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KMID : 0647820010240010001
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Research Bulletin of Jinju Health College
2001 Volume.24 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.20
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A Study on Ethical conflicts Experienced by Clinical Nurses
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Abstract
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This paper is designed to inquire into ethical conflicts experienced by clinical nurses. With this in mind, the researchers worked with a total of 270 clinical nurses based on random sampling who are working for one national university hospital and private general hospitals located in Ch city in a period ranging from April, 1999 to May, 1999.
SPSS program was utilized to make an analysis of collected data and the differences of ethical conflicts were analyzed by t-test or ANOVA in accordance with variables.
1) The survey indicates that among the total questions in regard to ethical conflicts, the most common conflict comes from the lack of appropriate nurses (0.73). In terms of the ethical-conflict average of each area, the conflicts between the subjects and their patients are highest (0.52) and the conflicts between the nurses and cooperators are lowest (0.43).
2) Ethical conflicts experienced by head nurses and general nurses show a significant difference (t=3.006, P<.01), and respect for life and human rights and the patients of nurses stand at (t=3.006, P<.01, t=3.565, P<.001) respectively.
3) In terms of the significant differences of the ethical conflicts of each area in accordance with the general characteristics of nurses, such variables as age, career, position, expertise, and recognition of ‘Korean Code for Nurses’ turn out to be (F=3.597, P<.01, F=3.360, P<.01, F=6.160, P<.05, F=3.266, P<.05, F=4.135, P<.01) respectively.
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