21) reported good moral awareness among nursing students. Khamis Mohamed et al (22) found that a professional ethics dimension had the highest mean score rated by nursing students.…”

Analisis Dampak Krisis Moral pada Siswa Sekolah Dasar Era Revolusi Society 5.0

“…Para peserta tidak diarahkan pada pengembangan nilai karakter dan etika dalam bergaul di kehidupan sehari-hari (Aloni, 2020;Chen, 2020;de Souza, 2019;Edmundson, 2018;Poje, 2023;Rahmani, 2023;Samuelsson, 2020;Singh, 2023;Standish, 2021;Yoder, 2019;Zvereva, 2023). Peserta didik sekarang ini juga terpengaruh dari budaya-budaya asing yang masuk dalam negeri.…”

Psychometric validation of the Persian version of the ethical awareness scale for nurses working in Iranian intensive care units

“…Nurses work in complex area and morally challenging environment where multiple factors like varied diseases, patient demographics, organizational structures and resource limitations can challenge nurses' ethical and professional judgement (Alnajjar & Ebtsam, 2021 ; Haahr et al., 2020 ). Among these settings, the intensive care unit is a specialized workplace where the interactions between care providers (physicians and nurses) and patients and their families can significantly affect nurses' ability to provide high‐quality care (Haahr et al., 2020 ; Rahmani et al., 2023 ). In order to excel in such a dynamic context, nurses must be both professionally and ethically competent.…”

“…A comprehensive review of existing articles revealed several studies focusing on the ethical awareness of Iranian nurses working in clinical settings. However, these studies primarily examined nurses' knowledge and awareness of ethical codes and principles using questionnaires (Faraji et al., 2018 ; Hoseinialiabadi et al., 2022 ; Rahmani et al., 2023 ). The measurement of nurses' awareness levels and their understanding of the ethical implications of their actions has been neglected.…”