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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2015.16.6.4048

Awareness of Biomedical ethics of Long-term Care Hospital Nurses  

Kim, Moon-Ok (Department of Nursing, Han Lyo University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.16, no.6, 2015 , pp. 4048-4055 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the awareness of biomedical ethics of long-term care hospital nurses. A survey research was conducted in this study with 183 nurses that worked for over five months at long-term care hospitals located in Gwangju and Jeonnam region. Using SPSS 21.0 program, collected data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, independent t-test and one-way ANOVA. $Scheff{\acute{e}}$ test and Pearson's correlation analysis were also used for post hoc test. In terms of the awareness of biomedical ethics of the research participants, it was at an above average level. Among the sub-categories of biomedical ethics, awareness of right of life of fetus and awareness of artificial abortion showed most meaningful correlation. It would be necessary to provide bioethics education to new nurses or university students majoring in Nursing at related organizations or college of nursing to help them establish ethical values to seek patients' well-being.
Keywords
Awareness; biomedical ethics; Long-term care hospital; nurses;
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