An Investigation of Ethical Attitude of Nurses in Iran

Healthcare system is one of the important systems around the world and healthcare workers do vital role in this system but, it is essential that healthcare workers consider ethical and legal standards during their work. The purpose of this study is to determine the ethical attitudes of Iranian nurses and the factors that could influence this attitude.50 nurses aged 26-64 were working filled out the questionnaire. Data were collected into the SPSS statistical software version 24 to calculate statistical analysis. The finding showed that there is not any relationship between demographic factors and three variables: moral sensitivity, moral knowledge, and nurses’ attitude towards patients’ rights. The mean score of moral sensitivity, moral knowledge and nurses’ attitude towards patients’ rights were 63.9±10.7, 14.6±3.5 and 54.2±10.7 respectively in this study. There was a significant relationship between moral knowledge and nurse attitude towards patients’ rights.