Examining the Ethical Attitudes of Nurses Working in a University Hospital

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06933810

Enrollment

507

Registered

2025-04-18

Start date

2024-03-01

Completion date

2025-01-01

Last updated

2025-04-20

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Conditions

Ethics

Keywords

nursing, ethics, attitudes, nurse behavior

Brief summary

This study aims to examine the ethical attitudes of nurses working in a university hospital. The study includes nurses from departments such as internal medicine, surgery, intensive care, and emergency services. A standardized data collection tool was used, and the study was conducted with volunteer participants. This is a descriptive and cross-sectional observational study.

Detailed description

This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the ethical attitudes of nurses working in a university hospital setting. Nurses from various departments, including internal medicine, surgery, intensive care, and emergency services, participated in the study voluntarily. Data were collected using the Nurse Information Form and the Ethical Attitudes in Nursing Care Scale. The study aimed to gain insights into nurses' perceptions and behaviors related to ethical principles in clinical practice. The findings are expected to contribute to the development of ethics training programs for nurses and to improve ethical standards in nursing care. \*No results or conclusions are included in this section, as required by ClinicalTrials.gov.\*

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

21 Years to 51 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Nurses who are actively working in the hospital during the study period * Nurses who agree to voluntarily participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

* Nurses who do not want to participate in the study * Nurses who withdraw from the study at any stage

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Nurses' Ethical Attitude Scores	Within 1 month from the date of data collection	Total scores are calculated using the Ethical Attitudes in Nursing Care Scale. Score range: 15 (minimum) to 75 (maximum). Higher scores indicate more positive ethical attitudes among nurses.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results