The relationship between moral sensitivity and professional values and ethical decision-making in nursing students

Qin, Chen; Su, Xiangdan; Liu, Siyu; Miao, Kangkang; Fang, Huili

doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2021.105056

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“…Care is a fundamental and characteristic aspect of nursing with multiple dimensions and is affected by nurses' individual and professional characteristics. Various studies have examined nurses' 4,6,24,[26][27][28] and nursing students' [29][30][31][32][33][34][35] perceptions of professional values. In this study, nurses were found to have a high mean score for the NVPS-R.…”

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The relationship between nurses' professional values and caring behaviors

2022

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Introduction Professional values give meaning and direction to clinical practices by providing a philosophical framework for nursing practices. The internalization of professional values is quite effective in providing professional service and is very important in terms of service quality. Design This descriptive study has been conducted to determine the relationship between nurses' professional values and caring behaviors. Methods A total of 176 nurses participated who worked in hospitals in this study. The data were collected online using the Nurse Information Form, Nurses Professional Values Scale‐Revised (NPVS‐R), and Caring Behaviors Assessment Tool Nursing Version‐Short Form (CBAN‐SF). Data analysis was performed using SPSS software, the Mann–Whitney U test, the Kruskall–Wallis test, and the Spearman correlation coefficient. Results Of the nurses participating in the study, 66.5% are between the ages of 21–30, 80.7% are female, and 71% are university graduates. No statistically significant difference was found regarding professional values between the mean scores from the NPVS‐R and CBAN‐SF in terms of the nurses' age, gender, position, working style, clinic at which they work, or their educational status. The nurses scored high on the NPVS‐R and CBAN. A moderate, significant, and positive relationship was found between nurses' overall scores on the NPVS‐R and CBAN‐SF. Conclusion As nurses' perceptions of professional values increase, their perception toward assessing care behaviors also increases. In addition, a relationship exists between nurses' education levels and assessment of care behaviors and between their work experience and their perceptions of professional values. Conducting studies on the subject using different designs is recommended.

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“…In the face of individual choices to suicide, due to the cherishing of life, the volunteers may quickly identify potential moral risks, which may help them reduce the negative impact of moral distress (47). Still, the reduction in moral sensitivity, on the other hand, may affect the ability to make ethical decision-making (48). At the same time, no one had a professional background in ethics in the eleven participants.…”

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Moral distress experienced by online suicide prevention volunteers: qualitative research

2022

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Background: With the increasing number of internet users, it becomes feasible to identify individuals at high risk of suicide and then carry out online suicide prevention. At the same time, online suicide prevention volunteers may encounter moral distress, which requires more attention. Purpose: This study aimed to explore the experience of moral distress in online suicide prevention. Method: The study was carried out as a qualitative study following the method of phenomenology. 11 interviewers were recruited through the purposive sampling method. Data were collected through semi-structured, in-depth face-to-face interviews. Colaizzi's phenomenological framework was used for data analysis. Results: All participants reported they encountered moral distress during online suicide prevention. Four themes were condensed, including: "constraints from the surrounding," "be cruel to be kind," "baby spoiled by free milk," and "when face death and depression" Participants also described their emotional experiences and response when they encountered moral distress. Conclusion: Moral distress in the process of online suicide prevention exists. More attention should be paid to the moral distress and ethical issues in online suicide prevention as the internet gradually becomes a brand-new way to prevent suicide.

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“…The debate about moral and ethical judgment and moral decision making is very relevant also in the view of planning specific training programs, dedicated to future physicians, psychologists, and more general health care professionals [ 35 , 36 , 37 ], in handling challenging moral issues, such as those regarding end-of-life care. With respect to Economics schools, we suggest introducing classes or workshops focusing on these issues, in order to raise awareness of those students on the moral implications of their work activities.…”

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Moral Judgement along the Academic Training

D’Aurizio

Santoboni

Pistoia

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Moral reasoning and consequent decision making are central in the everyday life of all people, independent of their profession. It is undoubtedly crucial in the so-called “helping professions”, when the professional through his/her decisions can support or not support others. Our study aimed to investigate whether academic training can play an essential role in influencing moral reasoning. We used three different conditions: 20 moral personal, 20 moral impersonal, and 20 nonmoral dilemmas to assessed differences in moral judgement between students of Economics, Medicine, and Psychology at their first year and at the end of university training. We observed a difference between school and year of course: psychology students showing more time when asked to read and answer the proposed questions. Moreover, medical students showed a significant increase in sensitiveness to moral issues as a function of academic ageing, whereas such a moral sense regressed from the first to the fifth year of academic training in other students. Gender was also relevant, with women showing an increased response and reading times compared to than men when asked to cope with moral decisions. This study shows that the main factor driving moral decision making is the faculty to which one is enrolled, significantly modulated by sex and academic seniority.

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The relationship between moral sensitivity and professional values and ethical decision-making in nursing students

Cited by 70 publications

References 52 publications

The relationship between nurses' professional values and caring behaviors

The relationship between nurses' professional values and caring behaviors

Moral distress experienced by online suicide prevention volunteers: qualitative research

Moral Judgement along the Academic Training

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