This study is to provide the basic sources to develop educational data that can establish ethical values with research on the interrelation between moral development and ethical values of nurses.
The subjects of this study are the convenience sample from 111 nurses working in clinical settings from 5 general hospitals located in Pusan area. 7´he questionnairs for this study are comprised two parts ~ Part 1 is SRM-SF(1995) questionnaire, and translated by Kil, Im Ju(1997) Part 2 is the f;uestion papers about the ethical values, and di-signed by Jung. Hee Ja.
The data were collected from June Ith to 31th, 1997 and analyzed by S.A.S(Statistical Analysis System). Package for frequency, percent, and Pearson~s correlation coefficient.
The results of the study is as the followings:
1) According to the moral development, the nurses are in the levels of Stage3 or Transition3/4, which are generally focused on the personal relations or personality. Thus, nurses are considered to need to get the stage4 of education that helps them recognize a person as a member of society. a family as an unit of society, and human life as the values of human dignity.
2) According to the ethical values, nurses have the positive ethical values of respecting the right of the patients, providing information, keeping the secret, truth, and credit of patients. But they also experience some troubles by the patients to care and the clinical situation. Thus, to overcome the problems, nurses are considered to need to get the education that establishs the right ethical values.
3) The analysis result on the interrelation between moral development level and ethical values shows a:~ r=0.28 and p=0.003. This indicates that the inte::~relation between them is low.
In conclusion, it is considered that the moral development level is viewed broadly from a person and family to a society, and then it can affect to the ethical values positively.
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