Moral courage, moral sensitivity and safe nursing care in nurses caring of patients with COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Evaluation the moral courage, moral sensitivity and safe nursing care in nurses caring of infected patients by the COVID-19.

Design

This study employed cross-sectional research.

Methods

520 nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in 5 hospitals were selected via convenience sampling. They completed questionnaires online. Data were analysed by SPSS software version 22.

Results

Findings showed that moral courage has a strong and direct correlation with moral sensitivity (p < .001, r = 0-.70) and safe nursing care (p < .001, r = 0-.74). Variables of moral sensitivity, safe nursing care, work experience, age and employment status can predict 64.76% of the variance in moral courage in these nurses. Nursing care of patients with COVID-19 have reported high moral cour

SUBMITTER: Khodaveisi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8242869 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature