Ethical Decision Making Levels of Nursing Students

SARI D., BAYSAL E., Celik G. G., EŞER İ.

PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, sa.3, ss.724-729, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.12669/pjms.343.14922
  • Dergi Adı: PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.724-729
  • Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Objective: The present study was conducted to determine nursing students' levels of ethical decision-making. Methods: The sample of the descriptive study consisted of 240 nursing students. The data were collected using the Student Information Form and "Nursing Dilemma Test". Results: It was found that Principled Thinking (PT) mean score (48.38 +/- 7.97) of nursing students was above average while their Practical Consideration (PC) mean score (17.87 +/- 4.13) was close to average. It was also determined that the nursing students participated in the study were not familiar (17.75 +/- 2.77) with the dilemmas included in the Nursing Ethical Dilemma Test. Conclusion: The students paid attention to consider ethical principles when making decisions about ethical dilemmas; however, they are also affected by environmental factors as well. Sex and class level were found to be influential in the process of ethical decision making.