https://publish.kne-publishing.com/index.php/IJME/issue/feed 2025-08-10T07:27:32+00:00 Admin m.davvari@knowledgee.com Open Journal Systems <p><em>Iranian Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine</em>&nbsp;has been published since 2008. This journal is an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal devoted to the ethical issues of medicine, public health, healthcare and history of medicine. The papers of this peer reviewed journal are published continuously online in Persian with English abstracts.</p> <p><strong data-stringify-type="bold">All the manuscripts should be submitted through the Journal Primary Website at:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://ijme.tums.ac.ir/form_send_article.php?&amp;slct_pg_id=22&amp;sid=1&amp;slc_lang=en"><strong data-stringify-type="bold">https://ijme.tums.ac.ir/form_send_article.php?&amp;slct_pg_id=22&amp;sid=1&amp;slc_lang=en</strong></a></p> https://publish.kne-publishing.com/index.php/IJME/article/view/19331 2025-08-10T07:27:32+00:00 Samaneh Fallah-Karimi none@none.com Zahra Khalilzadeh-Farsangi none@none.com Azizollah Arbabisarjou none@none.com Fatemehx Etemadinia none@none.com

<p>Nurses working in intensive care units are frequently exposed to complex ethical issues and difficult decision-making, placing them at high risk for moral injury. Such injury can negatively affect their professional performance and mental health. Accordingly, this study aimed to explore the relationship between moral injury and moral courage among nurses working in intensive care units. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2024. The study population consisted of 150 nurses working in intensive care units. Data were collected through Sekerka’s Moral Courage Questionnaire and the Moral Injury Symptom Scale for Health Professionals. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and the independent samples t-test via SPSS software version 22. The findings revealed a significant inverse relationship between moral injury and moral courage (r = -0.64, p &lt; 0.001). Moreover, moral courage levels were higher among registered nurses compared to nurses in the compulsory service program. Besides, a direct relationship was observed between age and moral courage, suggesting that moral courage increases with age. The results of this study highlight the importance of designing and implementing effective educational programs to reduce moral injury and promote moral courage among this group of nurses.</p>

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