Ethical decision-making confidence scale for nurse leaders: Psychometric evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ethical decision-making confidence develops from clinical expertise and is a core competency for nurse leaders. No tool exists to measure confidence levels in nurse leaders based upon an ethical decision-making framework.

Aims

The objective of this research was to compare ethical decision-making among nurse leaders in the U.S. and three German-speaking countries in Europe by developing and testing a newly constructed Ethical Decision-Making Confidence (EDMC) scale.

Methods

The cross-sectional survey included 18 theory-derived questions on ethical decision-making confidence which were used to develop the scale.

Participants

A convenience sample of nurse leaders from the U.S. and three German-speaking countries in Europe who self-identified as holding

SUBMITTER: Birkholz L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9289993 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature