KMID : 0607320180270030199
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Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2018 Volume.27 No. 3 p.199 ~ p.207
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Factors associated with Nurses¡¯ Moral Sensitivity
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Eom So-Hee
Kim Suk-Sun
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purposes of this study were to examine the associations among moral reasoning, empathy, communication self-efficacy, and moral sensitivity and to determine predictors of nurses¡¯ moral sensitivity.
Methods: Data were collected from 194 nurses in the Republic of Korea. Structured questionnaires consisted of the Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire, Defining Issues Test, Jefferson Scale of Empathy, and Counseling Self-Estimate Inventory. The collected data were analyzed using t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Pearson¡¯s correlation coefficient, and hierarchical regression analysis using SPSS ver. 21.
Results: Nurses¡¯ moral sensitivities were significantly associated with frequency of ethical education, empathy, and communication self-efficacy. In hierarchical multiple regression models, the significant factors of nurses¡¯ moral sensitivity were age (¥â=.21, p=.044), the frequency of experience in ethics education (¥â=.18, p=.007), empathy (¥â=.32, p<.001), and communication self-efficacy (¥â=.25, p=.001), which explained 33.2% of the variance in nurses¡¯ moral sensitivity.
Conclusion: Our study findings show that nurses¡¯ moral sensitivity could be enhanced by more frequent ethics education programs. In addition, nursing ethics education might be developed to include potential strategies to improve empathy and self-efficacy in communication for high levels of moral sensitivity in nurses.
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KEYWORD
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Moral development, Morals, Empathy, Communication, Nurses
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