A study of the relationship between professional values and ethical climate and nurses' professional quality of life in Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the relationship between nursing professional values and ethical climate and nurses' professional quality of life.

Methods

The present study is a descriptive, cross-sectional work in which 400 nurses from various wards of hospitals in the south-east of Iran were studied. Data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of four sections: demographics, Nurses' Professional Values Scale-Revised (NPVS-R), the Hospital Ethical Climate Survey (HECS), and the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL).

Results

The total mean scores for professional values were 105.29 ± 15.60. The total mean score for the ethical climate was 100.09 ± 17.11. The mean scores for the indexes of compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress were 45.29 

SUBMITTER: Tehranineshat B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7424154 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature