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http://dx.doi.org/10.22156/CS4SMB.2019.9.9.078

The Mediating Effect of Biomedical Ethics Awareness in the Relationship between the Moral Distress and Moral Sensitivity of Hospital Nurses  

Kim, Ok-Hyun (Dept. of Nursing, Cheongam College)
Ahn, Seong-Ah (Dept. of Nursing, JinJu Health College)
Oh, Su-Mi (Dept. of Nursing, International University of Korea)
Kong, Jeong-Hyeon (Dept. of Nursing, JinJu Health College)
Choi, Hye-Ok (Dept. of Nursing, JinJu Health College)
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Journal of Convergence for Information Technology / v.9, no.9, 2019 , pp. 78-86 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the study, the moral sensitivity, moral distress, and biomedical ethics awareness levels of hospital nurses are examined, and the mediating effect of biomedical ethics awareness in the relationship between moral sensitivity and moral distress is verified. As the study subjects, 153 hospital nurses were selected from both university hospitals and general hospitals in S city and J city. Using the SPSS WIN 21.0 system, data analysis was conducted via t-tests, the Sheffe test, correlation analysis, multiple regression analyses, Sobel test. The average level of moral sensitivity experienced by the hospital nurses was 4.70(out of 7), moral distress was 62.80(out of 336), and biomedical ethics awareness was 2.21(out of 4). Moral distress had a static correlation with moral sensitivity and biochemical ethics awareness, and moral sensitivity had a static correlation with biomedical ethics awareness. Finally, biomedical ethics awareness showed a partial mediating effect in the relationship between moral sensitivity and moral distress. It is important to develop a biomedical ethics education program that can help hospital nurses to resolve moral issues, thereby improving moral sensitivity and diminishing their moral distress.
Keywords
Nurses; Moral distress; Moral sensitivity; Hospital; Biomedical ethics awarenes;
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